Management Accountant - UK Remote, Occasional Travel to London

9 hours, 1 minute ago
Full-time
Mid Level
Finance and Accounting
Swoon

Swoon

Swoon Editions is a London-based online furniture brand established in 2012. They offer beautifully handcrafted furniture at fair prices by launching limited edition designs daily. With a focus on distinctive design and affordability, Swoon aims to mak...

Specialty Retail
51-250
Founded 2012
$8M raised

Description

  • Prepare monthly management accounts, including P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow, within a seven-day hard close.
  • Produce the board pack and monthly business review with clear commentary and leadership-ready insight.
  • Present financial performance to leadership and translate results into business decisions.
  • Oversee revenue recognition, including deferred revenue, cost of sales, and related accounting controls.
  • Maintain cost and Opex tracking, accruals, and rolling forecast inputs.
  • Redesign month-end close and reporting to be faster, leaner, and less manual without disrupting board continuity.
  • Build live, self-serve dashboards that provide real-time financial visibility.
  • Identify and implement automation and AI solutions across reconciliations, invoicing, accruals, reporting, and routine finance tasks.
  • Run monthly stock reconciliations with the warehouse, including stock-in-transit and provisions.
  • Own the year-end process and full audit, and manage all communication with the auditor.
  • Produce VAT and other statutory returns, including quarterly VAT, plastic packaging tax, PSA, P11Ds, and payroll-related submissions.
  • Oversee payroll setup, monthly payroll coordination with the external provider, and pension submissions.
  • Supervise and develop the accounts assistant, including invoice coding oversight and expense approvals.

Requirements

  • Qualified ACA, ACCA, or CIMA accountant.
  • Retail experience with confidence in stock reconciliations, stock provisions, and inventory controls.
  • Experience as a full-cycle management accountant covering P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow.
  • Experience owning the year-end audit process.
  • Experience preparing month-end accounts in Xero.
  • Advanced Excel or Google Sheets skills and comfort reconciling large volumes of data.
  • Genuine enthusiasm for automation, AI, and building better processes, with a track record of improving how work is done.
  • Ambition to grow with the role and the business as it scales.
  • Able to work independently without supervision.
  • Strong communication skills with the ability to explain finance concepts to non-finance colleagues.
  • Able to travel to London at least once per month.
  • Management experience, or readiness to step up into a management role.
  • Hands-on experience building dashboards or finance automations, such as BI tools, scripting, or AI-assisted workflows, is preferred.
  • Exposure to retail collaborations, marketplaces, or multi-channel revenue is preferred.

Benefits

  • Competitive salary.
  • Share options programme.
  • Bonus scheme.
  • Wellbeing allowance.
  • Pension scheme.
  • Private medical cover.
  • Additional day off on your birthday.
  • Volunteer or community work day off.
  • Flexible working, with home-based working and openness to future hybrid arrangements.
  • Friday 1pm finish in summer, currently being trialled across the full year.
  • Free furniture on each employment anniversary.
  • Increasing holiday allowance with tenure.
  • Study support.
  • Friends and family discount.

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