Assistant Financial Accountant - Fixed Term Contract

Luxury Retailer 4-Month Contract (Potential to Go Permanent) Full-Time 4 Days in Office

A leading luxury retailer is looking for an immediately available, part-qualified Assistant Financial Accountant to join its finance team on an initial 4-month contract, with strong potential to become permanent. This is a great opportunity to gain broad exposure, take on real responsibility, and make an impact within a small, supportive team.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the first point of contact for day-to-day finance queries.
• Post journals, maintain accurate financial records, and support month-end close.
• Draft payroll amendments and support Auto-Enrolment compliance (processing outsourced).
• Manage the Purchase Order process, Fixed Asset Register, and Balance Sheet reconciliations.
• Assist with management accounts, internal reporting, variance analysis, VAT return drafts, budgets, and forecasts.
• Support e-commerce/POS data integrity and help build PowerBI dashboards.
• Process AP invoices, prepare payments, and reconcile supplier statements.
• Generate customer invoices, manage AR collections, resolve discrepancies, and prepare ageing reports.
• Assist with onboarding/offboarding payroll tasks, holiday accruals, P11Ds, and PSA.

What We re Looking For

• Part-qualified and actively studying toward CIMA (or similar).
• Experience in financial accounting with strong reconciliation skills.
• Familiarity with Xero and retail finance systems; strong Excel skills.
• Good understanding of UK GAAP, with excellent attention to detail and communication skills.
• Organised, proactive, and able to maintain confidentiality.

Nice to Have

• Multi-currency or UK GAAP reporting experience.
• Exposure to US GAAP, IFRS, consolidated reporting.
• Knowledge of PowerBI, Zoho, SQL, or payroll processes.

Salary circa 35K Apply now for immediate consideration!