Finance Assistant

**Job purpose**

We have an exciting opportunity for someone looking to develop and grow their practical and technical experience. Working in a cross-site finance team, you will be pivotal to the team, supporting transactional and control activities across each of the factory sites.

**Core Accountabilities**
- Ensure an accurate reflection of P&L, Balance Sheet and stock transactions and balances in our accounting ERP system.
- Ensure effective financial control and compliance in line with company policy and regulatory requirements.
- Responsible for all delivery, despatch, and transactional processes.
- Reconciliation of inter-site movements of products and materials.
- Preparation of weekly manufacturing journals during operations. Liaising with site operations teams to ensure timely and accurate movements.
- Ensure capital assets are capitalised in line with corporate guidelines and run corporate periodic depreciation.
- Reconciliation of site stocks and investigation of variances to ensure timely control of stock balances
- Assist in the period end and year end processes by preparing and inputting journals. Provide support in the preparation and completion of year end schedules.
- Provide appropriate assistance to the Finance Lead and Finance teams where required including data compilation, analysis and journals.
- Review GRNI periodically and support with consequential accounting adjustments.

**Skills, Knowledge & Competencies**
- Actively studying AAT/other professional finance qualifications - or desire to study (study support package can be discussed).
- Knowledge of financial transaction processes (journals, reconciliations (including stock), goods receipts etc).
- Strong IT skills - particularly MS Excel.
- GCSE grade A-C in Maths and English, or equivalent.
- Able to communicate both accurately and efficiently.
- Ability to organise and prioritise.
- Driven with a desire to achieve and make improvements to processes.
- Works on own initiative and ability to work as part of a team.
- We are committed to creating an environment where all our people are treated with respect and given the opportunities to succeed. We want British Sugar to be a great, inclusive place to work for everyone._