Assistant Finance Accountant

1 week ago

Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom EP UK Investments Ltd Full time
Assistant Finance Accountant

Application Deadline: 11 November 2025

Department: Finance

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: EPUKI Leeds Office

Reporting To: Senior Finance Manager - GB Gas


Description Join a dynamic and growing finance team at EPUKI.  We're looking for a motivated and detail-oriented Assistant Finance Accountant to join our Leeds office on a permanent basis.

In this key role, you'll play an integral part in supporting the GB finance team, working across a variety of accounting activities — from compiling, consolidating, and analysing financial data to ensuring the integrity of our accounting records.  You'll take ownership of core day-to-day finance processes, including journal postings, cost allocations, month-end reconciliations, and variance analysis, while also contributing to group reporting and balance sheet reconciliation at month end.

This is a fantastic opportunity to grow your finance career within an established, forward-thinking energy business that values accuracy, collaboration, and professional development.

Key Responsibilities Reporting to the Senior Finance Manager - GB Gas, the key duties and responsibilities will be:

General Accounting
  • Preparing GB site specific journals, calculating and maintaining prepayments and accruals, relevant provisions etc.
  • Calculating and agreeing intercompany balances and settlement. 
  • Assisting in the preparation of management accounts, through provision of variance analysis for specifically assigned areas. 
  • Supporting the GB Finance Managers on any required analysis including prior month cost and revenue impacts, and deep dives to understand the underlying position.
  • Preparing assigned balance sheet recs, ensuring accurate and timely completion.
Forecasting / Budgeting
  • Supporting the GB Finance Managers in establishing budgets for specific cost areas as well as associated reporting and presentation.
  • Supporting on budget and forecast uploads.
Other reporting
  • Supporting on the preparation of monthly, quarterly and half yearly group reporting submissions, including responding to queries from EPH.
  • Supporting cost centre reporting/business partnering and budgeting of costs for the GB assets.
  • Preparing external submissions in an accurate and timely manner, including ONS surveys, climate change levy, landfill tax, for review by the GB Finance Managers.
  • Supporting the GB Finance Managers on ad-hoc data requests, collating data, outage planning etc.
  • Assisting with the year-end audit, providing analysis, supporting evidence and explanations as required.
  • Preparing the GB financial KPIs as required for review by the GB Reporting Manager.
  • Assisting transactional team with invoicing queries, allocation of payments and setting up direct debits/standing orders.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise Background
  • Excellent excel skills and ability to understand complex models and analysis - essential.
  • Confident in analysing large volumes of data - essential.
  • Basic understanding of UK taxation - essential.
  • Enthusiastic about developing skills and progressing within a dynamic organisation - essential.
  • Knowledge and application of accounting standards - desirable. 
  • SAP system knowledge - desirable.
  • Experience of working in a similar role - desirable.
  • Experience of working in an energy, manufacturing or production focussed environment - desirable.
Behaviours
  • Effective time management organised and the ability to prioritise tasks - essential.
  • Effective communicator and good at building relationships - essential.
  • Strong team collaborator with a positive, supportive attitude and a willingness to help others - essential.
Qualifications
  • Qualified to degree level or equivalent - essential.
  • Part qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) or a graduate with strong academic record looking to pursue professional qualification. 

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