Senior Accountant; Part-Time

Reporting to: Head of Finance & Administration.

Salary: £50k+ pro rata, 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’ve transformed 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, with a 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 brings additional reporting, 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 sheet controls and financial reporting to the standard the new structure demands, and to keep them there as we scale.

You’ll work closely with the Head of Finance and Administration and the wider finance team. It is a genuinely meaningful role – you’ll be 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 the group entities, including bank, ledger, balance sheet reconciliations, intercompany, accruals and prepayments.
• Drive a robust monthly close, with clear management accounts and commentary at department, entity, and consolidated level.
• Prepare consolidated cash flow forecasts and support active cash management to optimise interest 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‑off routines and 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, identifying variances from the 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 and accounts preparation 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 by providing financial 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 for to support a clean audit process.
• Strong balance sheet control and month‑end close…