Financial Accountant

Financial Accountant

Working Hours: Monday – Friday, 8:00am – 5:00pm UK Time

Company: Bathroom E-commerce and Distribution Company

About Bathroom Bubbles Ltd

Established in 2008, Bathroom Bubbles Ltd is a rapidly expanding specialist wholesaler and distributor of premium bathroom products. Operating dynamically across the omnichannel space, we supply high-quality goods to e-commerce platforms, plumbers' merchants, bathroom showrooms, and retail networks.

We are a fast-moving, high-growth company filled with motivated, ambitious, and supportive individuals who possess a true "can-do" attitude. We believe in creating clear pathways to success for our team members and providing a great work environment. If you are driven, passionate about efficiency, and want to make a lasting impact, we want you on our team.

Role Purpose

Provide strategic financial leadership and manage day-to-day finance operations across our Business-to-Business (B2B) channels and online marketplaces. This role oversees high-volume transactional data, multi-currency accounting, inventory landed costs, and HMRC tax compliance.

Key Responsibilities:

Revenue and Gateway Reconciliation: Perform daily reconciliations of payouts, platform fees, refunds, and chargebacks across Shopify, Amazon (UK/EU), eBay, Stripe, PayPal etc. against multi-currency bank accounts.

Tax Compliance and Reporting: Prepare and submit UK VAT returns under Making Tax Digital (MTD) rules. Manage Postponed VAT Accounting (PVA), duty deferment accounts, customs charges, and reporting for cross-border transactions.

Inventory and COGS Accounting: Calculate accurate landed costs (factoring in freight, customs duty, and port fees) across multi-location 3PL warehouses. Track inventory movements, write-downs, and monthly COGS calculations.

Channel Profitability Analysis: Produce monthly channel-by-channel P&L statements (UK vs. EU vs. Rest of World). Analyse gross margins, return rates, marketplace commission structures, and ad spend efficiency.

Systems and Integration Management: Audit and maintain automated data syncs between sales channels, middleware (e.g., A2X, Link My Books), and core accounting platforms (Xero, QuickBooks, NetSuite).

Financial Controls and Operational Governance: Enforce internal control policies, establish robust refund approval procedures, and manage granular cash flow reporting.

Logistics and Supplier Accounts: Oversee supplier invoice settlements, audit price discrepancies, and manage claims filings with logistics partners for lost or damaged goods.

Executive Support: Assist the Managing Director and Finance Director with budgeting, forecasting, end-of-year accounts, and management report packs.

Required Qualifications and Experience:

Professional Certification: ACCA, CIMA, or ACA qualified/part-qualified (or AAT Level 4 with extensive relevant e-commerce experience).

Sector Experience: 4+ years in general accounting, with a minimum of 1 – 2 years focused on UK e-commerce, B2B, or multi-channel marketplaces.

Tax and Customs Knowledge: Proven expertise in UK VAT regulations, MTD compliance, PVA import rules, and cross-border tax frameworks.

Software Proficiency: Hands-on experience with Xero, QuickBooks Online, Brightpearl, or NetSuite, alongside Shopify Admin, Amazon Seller Central, and e-commerce connectors (A2X).

Data Analysis: Advanced Microsoft Excel / Google Sheets skills (XLOOKUP, Pivot Tables, foreign exchange gain / loss accounting, and manipulation of large CSV transactional data sets).

Soft Skills: Strong commercial awareness, high attention to detail, time management, and the flexibility to champion finance functions within a collaborative small team.

Location: Tipton, UK.

The role is a hybrid role with expectations of travel to the HQ. The hybrid role will be discussed in the interview.