Finance Assistant

Lyst; London; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in fashion shopping seeks a Finance Assistant to join their high-performing finance team in London. The position offers a dynamic work environment focused on maintaining robust financial reporting and continuous process improvement, while supporting the individual’s professional growth through qualifications and on-the-job experience.

Benefits

29 holidays per year

Clothing benefit up to £1,000

Annual training allowance of £1,000

Private healthcare plan

Pension scheme with contributions

Cycle-to-Work Scheme

Social events and team activities

Qualifications

• At least 1 year of industry experience in a similar role.
• Desire to complete finance qualifications (ACA/ACCA/CIMA).
• Willingness to learn.

Responsibilities

• Perform month-end close accurately and timely.
• Handle accounts payable tasks and monitor invoices.
• Conduct analysis of debt and credit control.

Skills

Attention to detail

Organizational skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving skills

Communication skills

Education

Part qualified ACA/ACCA/CIMA

Tools

Google Sheets

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Lyst is a global fashion shopping platform founded in London in 2010 and catering to over 160M shoppers per year. We offer our customers the largest assortment of premium & luxury fashion products in one place, curating pieces from 27,000 of the world's leading brands and stores. In 2025, Lyst joined Zozo, operators of Zozotown, the leading fashion e-commerce platform in Japan. This partnership marks a bold new era for Lyst, as we accelerate our vision and work together to transform the future of fashion shopping through AI and technology.

At Lyst, we obsess over the customer, providing a search & discovery experience which offers inspiration, fulfilment, and personalisation. We believe that fashion is amazing but shopping for fashion often isn't, and use our technology, data and creativity to bring more joy, greater choice and fewer fails. Our mission is to help fashion shoppers make better decisions and help fashion partners find better audiences as the category-leading destination for every fashion shopper.

About the Role

We are looking to hire a Finance Assistant to join our core finance team. This is a great opportunity for the right individual to make a mark in a small but high performing team in a fast paced environment. As a team, we focus on ensuring our reporting is robust, whilst constantly looking to iterate and improve our processes, to maintain our position as an industry leading department. In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring we can deliver against this mission whilst maintaining a service of uninterrupted BAU.

This role will suit someone who is seeking to continue and finish their finance qualification (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) but looking for that next step into a high growth environment where your ability to identify and drive change will be key. The role requires high attention to detail as well as a base level technical accounting ability. With a number of stakeholders and competing priorities, it will be necessary to prioritise effectively and communicate clearly.

Responsibilities

• Performing the month end close in an accurate and timely manner.
• Undertaking all accounts payable tasks including inbox monitoring, invoice approval monitoring through our AP software, preparing supplier payments and providing supplier payment updates to the team as required.
• Monitoring cash balances through weekly controls and responsible for setting up transfers and payments for approval.
• Carrying out accounts receivable responsibilities including analysis of debt and credit control, ensuring changes are communicated and correctly reflected in our cash files.
• Assisting on the external statutory audit, liaising with the auditors and collating data requests.
• Leading on BAU activities such as expense claims and allowance trackers.
• Supporting the budget process, taking ownership over preparing cost budget files for review.
• Reactive business partnering with stakeholders throughout the business, including internal and external stakeholder management and communication.
• Working on ad-hoc projects within the core finance team, including:
• Resolving issues.
• Building new processes for new operational needs.
• Identifying process efficiencies and implementing improvements to enable these.
• Fixing and rebuilding controls and reports.

To be successful in this role you will need to have a rounded skill set as well as a fantastic work ethic. We're a high-performance, open and honest team, always pushing to learn and develop. We believe the right person for this role will:

• Enjoy independent working.
• Demonstrate good organisational skills and a solid attention to detail.
• Be able to adapt to switching priorities and tasks, reacting to business needs as these change.
• Demonstrate good analytical and problem solving skills.
• Communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.
• Have a desire to challenge existing thinking around how we perform our work.
• Have a strong sense of professional judgement for resolving issues autonomously.

We are looking for someone:

• Part qualified ACA/ACCA/CIMA.
• Proficient at Google Sheets and / or Microsoft Excel....and willing to learn more.
• With industry experience of at least 1 year in a similar role.

• Our Ways of Working: We all come into the office on Tuesdays and Thursdays, with the option to work remotely or come into the office on the other days. We believe that in person collaboration and community spirit is super important, which is why we spend some of our time in the office and some of our time at home.
• Time Off: In addition to the 8 statutory bank holidays, you will receive 29 holidays per year. Lyst’s holiday year runs from 1 April to 31 March.
• Competitive Family Leave Package: This includes Enhanced Family Leave for those eligible, paid Time off for Dependents and Support for Fertility Treatment & Loss.
• Clothing Benefit: We want you to enjoy using the Lyst app and site as much as our customers, so we provide you with a clothing allowance to use on Lyst every year. This starts at £250 when you join and increases up to £1,000 with your length of service.
• Private Healthcare: Our healthcare provider is Vitality. Your health is important to us which is why we offer all employees a comprehensive healthcare scheme from the day you start.
• Training Allowance: We’re big on continuous learning and growth, so all employees are currently entitled to an annual training allowance of £1,000. This can be used to attend conferences, industry events, training courses and to purchase resources.
• Pension Scheme: Our pension provider is The People’s Pension. We offer a minimum employee contribution of 5% and 3% employer contribution.
• Eye Tests and Vouchers: Employees can make a saving on their eye test and glasses through our chosen provider. You’ll receive a free eye test every year and a discount towards glasses.
• Cycle-to-Work Scheme: Lyst will purchase a bicycle from your chosen retailer, you will then receive a voucher to pick up your bicycle from them.
• Transport Season Ticket Loan: Employees can apply for an interest free season ticket loan to support your travel to work.
• Social Events: Frequent company wide social events including Christmas & summer parties, sports days, themed drinks, quizzes, cook alongs, as well as smaller team socials. We also have plenty of interest based groups such as football, running club, book club, culinary and more.

We want to build a world where fashion works for everyone, and we want teams that are just as inclusive. Diversity and inclusion is an integral part of our culture at Lyst. We recognise and celebrate the value and impact diversity brings to our company and are committed to ensuring this is a consistent focus, for which we are held to account. We are committed to treating all applicants fairly and equally, and encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply for this role. We are happy to talk about flexible working arrangements.

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Lyst we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.