Assistant Management Accountant

Diversity matters at Lush, where we're building a brand representing people worldwide. We celebrate individuality and want you to join us.

As an Assistant Management Accountant in our Finance team, you'll handle day-to-day finance tasks, prepare monthly management accounts, maintain accurate financial records, and ensure compliance with accounting standards.

Key Responsibilities:

• Perform weekly bank reconciliations to support effective cash forecasting
• Review weekly payment runs, including GBP and other currencies, with three-way checks against delivery notes, purchase orders, and invoices
• Manage control accounts, including prepayments and accruals postings, and ensure lead schedules reconcile to the trial balance
• Process intercompany sales and purchase invoices, ensuring correct prices are charged, and agree intercompany balances
• Review transactions to ensure costs are allocated to the correct nominal code
• Conduct cost of Goods analysis, review, and commentary, including quarterly stock provisions
• Maintain the Fixed Asset Register, post depreciation monthly, and review capex
• Prepare VAT returns, review and prepare quarterly returns, and perform VAT deferment reconciliation
• Support regular reporting for Manufacturing room Managers
• Participate in monthly stock checks and report findings
• Assist the Purchase Ledger team with queries and issue resolution
• Support year-end and audit with reviewing financial transactions

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise:

• 3+ years of experience in a finance role, working in a team, with a hands-on approach
• Understanding of basic accounting principles and double-entry processes
• Strong Excel, IT, and online banking skills, including Google Workspace and functions like VLOOKUPS and Pivot Tables
• Excellent communication skills and a friendly telephone manner
• 'Can-do' approach with the ability to build relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Experience with systems like ERP Next, MayDay, Xero, Rydoo is advantageous
• Interest in Lush's ethics and willingness to learn and challenge existing processes
• Studying towards a finance qualification (CIMA, ACCA, ACA, AAT) is desirable

Benefits:

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• 6 months of full pay for parental leave
• Enhanced paternity leave
• Bonus scheme
• Day off for weekday birthdays
• Holiday purchase scheme
• 50% discount on Lush products and spa treatments
• Cycle to work scheme
• Discounted rail and bus season tickets
• Employee assistance programme
• Wellbeing & mindfulness sessions
• Access to employee-led Community Networks