Assistant Accountant

Princes Group; Liverpool; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food manufacturing company in Liverpool is seeking an Assistant Accountant to support financial operations. This role involves assisting in the production of financial accounts, managing payroll journals, and analyzing overhead costs. The ideal candidate will be studying for a professional qualification and possess strong Excel and SAP skills. Competitive benefits include flexible working arrangements and a generous pension plan.

Benefits

26 Days Annual Leave

14.5% Pension

Hybrid & Flexible Working

Private Medical Insurance

Learning & Development Opportunities

Qualifications

• Studying for a professional qualification.
• Excellent analytical and communication skills required.
• Previous experience in a manufacturing environment preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assist in producing monthly management and financial accounts.
• Creation of accruals and prepayments.
• Post payroll journals and understand any variances.
• Review overhead cost centres and present results.
• Identify opportunities to improve reporting processes.

Skills

Professional qualification studies

Excel proficiency

SAP experience

Analytical skills

Interpersonal skills

Organizational skills

Proactive and initiative

Ability to work under tight deadlines

Willingness to travel

Experience in manufacturing

Tools

SAP

Excel

Job description

Vacancy Name
Assistant Accountant

Employment Type
Permanent

Country
United Kingdom

Location
Liverpool

Business Area
Operations

Workplace Type
Hybrid

About Princes
The Princes Group has over 7,000 employees with offices and production sites in the UK, Netherlands, Italy, Poland, France and Mauritius. Princes manufactures 350 different food and drink products responsibly sourced and enjoyed by consumers every day. None of this would be possible without striving to be an employer of choice, where our colleagues are proud to represent our business.

Role Description

We are on the lookout for an Assistant Operations Accountant to join our Financial Food division here at Princes! The core of the role will be to assist the Senior Operations Accountants in ensuring the financial accounts of assigned sites and SBA's are produced impartially, on a timely, accurate, and efficient basis, and that all necessary procedural controls and policies are duly implemented and observed.

The role is based at our Head Office in Liverpool City Centre, but due to the nature of the geographical locations a driving licence will be essential for the role. You may be required to travel once a month to Wisbech and Long Sutton.

Dimensions:

• 0 Direct Reports
• 0 Indirect Reports
• 2 Manufacturing Sites

Principal Responsibilities:

• Assist in the production of monthly management and financial accounts in accordance with prescribed formats, timescales and procedures.
• Creation of manual and automatic accruals/provisions/prepayments for all cost items.
• Posting of payroll journals once received from the Payroll team and agency. Understanding variances and investigating any issues.
• Production and posting of BBE provisions for the Ops department and challenging any commercial decisions.
• Review of overhead cost centres, full understanding of the cost profile and presenting results to factory management team.
• Raising purchase orders and posting adhoc journals as required.
• Assist in creation of assets, monitoring asset under construction balances and capitalising in line company policy and depreciation of capital projects.
• Provision of financial data and analysis to operational management, Finance Managers or Group Finance as required.
• Assist in the reconciliation of all balance sheet accounts at prescribed frequencies.
• Presentation of financial information to factory management team.
• Production and justification of factory budgets and forecasting for responsible areas.
• Interpretation, communication and enforcement of Group rules, policies and procedures.
• Identify opportunities to reduce lead-times for the production of management accounts via an ongoing plan of process improvement.

Role Requirements

Knowledge, Skills & Experience:

• Studying for a professional qualification
• Previous experience of manufacturing would be advantageous
• Proficient in Excel
• Experience of SAP
• Able to work to tight deadlines
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Strong analytical skills
• Good Organisational skills
• Proactive being able to use initiative and react quickly
• Ability to deal with staff and management at all levels
• Willingness to travel.

Benefits:

• 26 Days Annual Leave (including an additional day for your birthday)
• 14.5% Pension - 5% employee opt in / 9.5% employer
• Hybrid & Flexible Working - 4 days in office / 1 day WFH
• Flexible Holiday Option - option to buy up to 5 additional days
• Enhanced Family Friendly Policy
• Life Assurance Cover
• Private Medical Insurance
• Critical Illness Cover
• Learning & Development Opportunities