Senior Accountant

Reporting to: Head of Finance & Administration.

Salary: £50k+ depending on experience and interview performance.

Citrus-Lime is a fast-growing SaaS business providing Cloud POS—an end-to-end retail system specifically designed for independent retailers in the Cycle, Equestrian, and Outdoor sectors. Our platform integrates EPOS, Stock Control, Ecommerce, Supplier Data, Payments, Reporting, and more, helping retailers streamline operations, improve customer experiences, and grow sustainably.

We are profitable and financially strong, processing over £750 million in customer revenues annually. Since launching in 2018,we’vetransformed independent Cycle retail in the UK and are now expanding rapidly into Outdoor and Equestrian sectors. Our next phase of growth is international, focusing on the USA, Canada, and Australia.

Our mission is to double our turnover in the next five years, witha strong emphasis on international expansion. As we scale, strong financial control, performance reporting, and commercial insight are critical to supporting our sustainable growth.

This is a hands-on financial control role at a pivotal moment for the business. We are preparing for our first statutory audit under a new group structure, and that bringsadditionalreporting, control and disclosure requirements that need experienced hands behind them. We need a qualified Senior Accountant with strong technical foundations to help get the close process, balance sheetcontrolsand financial reporting to the standard the new structure demands, and to keep them there as we scale.

You’llwork closely with the Head of Finance and Administration and the wider finance team. It is a genuinely meaningful role –you’llbe the person who keeps the numbers right while the business goes through one of the most important phases in its history.

• Own day-to-day financial control across thegroupentities, including bank, ledger, balance sheet reconciliations, intercompany, accruals and prepayments.
• Drive a robust monthly close, with clear management accounts and commentary at department, entity, andconsolidatedlevel.
• Prepareconsolidatedcash flow forecasts and support active cash management tooptimiseinterest earned across the group.
• Support audit preparation and act as a point of contact for the auditors during fieldwork.
• Maintain the fixed asset register and ensure additions,disposals and depreciation are accurately captured.
• Strengthen and document internal controls as we scale, including month-end checklists, sign-offroutinesand segregation of duties.

• Prepare monthly management accounts for the leadership team, including KPI and variance analysis.
• Perform detailed review of transactions at the department and general ledger level,identifyingvariancesfromthe budget and prior actuals.
• Support UK and international VAT returns, payroll filings,corporation tax workings and statutory reporting at entity and group level.
• Contribute to year-end consolidation andaccountspreparation and disclosures, including those arising from the corporate transaction (intercompany arrangements, transfer pricing, related party transactions,goodwill and intangibles).
• Take on other finance and reporting projects as the business and group structure continue to evolve.

• Partner with non-finance teams as a trusted source of commercial insight, helping operational leaders read their numbers and make better-informed decisions.
• Support the international expansion efforts byprovidingfinancial insights related to international compliance, multi-currency operations, revenue recognition, and scaling the financial function globally.

• Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/ICAS/CIMA) or equivalent, with meaningful post-qualification experience.
• Audit experience is advantageous– whether practice-trained, industry-side exposure to statutory audits, or simply a strong technical accounting background with an understanding of the controls and disciplines that auditors look fortosupport a clean audit process.
• Strong balance sheet control andmonth-end close experience.
• Confident technical accounting under UK GAAP (FRS 102).
• Excellent attention to detail and a calm,organised approach under deadline pressure.
• Strong Excel skills and a structured approach to working with financial systems and data.
• Confident communicator able to work with senior stakeholders and external auditors.
• Industry experience in SaaS,…