Banking & Finance Accountant

White Stuff; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A well-established retail company is seeking a detail-oriented finance professional to join their Finance Team in London. The role involves bank reconciliations, preparing financial statements, and managing P&L ownership. The ideal candidate should have experience in a retail or multi-site environment, strong analytical skills, and proficiency in Excel. This position offers a hybrid working model, an annual bonus, and other benefits like a discount on company products and a healthcare plan.

Benefits

Annual bonus opportunity

Up to 25 vacation days

50% discount on products

Healthcare cash plan

Pension contribution

Qualifications

• Experience in retail or multi-site consumer environment for bank reconciliations.
• Proficient in Excel, including lookups and pivot tables.

Responsibilities

• Perform bank matching and investigate discrepancies.
• Prepare weekly cash summary for the management team.
• Ownership over assigned areas of the P&L.

Skills

Bank reconciliations

Analytical skills

Excel proficiency

Teamwork

Organizational skills

Job description

Who we are

White Stuff was established in 1985 through a simple idea. This idea grew and now we have shops and concessions in the UK and internationally, selling women’s and men’s clothing as well as beautiful accessories and homeware. Our original prints (all designed in house), intricate details and considered design touches reflect our personality and make us subtly distinctive.

Our people are at the heart of our brand, constantly moving and driving us forward. We are sociable, talented, and like-minded and we are not hierarchical or political in how we do business. We encourage entrepreneurial ideas and accountability at all levels.

Who you are

We are looking for a detail-oriented, self-motivated and proactive finance professional to join our Finance Team, who is comfortable working across multiple processes, with the confidence to consult effectively with internal teams and external partners. You will bring strong organisational skills, a curiosity to investigate variances and resolve issues, and the ability to adapt to a fast-paced and busy retail environment.

Primary objectives & what you’ll be doing

Banking

• Perform bank matching on a weekly basis and investigate discrepancies.
• Post journals for banking transactions such as credit card charges, bank charges, and payments & receipts.
• Prepare the weekly cash summary and distribute it to the management team.
• Assist with banking administration, including new store set‑up, monitoring shop statement postings, and managing bank users and mandates.
• Prepare bank account and cash in transit reconciliations and post adjustments for discrepancies by the month‑end deadline.
• Post month end banking journals such as credit card accruals & sales accruals.

Finance

• Perform monthly transaction level sales reconciliations.
• Reconcile gift card sales and redemptions.
• Ownership over assigned areas of the P&L – posting month‑end accruals, budgeting and forecasting, and providing commentary for monthly management accounts pack.
• Assist with recognition and analysis of Fixed Assets.
• National Statistic requests.
• Other ad‑hoc work & projects as required.

What you’ll need

• Experience of completing bank reconciliations and bank postings (including setting up payments) in a multi‑site consumer environment – e.g. retail, restaurants etc. (Required)
• Comfortable preparing and posting journals and accruals.
• Confidence managing high‑volume transactional data with accuracy and consistency.
• Strong analytical skills and excellent eye for detail.
• Strong critical thinking skills to be able to investigate variances / reconciling items efficiently.
• Excellent organisational and numerical skills.
• Highly proficient in excel e.g., lookups, pivot tables, manipulating large amounts of data.
• Team player with a proactive mindset and good time management.
• Ability to prioritise and meet deadlines.

What we will offer you

• Hybrid working.
• Annual bonus opportunity.
• Up to 25 days holiday per annum.
• Two extra (paid!) days off per year to volunteer in the local community.
• 50% discount on White Stuff products.
• Subsidised BUPA Dental Insurance.
• Healthcare cash plan and Life Assurance.
• Interest free season ticket loan.
• Pension contribution.

We are committed to creating an environment where we can all be proud to work and be ourselves. Part of this commitment is being an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, and age.