Urbn - Assistant Management Accountant

URBN; City Of London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A retail company in London is seeking an Assistant Management Accountant to join its Shared Services Finance team. The role involves responsibilities in internal reporting, including managing accruals, P&L variance analysis, and balance sheet reconciliations. Ideal candidates will possess strong numeric, organizational, and interpersonal skills, adapting well to a dynamic retail environment.

Qualifications

• Good numeric skills essential for reporting tasks.
• Strong organizational ability to manage multiple responsibilities.
• Interpersonal skills for team collaboration in a dynamic environment.

Responsibilities

• Manage internal reporting for property areas including rents and utilities.
• Handle accruals and prepayments for financial accuracy.
• Conduct P&L variance analysis to assess financial performance.
• Prepare supporting schedules for financial documentation.
• Perform balance sheet reconciliations to ensure accuracy.
• Administer property payment runs and necessary adjustments.

Skills

Numeric skills

Organizational skills

Interpersonal skills

Job description

About Us

URBN UK Limited is part of the URBN Group, a global retailer, with its European Head Office located in London. Its retail offering in Europe takes the form of three brands.

With stores in more than 10 European countries and a strong e-commerce presence, we’re driven by the same core values as our customers, and we approach our work with a sense of community and purpose that sets our brands apart. We love what we do.

Role Summary

We have an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Management Accountant to join the Shared Services Finance team at URBN, reporting into the Finance Manager. This role will give the right person the chance to work in an experienced team and will be given the encouragement and support to learn and develop.

All three of our brands (Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie, and Free People) in Europe are accountable for their own buying, merchandising and selling. Several other functions sit within shared services as a part of the wider URBN European division. Within this division sits Finance, IT, Logistics, Property, Construction, Facilities Management, Real Estate, HR & Talent Acquisition.

The successful candidate should have good numeric, organization and interpersonal skills and adapt to working in a fast-paced dynamic retail environment.

What You’ll Be Doing

Internal Reporting: responsibility of Property areas: Rent, Rates, Utilities, Service Charge & Other

• Accruals & prepayments
• P&L variance analysis
• Preparation of supporting schedules
• Balance sheet reconciliations
• Property payment run and adjustments<|vq_clip_2108|> EUdent adjustment challenge... etc...