Accounts Assistant - Grangemouth

GAC Group; Grangemouth; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life assurance

Eyecare scheme

Employee assistance programme

Company pension

40 days leave?

Birthday day off

Job summary

GAC UK is seeking an Accounts Assistant in Grangemouth to support the finance function across core accounting and administrative duties. You will manage the department mailbox, assist with monthly statements, post journals, and support ledger reviews in a busy environment.

You will calculate accruals, prepare reconciliations, and assist with UK statutory reporting. The role also involves analysing expenses and enabling timely bank payments, plus contributing to improvement initiatives.

Qualifications

• Experience in handling journals and postings with accuracy.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks to tight deadlines.
• Strong communication with internal and external stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Managing the department mailbox and responding to queries from internal and external queries
• Assisting with the preparation of monthly financial statements
• Posting journals and supporting ledger reviews
• Calculating and posting monthly accruals and prepayments
• Preparing balance sheet and bank reconciliations
• Supporting the UK statutory reporting process
• Analysing and posting credit card and cash expenses
• Setting up bank payments for authorisation
• Contributing to ad hoc project work and continuous improvement initiatives

Skills

Time management

Communication

Organisation

Attention to detail

Excel

Word

Outlook

Journal posting

Tools

Excel

Word

Outlook

Job description

Job Description

Could you be the person we are looking for to join us as our new Accounts Assistant in Grangemouth?

We want to hear from you.

What would your day at GAC look like?

You will support the finance function across a range of core accounting and administrative duties, including:

• Managing the department mailbox and responding to queries from internal and external queries
• Assisting with the preparation of monthly financial statements
• Posting journals and supporting ledger reviews
• Calculating and posting monthly accruals and prepayments
• Preparing balance sheet and bank reconciliations
• Supporting the UK statutory reporting process
• Analysing and posting credit card and cash expenses
• Setting up bank payments for authorisation
• Contributing to ad hoc project work and continuous improvement initiatives

Business Analysis

• Providing analytical insights to support business decision-making and identify areas for improvement
• Producing and presenting regular management information reports
• Supporting budget tracking and performance analysis

Job Requirements

What are we looking for?

• Proven ability to work to tight deadlines with strong time management skills
• Excellent communication and organisational skills
• High attention to detail and accuracy
• Strong competency in Excel, Word and Outlook
• Experience working in a fast‑paced environment
• Knowledge and experience of journal posting (including debits and credits)
• Confidence communicating with non‑finance colleagues across the business

What’s in it for you?

This is your chance to become part of the global GAC team which has been providing professional shipping, logistics and marine services since 1956. Everything we do is guided by the GAC Spirit, built on mutual loyalty between management and staff, and a belief in the value of our people as individuals – not just for the jobs they do.

With more than 7,500 colleagues in 300 strategically located offices in more than 50 countries around the world, we focus on quality, safety and sustainability with a human touch. Emphasising a long‑term approach, innovation and ethics, our flexible and integrated portfolios are designed to work within and support our customers’ operations.

As our Accounts Assistant in Grangemouth, you will have the opportunity to work as part of a team who apply the highest standard of customer services to everything we do and aim to be industry leaders within all the sectors we serve.

GAC UK gives you the opportunity to work for an employer who is committed to offering all our staff an enjoyable and rewarding career, with significant training and development prospects.

You Will Also Enjoy

• 38 days’ annual leave per year (inclusive of bank holidays) plus a day off on your birthday
• Access to Vitality at Work Scheme
• Company pension
• Life assuranceEyecare scheme
• Employee assistance programme
• Enhanced maternity and paternity benefits
• Retail discounts scheme

In 2021, we launched our ten‑year sustainability programme – MARS30. We are committed to “growing long‑term customer relationships across multiple products, whilst significantly reducing our environmental impact, improving the well‑being of our people, and influencing our stakeholders to do the same.” We will accomplish our by mission by completing objectives aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

At GAC UK, who you are is just as important as what you do. The GAC Spirit reflects our culture across the company, emphasising loyalty and understanding between management and staff. We recognise that people’s lives extend far beyond their jobs. By promoting a healthy combination of work and play we achieve a happier workforce, delivering service excellence. We have a team of Mental Health First Aiders across the UK and a Wellbeing Working Group who meet monthly and regularly launch new internal wellbeing initiatives.

We’re looking forward to hearing from you.

In January 2026, Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) became our official Charity of the Year. Throughout the year, we will be raising funds to support CALM’s life‑saving suicide prevention helpline.