Financial Accountant
Posted Today by Zachary Daniels Recruitment
Negotiable
Inside
Hybrid
London, UK
Summary: The Financial Accountant role is a temporary position covering paternity leave for the Commercial Finance Manager in a high-growth retail company. This position involves providing financial support to enhance decision-making and profitability across retail and e-commerce operations. The ideal candidate will thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment and will be responsible for various financial reporting and budgeting tasks. This role offers a unique opportunity to engage directly with business teams and contribute to commercial success.
Key Responsibilities:
- Act as a trusted finance partner to retail and E-commerce teams
- Play a key part within the team with complex balance sheets
- Financial reporting
- Understanding and support the set up of internal controls
- Support FD with Audit queries
- Play a lead role in budgeting and reforecasting cycles
- Support with monitoring weekly performance and assess impact on forecast
- CAPEX forecasting, reporting
Key Skills:
- Fully Qualified Accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA)
- Audit experience
- Retail, consumer or multi-site experience highly beneficial
- Strong financial modelling and Excel capability
- Highly organised with strong attention to detail
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, evolving environment
Salary (Rate): £70,000 yearly
City: London
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: Finance
Detailed Description From Employer:
Financial Accountant Paternity Cover Retail
2 Months
South West London (Hybrid)
55,000 - 70,000
We're partnering with an exciting, high-growth company to appoint an experienced Financial Accountant into a high-impact role supporting the wider business to support the team whilst the Commercial Finance Manager is on paternity.
This is a brilliant opportunity to join a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment where the culture is collaborative, down to earth and refreshingly non-corporate. The teams are genuinely supportive, hands-on and solutions-focused people, get stuck in and make things happen.
Reporting into senior finance leadership, this role sits at the heart of commercial decision-making across retail and E-commerce performance.
The Opportunity
The purpose of this role is to provide high-quality support to the business, helping teams understand performance, optimise profitability and make better-informed decisions.
This role would suit someone who enjoys pace, ownership and working closely with the business rather than sitting purely in the numbers.
Key Responsibilities
- Act as a trusted finance partner to retail and E-commerce teams
- Play a key part within the team with complex balance sheets
- Financial reporting
- Understanding and support the set up of internal controls
- Support FD with Audit queries
- Play a lead role in budgeting and reforesting cycles
- Support with monitoring weekly performance and assess impact on forecast
- CAPEX forecasting, reporting
What We're Looking For
- Fully Qualified Accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA)
- Audit experience
- Retail, consumer or multi-site experience highly beneficial
- Strong financial modelling and Excel capability
- Highly organised with strong attention to detail
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, evolving environment
We're looking for someone who is:
- Commercially curious and proactive
- Down to earth and approachable
- Comfortable rolling their sleeves up
- Calm and solutions-focused under pressure
- A natural relationship builder
- Happy in a fast-moving, less corporate culture
- Someone who gets stuck in and just makes things happen
What's On Offer
- Hybrid working (3 days in stunning new HQ)
- Real exposure to senior stakeholders
- Supportive, friendly and high-performing team
- Genuine opportunity to add value and make an impact
If you're a commercially minded finance professional who enjoys pace, ownership and working closely with the business we'd love to hear from you.
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