Assistant Financial Accountant (12 Month FTC)

GREENCORE; Worksop; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food manufacturer in the UK is seeking a finance professional to prepare financial reports and assist with account reconciliation. Ideal candidates will have a recognised accountancy qualification in progress or completed, experience in a similar financial role, and strong attention to detail. This role offers a competitive salary along with various benefits including pension matching and employee discounts.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Pension up to 8% matched

Company share save scheme

Exclusive employee discount platform

Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform

Qualifications

• Recognised accountancy qualification either attained or being studied.
• Previous experience in a financial role.
• Strong numeracy and attention to detail is essential.

Responsibilities

• Prepare financial reports and performance information.
• Reconcile balance sheet accounts.
• Create journals for the general ledger.

Skills

Attainment of or studying towards a recognised accountancy qualification

Experience of working in a similar financial role

Ability to work to tight deadlines

Finance system management and internal control

Substantial numeracy skills

Impeccable attention to detail

Intermediate Excel skills

Experience of double entry bookkeeping ideal

Job description

Job description
Why Greencore?

We’re a vibrant, fast-paced leading food manufacturer, employing around 13,600 colleagues across 16 manufacturing units and 17 distribution depots across the UK. We supply all the UK’s food retailers with everything from Sandwiches, soups and sushi to cooking sauces, pickles and ready meals, and in FY23, we generated revenues of £1.9bn.

Our vast direct-to-store (DTS) distribution network, comprising of 17 depots nationwide, enables us to make over 10,400 daily deliveries of our own chilled and frozen produce and that of third parties.

Role Purpose:

Prepare financial reports and historical financial performance information to enable others to identify exceptions which require further action

Key Accountablities:

• Reconcile balance sheet accounts from basic data to ensure the balances are in line with accounting standards
• Create journals from basic data for approval and processing within the general ledger to assist in the preparation of the monthly financial statements
• Validate expenses and petty cash claims to ensure approval is granted and is within group guidelines
• Produce and submit statutory returns such as Office of National Statistics (ONS), Intra Stat, VAT from the relevant raw data to ensure compliance with financial standards
• Investigating account detail, responding to queries and account variances, to provide information and insight for senior managemen t

Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

• Attainment of or studying towards a recognised accountancy qualification
• Experience of working in a similar financial role
• Ability to work to tight deadlines
• Finance system management and internal control
• Substantial numeracy skills
• Impeccable attention to detail
• Intermediate Excel skills
• Experience of double entry bookkeeping ideal

At Greencore we put our people at the core. We celebrate their differences and help everyone to be themselves at work. Together we make every day taste better.

If this sounds like you join us, grow with Greencore and be a part of driving our future success.

What you’ll get in return:

• Competitive salary
• Pension up to 8% matched
• Company share save scheme
• Greencore Qualifications
• Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
• Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform

Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career.