Assistant Accountant - Tangle Teezer

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Tangle Teezer is a global brand on a simple mission: to give everyone healthier-looking hair with less breakage since 2007. Our gentle brushes are tools for every hair type—from straight to coily—and every routine, helping you go from detangling and blow-drying to styling. Our products are your daily dose of confidence, ready to take on whatever tangles life throws your way.

Tangle Teezer is a proud brand within BIC World, a community of iconic and inventive brands that have created simple, joyful products for over 75 years. As part of BIC World, we're dedicated to reimagining everyday essentials in new, sustainable, and responsible ways. Our culture thrives on a "roll up your sleeves" mindset, empowering self-starters and innovators to take ownership of their careers and make a meaningful, global impact.

Who are we?

Helping you have healthy hair has been our mane goal since 2007. No matter your hair type – straight, curly, fine, fragile, or coily – our range of gentle brushes will leave you with healthier-looking hair and less breakage. With tools for every stroke of your routine, from massaging to detangling and blow-drying to styling, they’re your daily dose of confidence. So, you can take on whatever tangles life throws your way.

The role

As the Assistant Accountant, you will be responsible for assisting the Financial Accountant with the financial reporting between Tangle Teezer and BIC. Helping to ensure the accuracy of reporting across different entities and in different currencies. There will be a large focus on intercompany transactions and maintaining the close management of these. You will work closely with a number of functions within the business as well as the BIC finance team. You will also support with annual audit and tax work as well as other ad hoc projects.

In this role you’ll get to:

• Assist with the accurate monthly reporting of internal numbers.
• Own the load of Tangle Teezer group numbers to the BIC reporting system (HFM).
• Become the HFM system expert within Tangle Teezer.
• Manage and report intercompany transactions with Tangle Teezer and the wider BIC group.
• Work on improving internal processes to drive more efficient and accurate reporting.
• Work closely with the BIC finance team, including Controlling, Group Finance & Treasury.
• Support with annual tax requests in both UK and US.
• Assist with group and stat audits.
• Support on other ad hoc projects.

What we are looking for in you:

• Part qualified ACA/ACCA (or equivalent) with a strong desire to complete studies.
• Solid Excel skills.
• Strong organisational skills.
• Strong communication skills.
• Enthusiasm to learn.

We know that imposter syndrome can get in the way of meeting spectacular candidates, so please don’t hesitate to apply even if you don’t tick everything on the list — we’d love to hear from you!

What it means to be part of Tangle Teezer:

At Tangle Teezer, being part of our PAC means being Proud, Authentic and Championing each other every day.

• Proud: We are passionately proud to do things differently, so we perform brilliantly – just like our hair tools.
• Authentic: We welcome everyone as they are, we bring our true selves to work and show up as who we want to be.
• Champions: We are champions of one another, our brand and our environment.

Join us and embrace these values to help create, innovate, and deliver products that people love – together.

The good Stuff:

For all your hard work and dedication, we have fantastic rewards for you –

• Flexible working hours with core hours from 10am – 4pm
• Working 2 days in the office and 3 days from home
• Salary from £37,000
• Performance-related bonus of 10% based on annual salary
• 27 days holiday, with the option to buy or sell holiday days
• 2 volunteering days per year
• 10 days working from any location of your choice
• Flexible bank holidays – choose the standard bank holidays or swap them for dates that are more meaningful for you
• Free in-office massages
• Enhanced family policies
• Supportive Period and Menopause policies
• Enhances pension scheme
• Life assurance at 4x your salary
• Private medical insurance
• Medical cash plan for everyday healthcare needs
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Meeting-free Fridays with an early 4:00pm finish to kickstart your weekend!
• Pet friendly office. Bring your furry friend to work with you!

BIC World is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strongly commit to hiring people with different backgrounds and experiences to help us build better products, make better decisions, and better serve our customers. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability status, or similar characteristics. All employment is decided based on qualifications, merit, and business need.

BIC World is not seeking assistance or accepting unsolicited resumes from search firms for this employment opportunity. Regardless of past practice, all resumes submitted by search firms to any team member at BIC via email, or directly to a BIC team member in any form without a valid written search agreement in place for that position will be deemed the sole property of BIC, and no fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by BIC as a result of the referral or through other means.