We are partnering with a long-standing client of over 20 years — a financially strong global sportswear and lifestyle group with a growing international footprint and a portfolio that includes iconic brands such as Reebok.
This Watford-based role sits within a business that blends the stability of a large organisation with the pace and energy of a challenger brand.
For the right candidate, this is a genuinely supportive environment — long-term career prospects, study support, clear progression routes, annual salary reviews, annual bonus, 25 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, and a collaborative culture led by honest, humble, and caring management. A place where you can grow, be supported, and build a career.
Professional experience:
• Minimum 3 years including financial accounting and preferably with some experience in a firm of chartered accountants.
• Experience in using SAGE 200 or equivalent accounting package.
• Experience in using ERP System, Excel (minimum VLOOKUPS and Pivot Tables).
• Experience in working to strict deadlines, attention to detail and ability to work with other members of the team.


Roles and Responsibilities:
• Checking bank statements and updating the cashbook for all currencies (daily).
• Processing purchase/bought ledger invoices:
• Retrieving information from supplier portals/emails.
• Posting/analysis/inputting of invoices/credits on to SAGE 200 including coding to trial balance accounts.
• Checking VAT amounts charged.
• Maintaining AP ledgers, AP spreadsheets and reports.
• Ensuring documents are authorised as per company procedures including chasing other members of staff for approval. • Maintaining nominal ledger.
• Managing recurring and monthly journals.
• Ensuring the purchase invoices tie up with purchase orders/GRN’s.
• Preparing weekly payment runs/weekly cash flow.
• Uploading payments on the bank’s net banking system.
• Posting and allocating payments received and sent on a daily basis.
• Checking purchase/bought ledger statements.
• Communicating with suppliers by phone or email.
• Archiving accounts’ documents as per company procedure, including scanning AP documentation onto SAGE 200.
• Assisting with preparing the VAT.
• Processing staff credit card expenses and analysis.
• Assisting with raising customer credit notes.
• Uploading invoices/credit notes in the portal for the German subsidiary companies.
• Maintaining/updating the fixed assets register.
• Issuing intercompany invoices or debit notes.
• Carrying out the month-end procedure on STYLEman ERP system (i.e. Debtors Report/Stock report.)
• Carrying out ad-hoc reporting and finance or operations related tasks.