Accounts Assistant

A new and exciting role has become available to join Sister Jane's management team.

This role will see the successful candidate supporting finance and accounting functions during a time of strong growth and transformation in the business.
This role is an extremely attractive role for a dynamic and entrepreneurial individual studying towards their qualification and who is attracted to join a fast growing international team and play a key role in the development and growth of the business.

This is a 6 months fixed term role that may extended to a permanent role at the end of term.

The main roles and responsibilities involved are:

1. Accounts

• Responsible for Accounts Payable working closely with management and the operations team and keep oversight of the expense approval process
• Deal with supplier invoice queries and assist on supplier statement reconciliations and supplier payment processes
• Oversee the Accounts Receivable ledger and work with the sales and wholesale operations team on invoice, credit queries and customer statement processing
• Provide ad hoc reports on payable and receivable status

2. Stock Movements Auditing

• Perform regular checks on the internal ERP system to verify stock variances
• Investigate with the relevant teams any discrepancies
• Provide regular stock valuation reports to management

3.  Administration and Compliance

• Provide support on ad hoc financial and compliance procedures
• Work with management to review and improve ad hoc processes to streamline approval and compliance workflows
• Liaise with company accountants and assist resolving unreconciled transactions

The ideal candidate will have the following qualities and qualifications:

• Studying for a recognised accountancy qualification (such as ACA/ACCA/CIMA etc.) with ideally half the exams passed.
• Relevant fashion industry or similar experience with intimate knowledge of stock accounting and international import/export preferable
• Experience working within a multi-cultural and international team
• Good knowledge of Xero and its app ecosystem
• High proficiency in Excel
• A good understanding of IT processes and strong curiosity to find and implement new solutions
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to summarise and explain processes clearly and concisely
• Excellent attention to detail and high degree of accuracy
• Well organised and effective person with good time management and prioritisation skills
• Eager to take responsibilities and take initiative