Financial Accountant

Nestlé SA; Crawley; Hybrid; GBP 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Financial Accountant in Crawley. This role involves ensuring accurate reporting and compliance for multiple legal entities, working closely with internal teams and external auditors. With competitive salary and flexible working options, it's a great opportunity for personal and career development.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme

25 days holiday plus flex days

Paid volunteering days

Qualifications

• Experience in corporate reporting is crucial.
• Strong initiative and flexibility required.
• Good judgement and prioritisation skills essential.

Responsibilities

• Ensure Balance Sheet integrity and compliance with standards.
• Prepare legal entity statutory accounts.
• Coordinate tax reporting and audit relations.

Skills

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Teamwork

Tools

SAP

Job description

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Salary Circa £45,000 (depending on experience) + potential bonus + generous pension scheme + 12 flexible days on top of 25 day holiday entitlement + 2 paid volunteering days + other fantastic benefits!

Championing diversity and inclusion is so important to us; when we embrace different perspectives and give everyone the chance to be the best they can be, we can think in new, creative ways that grow and enhance our business.

At Nestlé we are proud to support and provide equality of opportunity that supports employees to effectively blend their work life and commitments through hybrid and flexible working arrangements, so speak to us to understand what this could look like for you.

Position Summary

We are seeking to recruit a reporting expert into our Accounting Operations (AO) team within Financial Services, as a Financial Accountant . This is a great opportunity to build your financial accounting experience, working with multiple stakeholders in both the business and other finance teams; our Nestle SA head office in Switzerland and our external auditors EY. The role will build life-long technical and financial skills to carry through your entire career, making it a superb finance development opportunity.

Accounting Operations is an expert team with a huge range of experience across Finance and Reporting. The team provide accurate and timely reporting for all United Kingdom and Ireland (UK&I) legal entities .

A day in the life of an AO Financial Accountant

The role covers a wide remit of monthly, quarterly and annual reporting with specific focus on the Balance Sheet. It includes responsibility for:

• Ensuring Balance Sheet Integrity and compliance with Nestle Accounting Standards at all times
• Working with the above market shared service team who support market reporting
• Legal entity reporting to Nestle SA
• Preparation of UK&I legal entity Statutory Accounts and liaising with company directors on reporting
• Coordinating efforts with the Tax team on tax reporting
• Fostering an effective working relationship for audit reporting with EY, to continuously improve audit efficiency
• Local and global improvement projects within SAP

What will make you successful

The successful applicant will be responsible for supporting accurate and timely reporting from UK&I to Nestle SA, so having or developing corporate reporting experience is critical.

To be succeed in the role you will need:

• Strong results focus and able to prioritise effectively; a proactive and flexible approach; good initiative; sound judgement and great attention to detail
• To be a real team player with good communication skills that enable you to influence and develop effective business relationships
• Some previous corporate reporting experience would be beneficial

What you need to know

What can we offer in return? Great benefits you’d expect from a business the size of Nestlé – in the shape of a competitive salary and benefits package, bonus scheme, flexible working scheme, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays plus flex leave, pension scheme and a real focus on personal development and growth as well as supporting you through studying your professional qualification.

The closing date for this role is Friday 11th July 2025

We will be considering candidates as they apply and we will occasionally close job advertisements early in the event we receive sufficient applicants, so please don’t delay in submitting your application.

At Nestlé, our values are rooted in respect. When we embrace diversity and give everyone the chance to be the best they can be, we can think in new, creative ways that grow and enhance our business. People of all gender identities, ethnically diverse individuals, people with disabilities, and members of the LGBT+ community are strongly encouraged to apply. If there is anything we can do to accommodate you to participate fully in the application process, please let us know. We take pride in championing inclusion and diversity, our people make up a number of Colleague Networks who represent different experiences and communities who hold us accountable in creating a sense of belonging for all, and our values create the conditions for us to respect the unique contribution you bring. Find out more about our Colleague Networks here: Diversity, equity and inclusion | Nestlé (nestle.co.uk)

We are committed to equal opportunity for all and we may collect relevant data for monitoring purposes during our candidate registration process. Be yourself, everyone else is taken!