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The Somerset Inn

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 1973

🛍️ eCommerce

🌍 Social Impact

📱 Media

eCommerce • Social Impact • Media

The Somerset Inn is a social commerce agency specializing in managing and scaling brand presence on TikTok and Instagram through services such as live shopping, affiliate marketing, paid advertising, and content creation. They work closely with various brands to enhance their performance on TikTok Shop and Instagram Shop, helping them to achieve their advertising goals and engage with their audience effectively. Their team includes experts in TikTok shop management, affiliate management, and content creation, dedicated to driving results for their clients.

📋 Description

• Own month-end close and deliver accurate management accounts and commentary to deadline • Maintain a clean, well-reconciled balance sheet with rigorous supporting schedules • Manage multi-currency accounting across the UK, US and EU • Design and operate the financial controls framework as the business scales • Oversee AP, AR, payment runs, billing accuracy and credit control against collection targets • Support budgeting, forecasting and cash flow planning, and report on the metrics that matter (margin by client, GMV-linked revenue, variances) • Own VAT returns, statutory filings and payroll; ensure ongoing regulatory compliance • Improve and automate finance systems and processes as we grow

🎯 Requirements

• Fully qualified accountant (ACCA, ACA or equivalent) • Big 4 background is a must • 3–6 years' experience, including time in a commercial/industry finance role post-practice • Strong technical accounting and a controls-led mindset, with proven ownership of month-end close and statutory reporting • Experience with cloud accounting software (Xero, QuickBooks, NetSuite or similar) • Confident with Excel and Google Workspace (G-Suite) — Sheets, Docs, Drive • Fluent with Claude and similar AI tools — you reach for them to speed up analysis, drafting and process automation • Experience in a digital agency, professional services, ecommerce, DTC or high-growth scale-up • Hands-on, pragmatic and happy to own your workload in a fast-paced, low-bureaucracy environment • Confident communicator who can explain finance clearly to non-finance stakeholders

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive salary, benchmarked to experience and performance • 28 days holiday + bank holidays • Hybrid working with offices in London and Manchester • Flexible working hours – we care about output, not clock-watching • Clear progression paths with responsibility early • Regular performance reviews focused on development and impact • Direct exposure to a high-growth, fast-moving agency • Work closely with senior leadership and have real input into the business • Company pension scheme • Monthly wellness allowance (gym, fitness, mental wellbeing or similar) • Team socials and events throughout the year • Staff discounts across our brands and partners • Fast-paced, high-ownership culture • Minimal bureaucracy and maximum accountability • Surrounded by people who care about performance, creativity and doing things properly • A business that wins with its clients, shared success matters • We trust our people • We move quickly and back good ideas • You’ll have real influence, not just responsibility • If you perform, you’ll grow, simple as that