Accounts Assistant London, England
Job description
We are an ambitious, supportive, passionate team who love what we do. We are Founder-led, and we lead by example – never compromising on our quality. We strive to uphold a values based working culture with five key principle across the business:
About the role:
Full-time position reporting into the Senior Management Accountant.
Your responsibilities:
Provide support to the Senior Management Accountant (SMA) by taking responsibility for the following tasks:
Sales, cash & banking
- Reconciliation of all GBP, EUR & USD bank accounts on a daily/weekly basis
- Reconciliation of other cash accounts including Braintree, PayPal, Shopify & Global-e on a weekly basis ensuring any queries are communicated to Customer Services and resolved in a timely manner
- Reconciliation of store cash balances
- Communicate weekly cash balances to CEO, CFO & HoF
- Update the rolling cashflow forecast daily
Accounts Payable
- Ownership of invoice postings and supplier relationships for certain areas of spend, ensuring consistent communication with AP Controller on the status of these accounts.
- Weekly posting of supplier payments
- Ad hoc support where required, during periods of annual leave etc.
Management Accounts & Trackers
- Preparation of all monthly bank & cash reconciliations
- Preparation of prepayments/accruals schedules & journal entries for review by SMA
- Ownership of certain balance sheet reconciliations
- Update analysis schedules & tracker reports for review by SMA
General
- Assist SMA in compiling documentation for year end audit
- Other ad hoc tasks and support to the Finance team in line with team requirements
Your skillset:
Previous experience working in the Finance team of an SME retail/ecommerce business
Solid financial systems experience; Netsuite preferable
Strong Excel skills (pivots, vlookups etc.
Good understanding of basic accounting principles
Taking on the role you will be:
A motivated and ambitious team player, keen to be an integral part of the Finance team
A great communicator, building and encouraging strong relationships with the rest of The Fold team
Benefits of working with The Fold:
- 25 days holidays in addition to the usual bank holidays.
- Modern West London office with complimentary drinks and fresh fruit.
- Inspiring Q&A talks with leading professionals.
- A Fold Gift card allowance to spends at The Fold.
- A Staff discount policy with 50% off full retail price.
- Bike to work scheme, save on the cost of bikes and equipment.
- Regular team socials.
- In our office, you can expect to enjoy complimentary Nespresso coffee, fresh fruit and treats. Out of work we’ve enjoyed Secret Cinema, Crazy Golf, Escape Rooms, Ice skating as well as enjoying homemade cocktails and casual beers.
Our Culture:
We are an ambitious, supportive, passionate team who love what we do. We are Founder-led, and we lead by example – never compromising on our quality. We strive to uphold a values based working culture with five key principle across the business:
- Be Humbitious: Be ambitious for yourself and The Fold in a humble way - don’t be a diva.
- Wrap it up with a bow on it: Be a completer finisher, be able to trust others to take on a job completely and fully, and earn that same trust yourself.
- Be Empowered: Take on responsibility, share your views confidently but kindly, feel ownership, take pride in results,
- Fold Gold Standard: Quality and professionalism, don’t just ‘let it go’, pride ourselves on attention to detail and excellence in everything we do, deliver results.
- Embrace, pace, progress and adventure: Know that to fully embrace our ambition and our challenges, this will mean stepping out of your comfort zone - get comfortable being uncomfortable.
To apply for this role please submit your CV to [email protected]. Due to the number of applications we receive, we can only reply to those that are successful to the next stage.
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