Financial Accountant (9 Month FTC)

Your role in the JoJo story…

We're looking for a Financial Accountant to join us! Reporting to our Finance Manager, you'll be responsible for maintaining strong financial control, balance sheet accuracy and statutory compliance. It's a technical accounting role with genuine variety — from reconciliations and audit support to helping us find smarter, more efficient ways of working.

A peek into your daily adventures:

• Prepare and review reconciliations for key balance sheet accounts, investigating and resolving variances

• Maintain accurate fixed asset registers and support month-end close

• Apply accounting standards correctly and ensure transactions are treated appropriately

• Prepare and submit quarterly royalty reports and statutory ONS returns

• Support our year-end audit and help prepare statutory accounts

• Get involved in delivering and embedding Sage Intacct, our new finance system

• Strengthen financial controls and spot opportunities to improve processes — including using AI tools like Claude to work smarter

• Partner with Commercial Finance to keep our P&L and balance sheet singing from the same sheet

Skills that make you shine:

Essential

• Part-qualified or qualified accountant (e.g. ACCA, CIMA or ACA) or equivalent

• Strong understanding of accounting principles and financial reporting standards

• Proven experience in financial accounting, reconciliation or audit

• Strong attention to detail and a methodical, investigative approach to problem-solving

• Ability to manage multiple deadlines and prioritise effectively

• Confident Excel skills and comfortable working with financial systems

Desirable

• Experience within a retail, e-commerce or multi-site business

• Experience with Sage Intacct or a similar finance system

• Previous experience preparing statutory accounts or supporting external audit

• An interest in using technology and AI tools to improve finance processes

Just to give you a taste of our culture, we’ll be looking for you to:

• Be a brand ambassador, safeguarding our values and ethos.

• Demonstrate honesty and respect in every interaction.

• Foster collaboration and open, active listening

• Take ownership of all aspects of the role.

Perks and Benefits:

• Hybrid Working - up to 3 days in our Battersea Office

• Enjoy 25 days' annual leave plus all bank holidays

• Extra day of annual leave for each year you’re with us, up to 38 days.

• Is it your birthday? Take it off and celebrate!

• Helping plan for the future - enhanced pension scheme.

• Get on the move - cycle to work scheme.

• Financial wellbeing app - pay yourself 40% of your earned wages whenever you want.

• Saving scheme with Smart Money Cymru.

• Flexible work options.

• Enjoy fabulous social events.

• Give back with volunteer days to support our communities.

• Prioritise your well-being with our Health and Wellbeing hub.

• Specsavers voucher – Get a free sight test and contribution towards glasses (T & C’s) apply.

• We love our products! Enjoy:

  • 40% off JoJo branded lines

  • 25% off full-price NEXT products

  • 10% off NEXT Beauty products

  • Up to 10%off most branded products

• Embrace an “It’s up to you” learning environment with ongoing training and development opportunities.

• Your furry friend doesn’t have to stay at home – our offices are dog friendly for friendly pooches.

Want to know more about JoJo?

We make happy and helpful clothes and products that let children be children – in all their silly, messy, adventurous, noisy, imaginative joy. But we’re not just about selling products; we’re about creating a warm, community-centric environment for our employees and our customers. From 39 locations across the UK and Ireland and a thriving e-commerce platform, we offer a meticulously designed collection of children’s clothing, toys, and essentials designed with love and care: always with children at the forefront of our minds.

As a B Corp, our commitment goes beyond commerce, we strive for a sustainable future and take pride in our responsibilities to the planet and our communities. At JoJo, every role, every task and every day is an opportunity to support, inspire and contribute to the well-being of our teams and our customers.

We embrace and openly welcome people from different cultures, perspectives, and experiences to create a diverse and enriched environment. We work hard to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people, regardless of background to make sure we grow our company sustainably and with different cultural influences. By encouraging a diverse and inclusive workforce, we aim to create an environment where everyone can thrive and reach their full potential.