Assistant Accountant

Big Potato’s purpose is to Light Up the Moments We Spend Together. Our games are easy-to-learn, laughter-first games that are played by millions of people around the world. Despite being better connected than ever before, quality time together is increasingly rare. Our games bring people together in a way only a good game can.

We have a team that’s ambitious, creative and committed to making brilliant games and shaking things up in the category. And we believe in doing it the right way. We’re bothered about our People, our Customers, our Consumers and the Planet. We’re B-Corp Certified and consistently achieve high Great scores in our employee NPS surveys. We’re one of the UK’s fastest-growing games companies, and as we scale globally we’re rebuilding our finance and operational infrastructure from the ground up, moving away from legacy ERP systems toward a modern, modular, AI-enabled stack.

What you’ll be doing

• Accounts Payable, Expenses & Payments
  • Daily processing of overhead and stock purchase invoices, ensuring correct coding and approvals in line with Big Potato’s internal controls
  • Reconciliation of supplier statements and resolution of invoice queries
  • Processing staff expenses and company credit cards, ensuring appropriate receipts and approvals are provided
  • Preparation of weekly UK and international payment runs
• Stock Accounting
  • Ownership of stock-related accounting, including processing factory invoices and checking purchase orders for accuracy
  • Preparation and completion of annual stock reconciliations, working closely with internal stakeholders
• Fixed Assets
  • Maintenance of the fixed and intangible asset registers, ensuring they are accurate and up to date
  • Calculation and posting of monthly depreciation and amortisation
• Sales & Commercial Reporting
  • Preparation of gross profit reports each month / other profit reports as required
• Month End & Audit
  • Preparation of balance sheet and month-end schedules to support the management accounts process
  • Supporting the year-end audit, liaising with external auditors and responding to audit queries
• Accounts Receivable Cover & Ad Hoc Support
  • Providing cover for accounts receivable activities as required, including customer invoicing, credit control and royalty reporting
  • Supporting continuous improvement of finance processes and systems as the business grows

Requirements

Skills & Experience

• Essential
  • Part-qualified ACCA or CIMA (or actively studying towards qualification)
  • Experience as a finance assistant or similar role
  • Strong grounding in transactional finance, including accounts payable, reconciliations and expenses
  • Experience supporting month-end and management accounting processes
  • High level of accuracy and attention to detail
  • Confident Excel skills and experience working with finance systems
• Desirable
  • Experience in a product-based, consumer goods, retail or stock-driven business
  • Exposure to e-commerce or international sales reporting
  • Experience working with auditors

Personal Attributes

• Organised, proactive and comfortable managing multiple priorities
• A collaborative team player who enjoys working with non-finance colleagues
• Curious and commercially minded, with an interest in how finance supports the wider business
• Motivated to continue developing within a finance career path

Benefits

• £500 holiday bonus & lots of free board games
• Bupa Healthcare plus Employee Assistance Programme - Counseling
• Discounted gym memberships
• Monthly yoga
• Casual dress
• Company events
• Cycle to work scheme