Account Assistant

Established in 1994, The Fragrance Shop is the UK's leading independent fragrance retailer. Our aim is to make mainstream and luxury fragrances affordable and accessible to all. We showcase more than 130 fragrance brands in over 220 stores throughout the UK and online at www.thefragranceshop.co.uk. We are expanding and are looking for an Accounts Assistant to join the team and be part of a growing and vibrant brand.

Why you'll love working here:

• Enjoy work-life balance with our flexible working scheme - including 15 work from home days a year, duvet days and the choice to flex your working hours.
• Vibrant state-of-the-art office, conveniently located in Trafford Park with great transport links and free onsite parking.
• No need to travel to the gym – we have one here for you! Take advantage of our free onsite gym facilities before/after work or even pop in at lunch time.
• Generous staff discounts on a wide range of fabulous fragrances.
• Excellent progression and development opportunities - work with teams who are passionate about what they do and develop your expertise within a creative and collaborative space.

The role:

We are looking for an Accounts Assistant to join our existing first-class Finance team, reporting directly to the Group Financial Controller. This requires a person who is natural at building relationships and can fit into current accounting processes. You will be a candidate who is self-motivated, conscientious and able to work under your own initiative, as well as part of a team.

If you are interested in the opportunity of joining a fast paced, challenging, yet rewarding company where no two days are the same, then read on...

What you'll be doing:

• Ownership and accountability for the store estate ensuring daily reconciliation of tender to sales.
• Weekly store expense control and monitoring.
• Chargeback prevention and assisting CS team with defence.
• Compliance reporting.
• Ownership of reporting and KPI's for cash and expense management.
• Online Queries.
• Daily transactional audit process and reporting.
• Managing store banking procedures, documentation and handling associated external relationships.
• Development and maintenance of procedures and processes to improve business wide loss prevention.
• Liaise with stores and assist with queries.
• Online reconciliation across all tenders and exception reporting.
• Assistance with month end process where time allows.

Performance Measures:

• No cash balances aged >10 days.
• Response to chargebacks within bank required deadlines (target based on £ loss).
• Minimisation of ongoing sales audit issues and discrepancies.
• Timely and accurate reconciliation of all owned control accounts within deadlines.
• Accuracy of information distributed to wider business.

What you'll bring:

• Advanced Excel Skills.
• Attention to Detail.
• Prior experience of working with a transactional ledger within a retail or similar environment.
• AAT or some training an advantage.

How to apply:

Simply upload your CV via our careers page. Join us now and help shape the future of fragrance retail! The Fragrance Shop is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Due to the high volume of applications that we receive, we are regrettably not able to respond to everyone. If you have not heard from us within four weeks of your application, please assume that on this occasion you have not been successful.