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About Piglet in Bed: Founded from a humble garden shed by Jessica Hanley in 2017, Piglet in Bed is a leading Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) homewares and lifestyle brand that has captured the hearts of customers in the UK and the US with our commitment to quality, comfort, and sustainability. Our range of effortlessly beautiful bedding, sleepwear, and home essentials are first and foremost made for living, designed to give you more time to spend on the moments that matter.

The Role

As the interim Financial Accountant, you will provide immediate support to the Head of Finance during a busy trading period. The role is responsible for ensuring accurate month-end close, timely reconciliations, and cash management. The successful candidate will be hands-on, able to step into an existing workload and deliver reliable financial reporting in a fast-paced retail environment. In addition, the interim will provide day-to-day guidance and oversight to two finance assistants, ensuring accuracy, efficiency, and effective team support.

Role: Interim Financial Accountant

Hours: Full-time / Part-time (would consider 4 days a week)

Length of contract: up to 3 months 

Salary: £50,000 / £250-£280 day rate

Location: Hybrid working - with a minimum of 1 days/week in our London office

What you'll be getting up to 

• Manage, record, classify, and reconcile financial transactions to ensure accurate general ledger accounts.
• Conduct weekly and monthly balance sheet reconciliations and reviews to verify accuracy and identify any discrepancies or errors.
• Ensure timely and accurate delivery of month-end close and reconciliations from day one
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of accounting standards and regulations to ensure full compliance.
• Provide leadership, oversight, and guidance to two finance assistants, ensuring accurate output and timely delivery of tasks.

• Assist with audit preparations and liaise with auditors as needed.
• Oversee daily cash activities, monitor bank balances, and perform account reconciliations.
• Oversee Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable processes, ensuring invoices, payments, and collections are managed accurately and efficiently.
• Perform variance analysis to highlight trends, risks, and opportunities, contributing to strategic planning and decision-making.

Who we're looking for 

• Hands-on, detail-oriented, with the ability to operate in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
• Able to hit the ground running with minimal onboarding.

• Proactive problem solver, able to balance detail with commercial understanding.
• Good communicator, able to partner across finance and non-finance teams.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills, with the ability to meet tight deadlines.
• Comfortable operating autonomously and delivering within timeframes

Why Piglet in Bed?

• We’re proud to pay the UK Living Wage, a voluntary measure we’re taking to make sure our salaries meet our employees real, everyday needs.
• Our flexible working scheme aims to prioritise your work-life balance, allowing for flexible start and finish times.
• We offer a generous 50% discount on our products alongside multiple bonus schemes, and plenty of chances to get your hands on treats internally!
• Piglet in Bed offers 33 days of holiday annually (pro rata for part time staff), alongside 2 paid days for volunteering and reduced summer hours.
• We offer a rewards & recognition platform where you can get discounts with lots of retailers, along with a full employee assistance programme and 24/7 GP access.
• With our onsite bike storage and shower facilities, Piglet are excited to offer team members access to our cycle to work scheme.

What’s next?

If this sounds like the role for you, apply now by submitting your CV and cover letter below. Your personality is way more important to us than perfect grammar, so please consider not using AI in your application – we just want to get to know the authentic you!

All applicants must have the right to work in the UK as Piglet in Bed are unable to sponsor or transfer any visa applications at this time.