Assistant Financial Accountant - 6-9 months FTC Finance · London ·

Joseph Joseph Ltd; London; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading houseware brand is seeking an Assistant Financial Accountant for interim support within their finance function in London. The role involves managing month-end accounting, VAT compliance, and financial audits while assisting in business continuity and reporting. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience and a proactive approach in a high-growth environment.

Benefits

Competitive salary and holiday allowance

Pension contribution

Exclusive staff discount

Flexible working arrangements

Employee wellbeing support

Access to Perkbox

Qualifications

• 3+ years' experience within a similar role.
• Relevant experience managing VAT and international sales tax compliance.
• Experience within a Consumer Goods business is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Manage month-end accounting, including journal postings and balance sheet controls.
• Prepare monthly VAT returns and support financial audits.
• Handle employee expenses and ensure timely approval.

Skills

VAT management

Advanced Excel skills

Proactive approach

Detail-oriented

Tools

SAP

Job description

At Joseph Joseph we love solving everyday problems through intelligent design to create distinctive, functional products that are a pleasure to own and use. We are one of the world’s leading houseware brands with a global presence spanning over 100 countries, available in most major department stores and independent houseware stores worldwide as well as our rapidly growing ecommerce channel.

We are recruiting for an Assistant Financial Accountant to join us on an interim basis to support the Finance function and ensure business continuity, assist in the preparation of monthly accounting data and balance sheet reconciliations and support the year end external audit.

What you will be doing:

Month end accounting & balance sheet management:

• Posting of month end journals, preparing account reconciliations and ensuring robust balance sheet controls.
• Manage rebate accruals in collaboration with business partners.
• Assist with the preparation and posting of general and ad hoc expense accruals and prepayments to ensure accurate period-end reporting
• Collaborate with other departments and respond to reporting needs, ensuring accuracy and alignment with business objectives
• Support preparation of management commentary for Senior Leadership Team reporting and review

Tax & compliance

• Preparation of monthly VAT / Sales Tax returns for non-UK entities (including US State Sales Tax returns)
• Preparation of quarterly UK VAT returns
• Ad hoc support for tax authority questions / audits; leading relationship with external tax advisors as appropriate

Employee expenses

• Management of monthly employee expenses across the business
• Ensure timely approval of expenses in Concur
• Calculate accruals for expenses not yet received monthly

Financial Audit

• Support wider finance and operations teams on the requirements of financial audits
• Prepare audit work papers and respond to auditor queries

Additional ad hoc tasks as required

What we need from you:

• 3+ year's experience within a similar role
• Experience managing VAT and international sales tax compliance
• Proactive approach to tasks who demonstrates a calm demeanour under pressure
• SAP experience
• Good/advanced excel skills
• Relevant experience working within a Consumer Goods business would be an advantage
• The ability to work to tight deadlines under pressure
• Detail oriented, constantly challenging and verifying numbers, able to deal with complex issues
• Keen to work within a high growth environment
• A highly driven individual with a hands-on deck mentality

What you will get from us:

• A competitive salary and holiday allowance
• A pension contribution
• Exclusive staff discount
• Flexible working – 3 days in the office, 2 from home and flex start/finish times
• External private employee wellbeing support
• Access to Perkbox