General Ledger (GL) Accountant

About Us

Avenir Collective - Building the future of beauty, personal care and lifestyle brands.

We're building a new kind of consumer brand platform focused on trusted products, long-term value and meaningful growth. If you're excited by building brands, solving problems and working alongside collaborative, driven people, we'd love to hear from you.

Requirements

Your Role at a Glance; Location & Flexibility; Full-time, Contract, Fully remote role.; 40 hours per week, 9 am to 6 pm (BST) with a one-hour lunch; Location & Flexibility; Full-time, Contract, fully remote role.; 40 hours per week, 9 am to 6 pm (BST) with a one-hour lunch; Key responsibilities; Process invoices accurately and on time, while communicating with suppliers to resolve invoice-related queries and discrepancies. We use Blue10 software.; Prepare and post recurring and one-off journal entries for multiple legal entities in accordance with accounting policies.; Perform regular reconciliations of bank accounts across multiple accounts and currencies and investigate and resolve reconciling items promptly.; Reconcile PayPal transactions and investigate outstanding balances to ensure completeness and accuracy.; Process and account for logistics, handling, and warehousing invoices from multiple suppliers.; Review, process, and record Amazon fee invoices in a timely and accurate manner.; Maintain, reconcile and monitor BOL accounts, ensuring accurate accounting and timely resolution of discrepancies.; Perform reconciliations for Shopify accounts, ensuring that transactions are accurately recorded and supported.; Support the month-end and year-end closing processes.; Ensure compliance with internal controls, accounting policies, and financial reporting deadlines.; Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Operations, Supply Chain, IT and Finance, to resolve accounting issues and improve processes.; About you; 2+ years' experience in a General Ledger, Financial Accountant or similar accounting role, ideally within a multi-entity or international business.; Strong understanding of month-end close, journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations and general ledger accounting .; Experience processing high-volume transactions, including AP invoices, bank reconciliations and payment platform reconciliations (e.g. PayPal, Shopify or Amazon is advantageous).; Highly organised with excellent attention to detail, able to prioritise workloads and consistently meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.; A collaborative and proactive problem-solver who enjoys improving processes and working cross-functionally with Finance, Operations, Supply Chain and IT.