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• Posting of month end journals, preparing account reconciliations and ensuring robust balance sheet controls.
• Manage rebate accruals in collaboration with business partners.
• Assist with the preparation and posting of general and ad hoc expense accruals and prepayments to ensure accurate period-end reporting
• Collaborate with other departments and respond to reporting needs, ensuring accuracy and alignment with business objectives
• Support preparation of management commentary for Senior Leadership Team reporting and review
Tax & compliance
• Preparation of monthly VAT / Sales Tax returns for non-UK entities (including US State Sales Tax returns)
• Preparation of quarterly UK VAT returns
• Ad hoc support for tax authority questions / audits; leading relationship with external tax advisors as appropriate
Employee expenses
• Management of monthly employee expenses across the business
• Ensure timely approval of expenses in Concur
• Calculate accruals for expenses not yet received monthly
Financial Audit
• Support wider finance and operations teams on the requirements of financial audits
• Prepare audit work papers and respond to auditor queries
Additional ad hoc tasks as required


• 3+ year's experience within a similar role
• Experience managing VAT and international sales tax compliance
• Proactive approach to tasks who demonstrates a calm demeanour under pressure
• SAP experience
• Good/advanced excel skills
• Relevant experience working within a Consumer Goods business would be an advantage
• The ability to work to tight deadlines under pressure
• Detail oriented, constantly challenging and verifying numbers, able to deal with complex issues
• Keen to work within a high growth environment
• A highly driven individual with a hands-on deck mentality
  
  Joseph Joseph and our selected partners use cookies and similar technologies (together "cookies") that are necessary to present this website, and to ensure you get the best experience of it. If you consent to it, we will also use cookies for analytics purposes., At Joseph Joseph we love solving everyday problems through intelligent design to create distinctive, functional products that are a pleasure to own and use. We are one of the world's leading houseware brands with a global presence spanning over 100 countries, available in most major department stores and independent houseware stores worldwide as well as our rapidly growing ecommerce channel.
  
  A competitive salary and holiday allowance
• A pension contribution
• Exclusive staff discount
• Flexible working - 3 days in the office, 2 from home and flex start/finish times
• External private employee wellbeing support
• Access to Perkbox
Team Finance Locations London Remote status HybridLife at Joseph Joseph
• Flexible working
• Mental wellbeing support
• Holiday trading
• Additional holiday for length of service
• Company bonus scheme
• Generous discounts for you and friends and family
• Season ticket loan and cycle-to-work scheme
• Even more discounts with Perkbox
Finance · London · Hybrid