Finance Assistant

Nespresso Deutschland Gmbh; Bromborough; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 37,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary annual bonus

Pension 7% contribution (Nestlé)

26 days holiday

Job summary

Sincereal Group seeks an Accounts Assistant to support financial operations at the Bromborough Factory. You will handle high-volume transactional data, ensure accurate posting of costs, and work with sales, production and supply chain teams in a fast-paced FMCG environment.

Responsibilities include AP/AR, bank reconciliations, stock reporting and month-end tasks, with exposure to ERP (Microsoft Dynamics) and continuous process improvements.

Qualifications

• Solid understanding of accounting principles and costing.
• Experience in inventory management and month-end processes.

Responsibilities

• Remain a key point of contact for accounts payable and accounts receivable.
• Reconcile bank transactions and assist in preparing weekly rolling cashflow forecast.
• Perform 3-way match of purchase orders, GRNs and invoices in ERP system.
• Support stock control and maintain accurate inventory records with analysis on stock movements.
• Assist with daily, weekly, and monthly stock reporting and variance analysis.
• Assist in cost tracking of raw materials, labour, and overheads.

Skills

Accounting principles

Costing

Inventory management

Analytical mindset

Communication

Team player

Education

ACCA / CIMA part qualified

CIPS qualification (desirable)

Tools

Microsoft Dynamics

Job description

Accounts Assistant

Location: Bromborough

Salary between £32,000 - £37,000 (depending on experience).

Some of our other fantastic benefits

• Potential, discretionary annual bonus

Business Area: Finance
Location: Bromborough Factory

Salary up to/from £00,000 depending on experience.

Some of our other fantastic benefits

• Potential, discretionary annual bonus
• Generous pension scheme - up to 7% contribution from Nestle
• 26-day holiday entitlement
• Although this is a full-time opportunity, please speak to us about what flexibility means to you as we are always open to discuss individual’s flexible working needs, don’t let this stop you from applying.

Scope

Reporting to the finance director the Accounts Assistant role oversees a wide range of duties from maintaining financial records, managing transactions to assisting in budgeting and forecasting. This role will hold responsibilities for ensuring accurate recording of factory costs and inventory whilst business partnering across sales, production & supply chain in a fast-paced FMCG environment. This is a broad and varied role that combines management accounting responsibilities with hands on transactional finance, providing exposure to every aspect of a busy manufacturing finance function

A bit about us

Sincereal Group is a dynamic and growing company providing private label offers to customers in Europe. With locations in UK and France, our factories complement each other enabling us to provide a wide range of products to our customers. This is a great opportunity to contribute to a new company that is a major, sustainable and competitive player in the growing cereal private label market

About - Sincereal

Role Purpose

• Remain a key point of contact for accounts payable and accounts receivable.
• Reconcile bank transactions and assist in preparing of weekly rolling cashflow forecast.
• Perform 3-way match of purchase orders, GRN’s and invoices in ERP system.
• Support stock control & maintain accurate inventory records by providing analysis on stock movements, supporting cycle counting and reconciliation of inventory to general ledger.
• Assist with daily, weekly, and monthly stock reporting and variance analysis.
• Completing a daily tracker with key metrics on sales, production throughput, quality and safety.
• Support team in calculation of yield waste, site waste and production variance reporting.
• Assist with month end processes including accruals, prepayments, and cost allocations.
• Reconcile supplier statements and resolve discrepancies.
• Maintain accurate financial data within ERP systems (Microsoft Dynamics).
• Support cost tracking of raw materials, labour, and overheads.
• Assist in identifying cost saving opportunities and operational efficiencies.
• Ensure compliance with internal controls and audit requirements.
• Support finance director on internal as well as external audits (Financial, BRCGS, ISO & Others).

What will make you successful

• Ability to manage high volume transactional data.
• Solid understanding of accounting principles, costing and inventory management.
• Team player with strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Analytical mindset with problem solving capability.
• Ability to prioritise workload, meet deadlines & work in a fast-paced environment.

What will you make successful

• You will have experience in procurement, sourcing, negotiation, and contract management within a manufacturing or supply chain environment
• Proven ability to manage supplier relationships and drive measurable performance improvements
• Good working knowledge of ERP systems and procurement data management
• Strong commercial mindset with understanding of total cost of ownership and risk management
• Ability to analyse data, identify root causes, and implement effective solutions
• Confident communicator who can influence stakeholders and challenge suppliers constructively
• High attention to detail with a structured, governance-driven approach
• Strong collaboration skills with the ability to work cross-functionally across operations, planning, and quality
• Resilience and adaptability in a fast-paced, time-sensitive environment
• CIPS qualification (or working towards) or equivalent procurement training is desirable
• Experience in FMCG or food manufacturing and knowledge of supplier quality and audit standards would be advantageous
• ACCA / CIMA part qualified or equivalent. QBE will be considered.
• Previous experience in an accounting or finance role within manufacturing - desirable.
• Experience with stock control or cost accounting - desirable.
• Understanding of production processes - desirable.

What you need to know

Working Conditions

This role operates in a food manufacturing environment with regular time on the factory floor and exposure to noise, dust (grain), moving machinery, temperature variation, and manual handling activities. Flexibility is required to support shift teams, critical incidents, shutdowns, trials, and business needs.

Right to work in the UK

In accordance with Home Office guidance successful candidates will be required to evidence their right to work in the UK before commencement of employment. We have assessed this role and do not consider that we would be able to sponsor a successful candidate under the Skilled Worker route as the role does not meet the relevant Home Office criteria; the successful candidate therefore must be able to demonstrate their own right to work during the recruitment process without Sincereal sponsorship.

We work together as one team. Everyone is welcome here, and we treat each other with fairness, respect, and equality