Finance Manager – Maternity cover – Part Time job with Arddun Agency

Arddun Agency are a UK based Womenswear wholesale agency in Shoreditch, London specialising in the Luxury and Advanced Contemporary world. Founded in 2020 we have grown quickly and already have a proven track record of launching brands successfully internationally as well as being great partners to our brands and well regarded by our retail partners. We have big ambitions and aggressive growth plans and are looking for the right candidates to help us execute all we aim to achieve.
We are small but fast-growing team that are close-knit and we aim to provide a nurturing and enjoyable place to work and are looking for a candidate that shares our core values of being humble, hungry and inquisitive.
We are a small business bringing elements of the finance function in-house for the first time. This is an exciting opportunity for someone to build our internal finance team and develop/implement our ways of working. This is currently a part-time role with potential for full-time in the future. 
 
The main responsibilities include:
Manage day to day finance operations, working closely with external accountants and bookkeeper
Compile, review and provide analysis on month end reports including Management accounts, forecasts and cashflow
Oversight and management of key company policies
Commissions reconciliations monthly
Work closely with business owners to build out and track financial planning, forecasting and analysis reporting
Clear and accurate financial reporting to internal team
Strong cash flow management and communication
Strong cost management and clear communication on forecasts and budgets to the wider team whilst constantly working to identify costs savings
Day-to-day responsibility for review of books and records
Oversee and management of all company invoicing and payments
Closely monitor and action upon AR/AP
Strong FX understanding and management
Presentation of monthly management accounts in timely and accurate manner for internal team with comparisons to budget
Review year end accounts and present internally
Work with the owners on future expansion plans
Review monthly payroll and process payments
Review quarterly VAT returns with external accountants
Work with internal sales and merchandising teams to pull the forward sales data and forecasts to update cash flow forecasts and budgets
Work closely with the ERP system to generate commission reports
Work closely with the sales team and the brands to understand when orders have shipped to calculate commission due
Oversee key contracts including but not limited to agency, property rental, showroom, office management & similar
Manage overseas VAT reclaim
Work closely with our Operations Director on HR & IT function
 
This person will be:
ACA, ACCA or CIMA accredited
Ideally experience in a similar role or from within a brand or retailer
Excellent in their presentation and communication skills (written and verbal)
Experienced with XERO, Dext & Pleo helpful but not essential
Happy to work as part of a small but fast-growing team
Pro-active in finding and tackling problems within the business