Finance Assistant

Candy Kittens; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 23,000 - 31,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited holiday

Private Healthcare

Dog friendly office

Free sweets

Team lunches

Monthly socials

Quarterly team trips

Job summary

Candy Kittens is seeking a Finance Assistant to manage transactional finance activities across the Group, including AP invoice processing, credit control, and expenses. Working with the Finance Manager, you will maintain a clean, well-controlled ledger across multiple brands, drive collections, and help optimise processes in a high-growth consumer goods environment.

This hybrid role offers exposure to end-to-end finance operations and monthly close.

Qualifications

• Experience with accounts payable and accounts receivable processes.
• Understanding of VAT treatment and audit trails.
• Ability to work across multiple brands in a fast-growth environment.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end AP invoice cycle from receipt to posting, across Group entities.
• Oversee AR credit notes, ensure correct coding and VAT treatment.
• Drive proactive collections with retailers and wholesalers to maintain cash flow.
• Manage expenses end-to-end, ensuring timely submission and policy compliance.
• Support month-end close and maintain a clean ledger.

Skills

AP/AR processing

Vendor management

VAT knowledge

Cash collection

Accounting software

Education

Finance/Accounting qualification

Tools

Accounting software

ERP system

Job description

Location: The Sweet Factory, Marylebone (hybrid)

Salary: Competitive, based on experience

The Finance Assistant at Candy Kittens will be responsible for the processing of transactional finance activity across the Group's entities, including accounts payable invoice processing, credit control, and expense administration.

Working closely with the Finance Manager, you will be essential for keeping maintain a clean, well-controlled transactional ledger across multiple fast-growing brands.

Specific goals for the role include:

Investigating invoice discrepancies and working directly with customers to resolve them

Identifying process efficiency opportunities and ways to automate

This exciting position offers a broad role within a high growth environment.

What you'll be responsible for...

Own the end-to-end AP invoice cycle — from receipt of invoice and coding through to posting into th e accounting software — ensuring accuracy and control across all Group entities.

Work closely with the wider Candy Kittens team to manage timely approvals to meet monthly deadlines

Oversee AR credit note processing, ensuring correct coding, VAT treatment, and audit trail are maintained across the customer ledger.

Drive proactive collection activity across retailer and wholesale customer accounts, resolving queries at source and keeping cash coming in on schedule.

Manage the expenses process end-to-end, holding the business to account on timely submission, completeness, and policy-compliant approval before anything hits the ledger.

Contribute to end-to-end revenue completeness, from EDI portal processing through to collections and credit control to keep customer accounts accurate and on track.

Take ownership of bank reconciliation, ensuring transactions are matched promptly and unreconciled items are investigated and resolved — not estimated or forced through.

What we're looking for...

Candidates will be expected to show professional progression through hands-on experience in a similar role

Broad experience across Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable, ideally in a consumer goods environment

The successful candidate will be diligent, detail focused, highly organised, have strong communication skills and be able to maintain accuracy and focus even when under pressure.

The role will appeal to a self-starter who takes real ownership of the core operational disciplines and brings a natural curiosity for improving how things are done

Why work for us?

Working at Candy Kittens, you will get:

• Unlimited holiday
• Private Healthcare
• Monday breakfast
• Dog friendly office
• Free sweets
• Team lunches
• Monthly socials
• Quarterly team trips

About us

Candy Kittens are here to shake up the sweet game. We’re the Gourmet OG’s serving you damn irresistible sweets that will inspire a future with no nasties.