Role: Group Assistant Accountant
Role Type: Full Time / Permanent
Location: Offices based in Perth (Inveralmond) with scope for hybrid working once established in the role.
Salary: Circa £30k
About Us
Vintage Saga Ltd is the holding company for Group’s operating subsidiaries, comprising:
* The Auction Group (Whisky Auctioneer, Wine Auctioneer, Rum Auctioneer)
* The Dormant Distillery Company Ltd – T/A Royal Mile Whiskies, Drinkmonger, The Cigar Box
* Decadent Drinks Ltd – an independent bottling and retailing company
* Bright Spirits Ltd – bonded warehouse and cask bottling fulfilment service
With a combined annual turnover exceeding £25M, our operating businesses employ over 150 staff across the UK and EU. Innovation and customer focus drive everything we do, and our Group board has ambitious growth plans for each business. To support this growth, we operate a shared services model, where our Finance team, through dedicated Finance Business Partners, provides expert financial support to senior management in each company.
We’re looking for an ambitious and motivated Assistant Accountant to join our Group Finance team. In this role, you’ll play a key part in ensuring accurate financial reporting, maintaining controls, and supporting various projects across our organisation. With exposure to the full spectrum of accounting processes, this opportunity is ideal for someone looking to grow their finance career in a supportive, dynamic, and fast-paced environment where teamwork and collaboration are highly valued.
The Role
The Assistant Accountant will be responsible for the integrity of the bookkeeping within the Group’s subsidiary businesses, working alongside the Finance Business Partners to assist in month-end reporting, and ensuring compliance with internal accounting policies and external regulations. The role demands strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and the ability to work under tight deadlines. The successful candidate will contribute to maintaining accurate financial records, supporting financial analysis, and improving financial controls.
Key Responsibilities:
Accounts Payable
* Oversee the Group accounts payable function, ensuring supplier invoices are approved in line with company policies and recorded accurately against budget.
* Review and approve electronic payments, ensuring suppliers are paid in accordance with agreed credit terms.
* Ensure new supplier onboarding is conducted in line with Group policies and procedures.
Accounts Receivable
* Support accounts receivable and credit control, ensuring timely cash inflows.
* Identify potential bad debts and customers exceeding credit limits, escalating concerns to the Finance Business Partners.
Month End
* Maintain and reconcile monthly accruals and prepayment journals.
* Maintain the fixed asset register and post depreciation entries.
* Post monthly salary journals, ensuring payroll costs are accurately allocated to the correct profit centers.
* Review and post Cost of Sales journals to ensure accurate gross profit margin reporting.
* Keep ledgers clean by resolving outstanding balances ahead of year-end.
Year End & Audit Support
* Assist in the annual statutory audit, preparing schedules and reconciliations as required.
Business Process Improvement:
* Participate in ad hoc finance / business improvement projects.
What we’re looking for:
* Experience in a bookkeeping or accounting role, with exposure to accruals, prepayments, and balance sheet reconciliations.
* IT proficiency, particularly in Microsoft Excel, Outlook, and Word. Experience with cloud-based accounting/ERP systems (e.g., Xero, Unleashed) is advantageous but not essential.
* Strong analytical skills and attention to detail, with a problem-solving mindset and a drive for process improvement.
* Ability to work in a fast-paced, multi-company environment, managing multiple priorities and meeting deadlines.
* A team player, personable, and able to collaborate with colleagues across the business.
* Ideal for a career-driven individual looking to grow within a digital-first, expanding business.
Additional Info, Salary and Benefits
This is a permanent, full-time post and we are offering a starting salary of £30,000. Our office hours are 08:45 to 17:15, Monday to Friday.
We are committed to supporting the professional and personal growth of our team with top-tier vocational training opportunities, industry related training such as WSET, and exclusive access to industry events and festivals.
We support our team with an enhanced maternity/paternity package, childcare support for children under 3, and increasing annual leave after 3 years. We also offer a workplace pension, comprehensive health insurance, and life insurance after a qualifying period of employment.
We believe in the power of diversity to drive innovation and excellence. Research has indicated that individuals from underrepresented groups, including but not limited to women and LGBTQ+ individuals, might hesitate to apply for positions unless they meet every listed qualification. We are committed to creating a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace environment. Therefore, if you're passionate about this role but your experiences don’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we still encourage you to apply. Your unique perspective could be precisely what we need for this role or others within our organisation.
How to Apply
If you are interested in applying for this role, please forward both of the following:
* Covering letter outlining your relevant experience
* Current and up-to-date CV
Please ensure that you include both required elements of your application or you may not be considered for the role.
Please also be aware that due to the volume of applications, we are unable to respond to all applicants.
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