Accounts Assistant | International

What's the role about?

We're looking for an Accounts Assistant to join our International Finance team, supporting financial accounting, compliance, and reporting across our global operations. You'll play an important role in ensuring the accurate processing of financial information, supporting international compliance activities, and helping the team meet key reporting deadlines across multiple territories.

This is a great opportunity for someone looking to build their career within an international finance environment, gaining exposure to VAT, intercompany accounting, sustainability reporting, and global compliance.

Who you are

• Experience working in an accounts or finance role, with exposure to financial accounting, reconciliations, VAT, or month-end processes.
• Confident processing financial information accurately, with strong attention to detail.
• Comfortable working with reconciliations, journals, and financial reporting.
• Experience of intercompany accounting, multi-entity environments, or international finance would be advantageous but is not essential.
• Exposure to Business Central or a similar ERP system would be beneficial but isn’t essential.
• Highly organised, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
• A proactive team player who enjoys working collaboratively and building positive relationships with colleagues and external partners.
• Analytical, eager to learn, and keen to develop within an international finance function.

What you'll be doing

• Supporting the International Finance team with financial accounting, compliance activities, and reporting across multiple international territories.
• Preparing and reconciling VAT returns for Canada, Australia, and Jersey, working closely with external advisors to ensure accurate and timely submissions.
• Processing international and intercompany transactions in Business Central, owning intercompany reconciliations across all territories, maintaining schedules, and resolving outstanding balances.
• Supporting month-end activities, including journals, accruals, and reconciliations for items such as Bloomingdale's intersell accruals, international legal fees, and commercial rent tax.
• Assisting with the ongoing delivery and development of sustainability reporting, including carbon reporting, Global Packaging Tax, internal audit support, and data gathering.
• Supporting annual audits, external government requests, Business Central reporting, turnover certificates, and other ad hoc finance and compliance activities.
• Processing international payments, resolving payment queries, and supporting the rollout of global e-invoicing requirements.
• Building strong relationships with internal teams and external partners while identifying opportunities to improve financial processes, controls, and reporting.

What we’ll do for you

• Competitive salary and company bonus.
• Up to 65% employee discount.
• Access to exclusive sample sales.
• Health and wellbeing services.
• Medicash health support plan.
• Workplace pension contributions.
• Enhanced parental leave policies.
• Electric Vehicle scheme via Octopus Energy.
• Cycle to Work programme.
• Season ticket travel loan.
• Plus further workplace benefits.

If you want to start your story at Reiss as our Accounts Assistant | International, don’t miss out - apply now!

At Reiss, it’s not just what we do - it’s how we do it that sets us apart. Creativity drives us forward, but it’s our shared behaviours that underpin our success. We look for individuals who embody these behaviours and bring them to life everyday:

Ambition | Accountability | Courage | Commitment | Focus | Resilience

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We recognise the importance and power of diversity within our business and, as such, we ensure that our people processes are fair, transparent and promote equality of opportunity for all candidates.

It is our pledge that candidates will not be discriminated against on the grounds of gender, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, marital status, age, race, colour, ethnic background, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, religion, religious or similar belief. Every individual will be treated with respect.

We know that some people won’t apply for a role unless they feel they meet all of the requirements listed. We want you to know that finding people who will add to our inspirational culture and have a learning mindset is incredibly important to us. Even if you feel you don’t tick all the boxes, we’d still like to hear from you.