Finance Assistant

Lifestyle Brands (the LSB) is a growing house of like-minded brands under the SC Johnson umbrella including Method®, Mrs. Meyer’s Clean Day®, Babyganics® and Ecover®. Headquartered in San Francisco with additional operations in Chicago and throughout Europe, the LSB is home to 650 employees. Together we act as a force for bold, transformative growth with a focus on delivering positive impact for people and the planet.

Location: Frimley, UK

Contract type: Indefinite

People Leader: Accounts Receivable Manager

Function: Finance

Internal Job Title: Analyst, Finance

Please note this role is not eligible for relocation. Remote work is available once per week for eligible employees.

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive pay & benefits
• Flexible working hours + compressed week hours (1/2 day off on Fridays)
• ‘Build your own’ learning program
• Free breakfast & snacks
• 25 days annual holiday + additional days after service
• Pension, Life cover & Health Insurance
• Volunteering days
• Season ticket loan
• Wellness days
• Free Ecover refills

We are looking for driven, proactive, and detail-focused Accounts Assistant to join the SC Johnson Lifestyle Brands Finance Team in our Ministry of Clean Office. In this wide-scope role you’ll be supporting our Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable teams to ensure efficient, timely and effective processing of Vendor and Customer invoices, contributing to the smooth running of the department.

Responsibilities:

• Inputting of customer and vendor invoices, influence stakeholders for a timely completion
• Assist 2x AR and 2x AP Analysts with queries and mailbox management
• Bank postings
• Assist with validation and approval of invoices
• Support month-end close activities, including preparation of reconciliations and accruals, reporting to AR and AP managers
• Assist with Internal & external audit providing documentation and reports. Support the Compliance Manager on Internal Controls covering AR and AP
• Vendor and Customer master data maintenance

Experience you'll bring:

• Excellent numeric & Excel skills, along with other MS Office applications. SAP experience is desired but not essential
• You will be an excellent communicator and will get your message across well. You will love working as part of a team and will be a great collaborator.
• You will be naturally organized and planned – you are resourceful. You’re able to prioritize and juggle lots of tasks at the same time with relentless desire for high standards and high attention to detail.
• Be curious - passion for learning combined with a can-do attitude
• Be True - we honestly love honesty. We promise - and expect – radical transparency, authenticity and a culture of inclusion.

About us: We are the people behind method + Ecover. We’ve always done things differently – we’re fearless thinkers, mad scientists and adventurous designers who believe that making soap leads to brave ideas, bold inventions and beautiful bubbles. We invite everyone to join us as we pioneer a future where doing business is doing good for all.

Application:

Have you made it this far? If you’re still reading, we think there’s a strong chance you might be our kind of person. Here’s the thing, though — research suggests that 60% of women and underrepresented folks might have already talked themselves out of applying. Even if you don’t check every box above, we want to encourage you to introduce yourself. We believe a diversity of perspectives and experiences makes a team stronger — and the stronger our team, the closer we are to delivering our ambition of a clean world revolution!

Inclusion & Diversity: We believe that being a team of diverse people with different ideas, views and cultures will help us and our business thrive. We are committed to ensuring everyone who works at the LSB feels that they have a real sense of belonging and that they can show up as who they are, be valued, listened to and supported to do their best possible work.