Finance manager in fashion

We’re Arddun, a fast-paced and growing wholesale fashion and brand agency founded in London in 2019 with an HQ in Islington and NYC, as well as showrooms in Paris and Milan. We work with great brands to help them flourish in the world’s best retailers, and our excellent team do this through balancing insight and instinct, empathy and care to provide unmatched service to our partners.

• Own the month-end close timetable and deliver to agreed deadlines each month.
• Prepare journals, accruals, prepayments, accrued income, deferred income and fixed asset entries.
• Perform and review balance sheet reconciliations, including bank, debtors, creditors, payroll and intercompany.
• Produce the first draft of the monthly management accounts with variance commentary against budget and prior periods, for review by the Head of Finance.
• Work with the Finance Assistant to maintain the Aged Debtors report.
• Monitor seasonal showroom income and costs providing commentary.
• Work with the Finance Assistant to ensure showroom invoices have been raised accurately and are paid in a timely manner.
• Work with the US accountants to ensure an efficient month end close.
• Review and reconcile monthly commission statements from Brands, investigate discrepancies and ensure accurate invoicing.
• Business partner with sales team to ensure information is recorded accurately efficiently.
• Review seasonal commissions against accruals.
• Propose improvements to the commission process and controls.
• Be responsible for ensuring company policies are adhered to for example the Staff Clothing Allowance and Staff Travel
• Ensure timely and accurate invoicing of staff personal orders.
• Oversee payroll processing, working with our payroll provider and reviewing payroll journals and reconciliations.
• Support the Head of Finance with bonus calculations.
• Work with the Finance Assistant to ensure the shipping recharges are accurately invoiced.
• Work with the Design team to ensure Events costs are paid in a timely manner and recharged accurately.
• Work with the Concessions team to ensure monthly concession recharges are raised accurately.
• Line manage the Finance Assistant, setting priorities, reviewing work, coaching and supporting study and development.
• Work with the out sourced finance team to help support VAT returns and other statutory submissions.
• Help maintain a sound control environment, including segregation of duties and approval workflows.
• Support finance systems improvements and automation as the business grows.

• Part-qualified or fully qualified accountant (ACCA, ACA or CIMA), or equivalent experience.
• Experience producing management accounts with clear variance commentary.
• Experience managing or supervising at least one team member.
• Strong Excel skills and experience with Xero
• Be reliable, thorough, with excellent attention to detail
• Be flexible and adaptable to changing demands and a fast-paced environment
• Be committed to excellence
• Highly personable team player
• Have strong problem solving and organisational skills and be able prioritise own tasks and deadlines effectively
• Будет плюсом: Knowledge of Pleo and Dext desirable; Experience of working in an SME within a small finance team preferable

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