Senior Management Accountant (Maternity Cover) in Marlow

Scamp & Dude is looking for an experienced Senior Management Accountant to join us on a fixed-term contract, covering maternity leave within our Finance team.

This is a brilliant opportunity for a commercially minded finance professional to step into a hands-on role at a purpose-led, fast-growing fashion brand, helping to keep our finance function running smoothly while supporting performance, reporting, forecasting and decision-making across the business.

The Role

This is a full-time maternity cover role, reporting into the CFO, with responsibility for the day-to-day running of the finance function.

You’ll work closely with teams across the business, including Buying, Merchandising, Operations, Digital Marketing and Retail, providing insight, control and support across key areas of financial performance.

The role is based 2 to 3 days per week in our Marlow office, with the remainder working from home.

What You’ll Be Doing

You’ll oversee monthly management accounts, reporting and reforecasting, support channel profitability analysis across e-commerce and stores, manage cashflow and cost control, and help ensure strong financial systems, processes and controls are maintained.

You’ll also manage and support the finance team, lead balance sheet reconciliations, contribute to budgeting and audit activity, and provide clear, commercial insight to help the business identify risks, opportunities and areas for improvement.

• Business Performance & Reporting
• Produce monthly management accounts comparing budget/forecast and prior year, providing key insights and recommendations
• Provide channel profitability analysis focusing on gross margin and KPIs, including:
• E-commerce: traffic and conversion, revenue per order, fulfilment costs, digital marketing acquisition costs, return rates, and customer service metrics
• Stores: customer footfall and conversion, average basket value, payroll-to-sales, and stock management
• Work with the buying and merchandising teams to provide oversight of purchasing, margins, inventory health, and supply-chain finance
• Protect and monitor margin at SKU/category level, including seasonal markdown planning and sell-through targets
• Operational Finance Collaboration
• Work with the Operations team on supply-chain cost analysis (freight, duty, warehousing), including the impact on landed margins and ILG reconciliations
• Work with the Digital Marketing team on promotional and marketing ROI tracking, discounting strategies, influencer activity, and affiliate campaigns
• Cost Control & Forecasting
• Produce monthly cost centre reports and lead cost reviews for the monthly financial review
• Deliver a monthly reforecast detailing risks and opportunities, ensuring income assumptions align with budget/forecast, key costs stay within budget/forecast, and cashflows remain accurate and up to date
• Financial Systems (day-to-day, not project lead)
• Maintain day-to-day oversight of financial systems (POS, ERP, inventory, e-commerce) to ensure accurate and timely data flow across the business
• Act as a day-to-day point of contact with IT, operations and external partners on routine system issues (excludes leading Net Suite/Celigo integration projects — see note above)
• Maintain existing reconciliation processes between sales channels, stock movement, and financial reporting
• Manage the finance team to ensure accurate financial records in line with regulations, monthly reconciliation of all balance sheet accounts (signed off by this role), and ongoing development of team members
• Manage and forecast company cashflows, ensuring suppliers are paid in line with agreed terms and strong cash management practices are maintained, including placing spare funds on deposit
• Budgeting & Audit
• Support completion and presentation of the annual budget, ensuring robust revenue and cost build-ups
• Provide clear sales targets for each channel based on data analytics
• Prepare analytical support for major cost areas such as payroll, digital marketing, and logistics
• Review departmental budgets ahead of submission to Directors
• Produce annual statutory accounts and manage the external audit process to achieve a clean audit opinion
• Ensure statutory accounts align with management accounts
• Work with external accountants to support the year-end accounts process and ensure monthly figures are provided ahead of monthly meetings
• General
• Attend monthly meetings to review management reports
• Hold the business to account for P&L performance, identifying areas for cost improvement
• Support the business to identify risks and opportunities
• Who We're Looking For
• Proven experience as a Senior Management Accountant, Senior Finance Manager, or Financial Controller
• Professionally qualified (ACCA, CIMA, ACA, AAT) or equivalent experience
• Ideally avaliable from November 2026
• Strong hands-on experience of month-end management accounts, cost control, cashflow management, and balance sheet control
• Experience managing and developing a small finance team
• Comfortable working with an ERP system such as Net Suite as a day-to-day user
• Excellent communication skills, confident building relationships with Directors, SLT and shop managers
• Strong attention to detail and numerical/Excel skills, with the ability to turn data into insight
• The ability to stay calm in a fast-paced environment while maintaining a proactive, professional and positive attitude
• Fashion, retail or e-commerce experience is a plus, and full commitment to our brand ethos & values
• Strong commercial acumen with a focus on driving growth
• What We'll Offer You

We may be biased, but our team spirit is what we thrive on- genuine people, genuine connections, and a workplace that actually feels like one big family.

Here's what you can expect when you join us

• Pension auto-enrolment (after probation period)
• Group Life Assurance and Group Income Protection — knowing you have support in the hardest times (eligibility criteria apply)
• Dedicated EAP service — confidential support whenever you need it
• A collaborative and creative workplace culture
• A brand with purpose — as a B Corp, doing good isn't a tagline for us, it's how we operate

Scamp & Dude is committed to equal opportunities for all and actively encourages and welcomes people of all diverse backgrounds to join our growing team.

We will appoint, train, develop and promote on the basis of merit and ability alone without regard to age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race (including colour, nationality and ethnic or national origins), religion or belief, sex and/or sexual orientation.

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