Financial Accountant

Arriva Group; Cranham; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading train maintenance company in the UK is seeking a Financial Accountant to manage financial accounting, reporting, and ensure compliance with standards. The ideal candidate has strong financial skills, is ACCA/CIMA part qualified, and possesses excellent IT skills. You will also oversee financial controls and engage with auditors. This role offers a permanent contract and competitive benefits, including generous leave and a travel pass.

Benefits

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Pension, life and healthcare cover

Arriva UK Trains Travel Pass

Cycle to Work scheme

Retailer discount scheme

Qualifications

• Previous experience within a similar role is essential.
• Ability to communicate effectively with internal and external customers.
• Strong ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
• Excellent attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with accounting standards, group policies, and reporting timetables.
• Maintain financial controls, processes, and policies.
• Reconcile various balance sheet accounts and facilitate period end checklist.
• Report on company pension scheme and fixed assets.
• Prepare statutory and tax submissions.
• Oversee cash management including cashflow forecasts and credit card analysis.
• Interface with auditors for internal and annual audits.

Skills

Strong financial skills – ACCA/ CIMA part qualified minimum

Excellent IT skills – MS Office, SAP B1 Accounting Software

Ability to travel to different depots

Tools

MS Office

SAP B1 Accounting Software

Job description

Overview

Join the Arriva TrainCare Team as a Financial Accountant!

Organisation – Arriva TrainCare (ATC)

Contract – Permanent

Working Hours – 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Location – Crewe (Cranham Court)

About Arriva TrainCare

Arriva TrainCare provides high quality overhaul, maintenance and servicing of passenger rolling stock, locomotives, freight wagons and track plant. We operate throughout the UK from six strategic locations – Crewe, Bristol, Eastleigh, Cambridge, Tyne Yard and Scarborough. Arriva TrainCare is part of Arriva.

Core behaviours: we care passionately; we do the right thing; we make the difference.

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave plus standard UK bank holidays
• Pension, life and healthcare cover
• Arriva UK Trains Travel Pass
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Arriva Village retailer discount scheme

The Role

You will be responsible for all aspects of financial accounting, reporting and control to ensure the company is operating effectively and efficiently. As a Financial Accountant, you will be the key link between ATC Finance and the Financial Reporting/ Treasury/ Tax/ Pension/ Audit departments to ensure compliance with accounting standards, group policies and reporting timetables.

What You’ll Do

• Ensure that the company maintains appropriate corporate governance and that statutory and regulatory reporting standards are maintained and complied with.
• Ensure that the business has appropriate financial controls, processes and policies to enhance business performance and protect company assets.
• Take ownership for the reconciliation and review of the various balance sheet reconciliations, period end control accounts and facilitate the period end checklist efficiently and accurately.
• Own reporting in respect of company pension scheme, including calculation and posting of changes in valuation as per Group guidance.
• Manage all aspects of fixed assets, ensuring compliance with CAPEX request process, updating and maintaining the fixed asset register, depreciation, annual impairment reviews and maintenance of associated property schedules to ensure accurate submissions for insurance declarations.
• Lead the financial accounting and reporting to Group on a monthly basis (Tagetik) (including supporting KPI’s) and the statutory accounts at year end. Preparation of the statutory and tax pack submissions to Group.
• Assist in the preparation of all other statutory requirements including VAT submissions, Corporation tax and Income tax, Payment Practices and Gender Pay reporting.
• Oversee cash management, including weekly cashflow forecasts and ensure the bank mandate is up-to-date and in line with company requirements and management of company credit cards together with supporting analysis for submission to Group.
• Interface with internal and external auditors to ensure that all relevant information is provided to ensure the satisfactory completion of internal audits and the annual statutory audit.

What You Bring

Full job description available on request.

Qualifications

• Strong financial skills – ACCA/ CIMA part qualified minimum
• Excellent IT skills – MS Office (Teams, Outlook, Excel & Word), SAP B1 Accounting Software
• Ability to travel to different depots across ATC network as and when required

Experience

• Previous experience within a similar role is essential
• Ability to communicate effectively with internal and external customers
• Strong ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
• Excellent attention to detail

Ready to start your next journey? If you’re passionate about making a difference and supporting Arriva TrainCare, we want to hear from you!

Let’s build the future together!

Due to the energising nature of our vacancies, application close dates, when stated, are indicative and may be subject to change so please apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. Shortlisting and interviewing will take place whilst the advert is open and will close once a successful candidate has been identified.

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