Financial Accountant

BEUMER Group; Ashby-de-la-Zouch; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm in Ashby-de-la-Zouch is seeking an experienced Financial Accountant to join their finance team. The ideal candidate will have a professional accounting qualification and 2-3 years of relevant experience in financial accounting and analysis. This role involves budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting, with a focus on migrating systems from SAGE to SAP. The opportunity offers career progression within the finance division.

Benefits

Pension

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Sick Pay

Enhanced paternity/maternity pay

Health and Wellbeing Support

Qualifications

• 2-3 years of experience in financial accounting, planning, and analysis.
• Proactive attitude and ability to meet tight deadlines.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.

Responsibilities

• Leading the financial planning process, including budgeting and forecasting.
• Preparing and analysing financial reports, including P&L and cash flow.
• Collaborating with various business units to provide financial support.

Skills

Financial analysis

Budgeting

Forecasting

SAP

SAGE

Advanced Excel

Teamwork

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified or qualified by experience

Tools

MS Office

SAP

SAGE

Job description

Company Description

Conveying, loading, palletising, packaging, sortation and distribution – BEUMER Group is a leader in the engineering and manufacturing of high-tech intralogistic systems for global markets. Our employees differentiate themselves by their ability to provide innovative solutions to our customers that incorporates a high-level of industry knowledge and a strong commitment to consistently and continuously expand their skills and knowledge. We fully support these high standards through a supportive teamwork structure, a mutual respect, and a working culture based on trust that fosters stability and security for all of our employees. Our common goal is to implement outstanding and innovative projects worldwide.

Job Description

BEUMER Group UK Limited are looking for an experienced Financial Accountant to strengthen the finance team based in our Midlands Office in Ashby de-la-Zouch, with occasional travel to our UK sites and trips to other BEUMER offices, typically Germany and Denmark.

The ideal candidate will be qualified with a professional accounting body and have two to three years' experience of financial accounting, planning and analysis in industry.

Reporting to the Financial Controller, the Financial Accountant will be responsible for Accounting and Financial Analysis, with particular focus on Forecasting, Budgeting and Project Accounting, Internal and Group reporting (actuals and forecast). The company are also looking at migrating from SAGE to SAP and the role will be heavily involved in this project.

Duties

• Leading the financial planning process, including budgeting, forecasting, and long-term financial modelling
  • Quarterly forecasting and working on the EAC (for the year) at the end of each quarter
  • Budgeting for the following year
  • Financial modelling for 5-year business plan
• Preparing and analysing forecast and budget reports, including P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow analysis.
• Liaison with other Group Companies to get financial information for forecasting
• Tracking key performance indicators (KPIs), identifying trends, and highlighting areas for improvement.
• Collaborating with various business units to provide financial guidance and support
• Identifying and mitigating financial risks, and ensuring the integrity of financial data
• Preparation of project accounts and analysis on monthly basis
• Margin analysis on the projects
• Analysis of labour bookings and calculation of recoveries
• Data cleansing in the current SAGE system in preparation for the migration to SAP in the coming year.
• Other ad-hoc admin tasks as required.

Requirements

• Liaison with all the department to collect data effectively and efficiently
• Two-way communication to ensure the correctness of the information
• Pro-active in approaching to other employees / departments
• Successful track record of finance experience in industry
• Proven record of meeting tight deadlines with an eye for detail.
• Previously worked in a fast-paced environment
• Ideally, exposure to Sage and/or SAP will be beneficial
• Team player and good communicator (verbal and written)
• Proficient in MS Office (advanced Excel particularly VLOOKUP and Pivot Tables)

This is a great opportunity to join a progressive business where your skills and experience can make a real difference. In return, the group can offer a career path in Finance which can move on to other roles and divisions (internal and overseas).

Qualifications

• ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified or qualified by experience.
• Ability to drive things forward as well as working as part of a team.
• Proactive attitude - constantly looking for efficiencies, and ways to implement.
• IT literate - Excel, Word and SAP (although SAP not essential).
• Ability to prioritise own workload to ensure that all deadlines are me

Additional Information

• Pension
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Sick Pay
• Enhanced paternity/maternity pay
• Health and Wellbeing Support
• Holiday increase with service