Finance Controller

**About us**

Vantec Europe Limited (VEU) are headquartered in Washington, Sunderland and owned by the LOGISTEED Group, headquartered in Japan. We are one of the top third-party logistics (3PL) providers in the Japanese market, and we are continuously growing our global business.

We currently operate 13 sites in the UK with a customer base in high volume automotive, premium automotive, construction equipment, lighting, automotive battery and offshore industries.

Specialising in last mile logistics and process design, we use a range of innovative ways to add value to our clients creating strong partnerships and investing in a deep understanding of our customers’ business; their customers; the challenges they face and the goals they want to achieve.

Our services include Last-Mile / Just-In-Time JIT Warehousing, Kitting, Sequencing, Decant, Transport, and Linefeed. Our operations are underpinned by flexible and agile systems which integrate seamlessly with our customers and create robust processes.

Vantec created the UK’s first immersive ‘living warehouse’ in 2018 and continues to pioneer work in IoT (Internet of things), trailblazing within the industry in our drive to be carbon neutral and net zero by 2050. Through eLearning and Vantec Interactive Experience (VIE) is pioneering how we train our people, with the introduction of interactive and engaging four wall and floor projection 3D immersive suites and Fork Lift Truck Simulator.

We focus on building positivity and energy in our business, recognising the work of our teams. We value the communities around us, and we are extremely focused on ‘home grown talent’ with commitment to nurturing and growing our own people. With Vantec is not just a job, it’s a career and it’s here for the taking.

**Hillthorn Business Park, Washington, Tyne and Wear, NE37 3HG**

**39 hours per week**:
**07.55 - 16.35 Monday to Thursday**
**07.55 - 13.35 Friday**

**Finance Controller**
- The Finance Accountant is required to support the Finance Manager, ensuring finance activities are accurate and completed to deadline.
- Ensure a thorough understanding of head office and parent company reports and complete to deadlines.
- Able to deputise when necessary and assist finance staff where needed.
- Ensure good communication with staff and provide a high level of customer service, resolving financial queries efficiently and effectively.
- Complete self
- training and development and ensure all company policies and procedures, specifically supporting those relating to financial standards (UK GAAP & IFRS) are adhered to.
- Support teamwork by being flexible and able to work overtime as and when required to fulfil financial demand.
- The finance accountant will be required to carry out any further tasks as deemed necessary; there is a requirement to be flexible with regards to the role as activities may change.

**Responsibilities**
- Update or create new Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s) in relation to your role and knowledge.
- Assist and support finance team as and when required.
- Ensure good housekeeping and regularly carry out paper, electronic filing and archiving - ensuring confidentiality of data.
- Check the Logistics monthly supplier payment runs before administrators/officers’ input into Barclays and check all payments as required.
- Ensure correct authorisation of payments in Barclays bank and file bacs paperwork in Logistics folders.
- Oversee Sales/Purchase ledger and assist where necessary.
- Check Voucher Transaction report weekly to ensure cost postings are in the correct codes.
- Prepare consolidated Quarterly VAT returns, once checked and approved by Finance Manager, upload into HMRC site, print and file paperwork. Reconcile vat accounts monthly.
- Management of assets, collate required paperwork according to the policies and reconcile SAP assets with manual asset register.
- Communicate with managers each quarter to gather confirmed asset checks, ensure necessary paperwork is completed for additions, transfers, disposals, sales.
- Check Logistics new assets and input new items into assets register, dispose of assets where necessary and run depreciation at month end.
- Prepare Logistics prepayments journal. Once checked, import journal and reconcile at month end.
- Check Logistics GBP, currency and voucher reconciliations are completed by finance administrator by deadlines, pass to Finance Manager for signing.
- Check and prepare data in Variable & Overhead accruals, once checked by Finance Manager, create and post journals, and reconcile at month end.
- Check and prepare data for Deferred costs, once checked by Finance Manager, create and post journals and reconcile at month end.
- Check and reconcile all payroll control accounts in the balance sheet.
- Check all month end journals are posted and balance sheet reconciliations are completed.
- Analyse all costs prior to month end, ensuring correct coding and departments are used and amend where necessary, repo