Finance Assistant job at Birmingham Full Time NEW

Absolute Collagen is the UK’s best-selling liquid collagen supplement and a fast-growing wellness
brand operating at the intersection of beauty, health and nutrition.
Founded in 2017 by Maxine and Darcy Laceby, the business has built a highly engaged
community of over 60,000 subscribers within a subscription-first, multichannel model. The brand
is built around its core platform, Age Powerfully, celebrating confidence and vitality at every stage
of life.

Backed by private equity investor Livingbridge and certified B Corp since 2023, the business is
focused on its next phase of growth. As the commercial and operational pace of the business
increases, building the right finance infrastructure to support that ambition is a strategic priority.

Why This Role Exists

Finance sits at the core of how Absolute Collagen manages its growth.
This role has been created to own the day-to-day transactional finance processes that keep the
business running. With transaction volumes increasing across both direct-to-consumer
subscription and retail channels, and tighter commercial disciplines now required to support the
next phase of scaling, the business needs reliable, accurate and proactive operational finance
capability.
For the right person, this is also a genuine development opportunity. Absolute Collagen is a
business that backs people who show up, take ownership and grow with the organisation. The
finance team is evolving alongside the business, and there is real scope to build capability, take
on increased responsibility and continue developing within a growing finance function.

About the Role

As Finance Assistant, you will be responsible for the operational engine of the finance function:
the transactional processing, reconciliation and administrative activity that underpins financial
accuracy and control across the business.
You will manage purchase and sales ledger activity, own bank reconciliations, process employee
expenses and provide support during month-end close. You will be the first point of contact for
supplier queries and for internal teams seeking clarity on payments and expenditure. You will be
expected to bring structure and reliability to these processes while supporting continuous
improvement as the business continues to grow.
This is a role for someone who takes genuine pride in accuracy, communicates proactively when
something is not right and brings a positive, can-do approach to a fast-moving working
environment.You will be trusted to manage your own workload and meet deadlines consistently and in return,
you will gain broad exposure to how a fast-growing consumer business operates financially.

Role Impact

• Provide a reliable, accurate operational finance function that gives the Financial Controller

and leadership team confidence in the completeness and timeliness of day-to-day financial
processing.

• Build and maintain strong supplier relationships and internal credibility, so that queries are

resolved quickly and payment runs are executed without disruption to the business.

• Contribute to a cleaner, more efficient month-end close process by ensuring transactional

activity is completed accurately and on time, reducing the burden on the wider finance
team.

• Identify and implement incremental improvements to operational finance processes,

helping the team work smarter as transaction volumes grow.

• Develop a strong understanding of the business’s finance processes, supplier base and

operational requirements to support the wider finance team effectively.

What Success Looks Like

• The purchase ledger is accurately maintained, with invoices processed, coded correctly

and reconciled to supplier statements on a timely basis, and payment runs executed
without errors or late payments.

• The sales ledger is kept up to date, with receipts allocated promptly, customer accounts

reconciled regularly and any discrepancies escalated and resolved quickly.

• Bank reconciliations are completed to a consistent schedule, with any unreconciled items

investigated and cleared without prompting.

• Expense management runs smoothly: submissions are reviewed against policy, coded

accurately and reimbursed within agreed timescales.

• Month-end support is delivered reliably, with accruals and prepayments prepared

accurately and deadlines met without the need for last-minute intervention.

• Colleagues across the business describe you as responsive, dependable and easy to work

with: someone who sorts things out.

• You have brought at least one meaningful process improvement to the team within your

first twelve months.

Key Responsibilities

Purchase Ledger & Accounts Payable

• Process supplier invoices accurately and in a timely manner, matching to purchase orders

and obtaining appropriate approvals.

• Reconcile supplier statements and resolve queries professionally and promptly.
• Prepare and execute payment runs in line with agreed terms and cash flow requirements.
• Maintain accurate supplier records and manage the accounts payable inbox.

Sales Ledger & Accounts Receivable

• Raise sales invoices and credit notes accurately and on time.
• Maintain accuracy of our automated postings from our sales platforms to the finance

platform.

• Allocate customer receipts and maintain accurate customer account records.
• Chase overdue balances where required and escalate where appropriate.

Bank Reconciliation & Cash Management

• Perform regular bank reconciliations across company accounts, investigating and resolving

discrepancies in a timely manner.