Retail Accounts Assistant

Ref: MON12088
Salary: competitive
Department: Finance
Location: Notting Hill Village, London (W11)
Position type: Permanent
Hours / Duration: 37.5 hours per week
Closing date: 16/10/2024

Our story began with one man and his vision; to bring vibrant, colourful, hand-crafted artisan clothes from faraway places to the markets of London. It is a journey that started on a hippy commune in Ibiza, 1970, and finished with an overland trip east, through Afghanistan and India. Now found in West London, we’re creating vibrant products, and sharing endless discovery.

We are looking for enthusiastic Graduate level candidates to join our friendly Finance team acting as key point of contact for a region of stores. Internally this role will be known as Retail Accounts Assistant. This is a great entry level position for a passionate individual eager to learn and develop and wanting to take the first step into a Finance role. 

What will you do as a Retail Accounts Assistant?

Individual has an allocation of stores for which they must ensure on a timely basis that:

  • Sales are complete and accurate.
  • Sales are reconciled to tenders, ensuring completeness and that there are no misappropriation of funds.
  • Timely reconciliation of all relevant payment methods for allocated stores, to an auditable standard.
  • Chargebacks are reviewed and completed on a timely basis.
  • Store staff are following correct transactional and Cash control procedures.

As point of contact with stores, the individual must efficiently manage queries and ensure issues or concerns are directed to the appropriate Head Office personnel.

You may be asked to perform tasks as required by management deemed as a reasonable request. This job description is a summary of the typical functions of the role, not an exhaustive or comprehensive list of possible role responsibilities, tasks and duties and is subject to review.

What will you need to succeed as our Retail Accounts Assistant?

  • Excellent Verbal & Written Communication skills
  • Numerate 
  • Educated to A-Level standard or graduate degree 
  • Competent in MS Office software, in particular Excel
  • Desirable to have knowledge of back office functions and admin procedures around store cash handling

What will we offer you in return?

  • Competitive salary
  • 23 days holiday with the option to purchase additional holiday through our salary sacrifice scheme
  • Bonus day off each year after 6 months service
  • A pension that you will be automatically be enrolled in after 3 months
  • Life assurance (subject to participating in the pension scheme)
  • A flexible working approach
  • Early pay day Friday finish
  • A generous staff discount with up to 50% discount on our products
  • Interest free season ticket loans
  • Discounted gym membership at our on campus gym
  • Additional discounts such as Westfield discount, Taste card membership etc

If this all sounds great and you feel you are who we are looking for, let us know and apply today.

At Monsoon Accessorize we don’t focus only on what we do, we also care about how we do it. Our values and the way we behave are important to us.

We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce and an environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, enabling all of our employees to thrive and achieve their full potential.

We want to attract the broadest range of talented people and are an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We will also consider flexible working requests for all roles, unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.

We provide reasonable accommodations as needed to people with disabilities to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us at careers@monsoon.co.uk to request discuss any specific requirements.

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