Accounts Assistant

Location: Mayfair, London, United Kingdom; office attendance required three days per week. The New Cavendish Street office is also available on an ad hoc basis.

Company

hirify.global Stellar is a global sports agency focused on football management, athlete career management, data analytics, contract negotiations, and commercial partnerships.

What you will do

• Maintain accurate accounts and support the Financial Controller and Management Accountant with daily finance operations.
• Process daily bank postings, maintain bank reconciliations, and prepare routine journals for prepayments, accruals, and leases.
• Prepare trial balances from overseas entities and upload journals into SAP.
• Reconcile balance sheet and intercompany accounts, investigating and resolving mismatches.
• Support monthly VAT reviews, quarterly VAT returns, European entity ledgers, and local compliance requirements.
• Prepare schedules and reconciliations for the year-end audit while helping close the month-end books on time.

Requirements

• AAT Level 2 or 3, a bookkeeping or accounting qualification, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Active study toward a recognised qualification such as ACCA.
• 1–2 years of experience in a finance or accounts environment, including transaction processing and general accounting.
• Understanding of double-entry bookkeeping and basic VAT principles, with some experience preparing VAT returns.
• Experience with an accounting system or ERP software, including transaction posting, journals, and basic reconciliations.
• Good Excel skills and the ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

Nice to have

• Experience with VAT requirements in European countries.
• SAP S/4HANA experience.
• Experience with VLOOKUPs and pivot tables.
• Background in a football club, sports agency, talent management business, or similar environment.

Culture & Benefits

• Work within a small, collaborative finance team with direct exposure to varied accounting activities.
• Opportunity to develop across multiple areas of finance and progress toward an Assistant Accountant position.
• Role based in a fast-paced environment requiring confidentiality, ownership, and deadline management.
• Equal-opportunity workplace with a commitment to diversity, inclusion, dignity, and respect.