Financial Accountant

Financial Accountant

Working Hours: Monday – Friday, 8:00am – 5:00pm UK Time

Established in 2008, our client is a rapidly expanding specialist wholesaler and distributor of premium bathroom products. Operating dynamically across the omnichannel space, they supply high-quality goods to e-commerce platforms, plumbers' merchants, bathroom showrooms, and retail networks.

Our client is a fast-moving, high-growth company filled with motivated, ambitious, and supportive individuals who possess a true "can-do" attitude. They believe in creating clear pathways to success for their team members and providing a great work environment. If you are driven, passionate about efficiency, and want to make a lasting impact, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.

The successful candidate will provide strategic financial leadership and manage day-to-day finance operations across the Business-to-Business (B2B) channels and online marketplaces of our client. This role oversees high-volume transactional data, multi-currency accounting, inventory landed costs, and HMRC tax compliance.

• Revenue and Gateway Reconciliation: Perform daily reconciliations of payouts, platform fees, refunds, and chargebacks across Shopify, Amazon (UK/EU), eBay, Stripe, Pay Pal etc. against multi-currency bank accounts.
• Tax Compliance and Reporting: Prepare and submit UK VAT returns under Making Tax Digital (MTD) rules. Manage Postponed VAT Accounting (PVA), duty deferment accounts, customs charges, and reporting for cross-border transactions.
• Inventory and COGS Accounting: Calculate accurate landed costs (factoring in freight, customs duty, and port fees) across multi-location 3PL warehouses. Track inventory movements, write-downs, and monthly COGS calculations.
• Channel Profitability Analysis: Produce monthly channel-by-channel P&L statements (UK vs. EU vs. Rest of World). Analyse gross margins, return rates, marketplace commission structures, and ad spend efficiency.
• Systems and Integration Management: Audit and maintain automated data syncs between sales channels, middleware (e.g., A2X, Link My Books), and core accounting platforms (Xero, Quick Books, Net Suite).
• Financial Controls and Operational Governance: Enforce internal control policies, establish robust refund approval procedures, and manage granular cash flow reporting.
• Logistics and Supplier Accounts: Oversee supplier invoice settlements, audit price discrepancies, and manage claims filings with logistics partners for lost or damaged goods.
• Executive Support: Assist the Managing Director and Finance Director with budgeting, forecasting, end-of-year accounts, and management report packs.

• Professional Certification: ACCA, CIMA, or ACA qualified/part-qualified (or AAT Level 4 with extensive relevant e-commerce experience).
• Sector
  
  Experience:
  
  4+ years in general accounting, with a minimum of 1 – 2 years focused on UK e-commerce, B2B, or multi-channel marketplaces.
• Tax and Customs Knowledge: Proven expertise in UK VAT regulations, MTD compliance, PVA import rules, and cross-border tax frameworks.
• Software Proficiency: Hands-on experience with Xero, Quick Books Online, Brightpearl, or Net Suite, alongside Shopify Admin, Amazon Seller Central, and e-commerce connectors (A2X).
• Data Analysis: Advanced Microsoft Excel / Google Sheets skills (XLOOKUP, Pivot Tables, foreign exchange gain / loss accounting, and manipulation of large CSV transactional data sets).
• Soft Skills: Strong commercial awareness, high attention to detail, time management, and the flexibility to champion finance functions within a collaborative small team.

Location: Tipton, UK.

The role is a hybrid role with expectations of travel to the HQ.
The hybrid role will be discussed in the interview.