Accounts & Treasury Assistant

Monsoon Accessorize; Greater London; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A creative fashion retailer in Greater London is seeking an Accounts & Treasury Assistant to join their finance team. This role involves treasury tasks such as cash reports, managing fixed assets, and assisting with reconciliations. Ideal candidates are pursuing ACCA or CIMA qualifications, possess strong organizational skills, and have attention to detail. The position offers a competitive salary, holiday benefits, and a flexible working approach, making it perfect for aspiring finance professionals.

Benefits

Competitive salary

23 days holiday with the option to purchase additional holiday

Bonus day off after 6 months service

Pension scheme enrollment after 3 months

Life assurance

Flexible working approach

Generous staff discount

Interest-free season ticket loan

Discounted gym membership

Additional discounts (Westfield, Taste card, etc.)

Qualifications

• Looking to study ACCA / CIMA qualification.
• Good organisational skills.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy required.
• Basic knowledge of accounting – debits and credits, reconciliations.
• Experience in the retail industry is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Producing weekly cash reports and cashflow forecasts.
• Maintaining the fixed asset register and monthly postings.
• Preparation of monthly reconciliations for various account codes.
• Working with Accounts Payable team to ensure accurate supplier set-up.
• Raising POs and reporting of PO data.

Skills

Organisational skills

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Proficient with Excel

Basic knowledge of accounting

Basic knowledge of treasury

Education

ACCA / CIMA qualification

Tools

Unit 4 Financials (CODA)

Barclays.NET

Job description

Our story began with one man and his vision; to bring vibrant, colourful, hand-crafted artisan clothes from faraway places to the markets of London. It is a journey that started on a hippy commune in Ibiza, 1970, and finished with an overland trip east, through Afghanistan and India. Now found in West London, we’re creating vibrant products, and sharing endless discovery.

We are now looking for a Accounts & Treasury Assistant to join our Group Finance team. The key focus of the role covers the Group’s Treasury function, accounts assistant work including maintaining fixed asset register and assisting with monthly reconciliations, preparation of turnover certificates and supplier set-ups.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone wishing to pursue a career in Finance. This role would be ideally suited to someone looking to gain exposure to a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

What you do as an Accounts & Treasury Assistant :

• Treasury tasks, including producing weekly cash reports, cashflow forecast, raising manual payments on adhoc basis.
• Organising the completion of turnover certificate workings, including the initial review. Liaising with Landlords with regards to the certificates and any top up payments due.
• Maintaining the fixed asset register and monthly postings in relation to fixed assets.
• Monthly reconciliations – preparation of monthly reconciliations for various account codes.
• New supplier set up. Working with other stakeholders in the business and the Accounts Payable team to ensure complete and accurate set-up of new suppliers.
• Raising POs for the finance team, cleansing of PO data, and weekly reporting of Pos, PO training.
• Preparation of VAT receipts for customers and other sales invoices on an ad hoc basis.
• Completion of National Statistics surveys. Working with stakeholders within the business for completion.
• Stock accrual posting
• Expenses posting
• Any other ad hoc tasks

What you need to succeed as our Accounts & Treasury Assistant :

• Looking to study ACCA / CIMA qualification
• Good organisational skills
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy
• Can work independently as well as be a team player and flexible in approach to work
• Proficient withExcel
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Basic knowledge of accounting – debits and credits, reconciliations
• Basic knowledge of treasury – payments
• Experience in the retail industry is a plus
• Experience of using accounting software (Unit 4 Financials – CODA) is a plus
• Experience with Barclays.NET is a plus
• Stakeholder management experience is a plus

What we offer you in return :

• Competitive salary
• 23 days holiday with the option to purchase additional holiday through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Bonus day off each year after 6 months service
• A pension that you will be automatically be enrolled in after 3 months
• Life assurance (subject to participating in the pension scheme)
• A flexible working approach
• Early pay day Friday finishA generous staff discount with up to 50% discount on our products
• Interest free season ticket loans
• Discounted gym membership at our on campus gym
• Additional discounts such as Westfield discount, Taste card membership, etc.

If this all sounds great and you feel you are who we are looking for, let us know and apply today.

At Monsoon Accessorize we don’t focus only on what we do, we also care about how we do it. Our values and the way we behave are important to us.

We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce and an environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, enabling all of our employees to thrive and achieve their full potential.

We want to attract the broadest range of talented people and are an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and / or belief. We will also consider flexible working requests for all roles, unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.