Graduate Accountant

Job Title: Graduate Accountant

Location: Cumbernauld - Hybrid Working 

Salary: £27,800 plus excellent benefits

Start Date: Summer 2025 - Three Year Rotational Programme

Are you ready to Be Your Best Barr None?

We are all about Being Your Best Barr None and having a career with real Moments that Matter 

AG Barr has been quenching the nation’s thirst for over 145 years and is home to some of the UK’s most loved drinks brands.

Employing around 850 people across four business units and seven UK locations, we are proud to be a responsible business that takes care of our people, values diversity, gives something back to our communities and works to minimise our environmental impact.

At our core is Barr Soft Drinks, home to some of the UK’s most loved soft drinks. Whether it’s the iconic IRN-BRU, launched in 1901 and still going strong today, the vibrant RUBICON fruit based brand or the unique range of BARR flavours, we brighten people’s lives with refreshingly different drinks.

We also have a number of exciting owned brands within our portfolio, including the functional drinks brand Boost, FUNKIN which operates in the exciting and growing cocktail market and MOMA, which crafts quality oats into great tasting oat drinks and porridges.

There's never been a better time to join us

What we’re looking for...

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for an ambitious Graduate Accountant to join the team based at our Head Office in Cumbernauld. The role is a three-year rotational programme with time invested across different Finance disciplines, supporting the work experience required to become a Qualified CIMA Accountant. Whilst being fully supported and funded during your CIMA exam journey, you will be allocated a dedicated mentor from the outset to provide guidance and support - this is in addition to your fellow CIMA Graduates within the Finance function. Alongside your journey being fully funded, a competitive remuneration and benefits package is on offer.

Your responsibilities will include...

Year 1 - Group Finance

Within Group Finance you'll have the opportunity to understand our P&L as the external world sees it.  You'll produce monthly reports on our financials for the Board and Executive Committee, and support on providing the Finance Director with a range of analysis which helps tell the story of our annual and half yearly results.  You will also act as business partner to our central functions (HR, IT, Corporate Affairs & Central Teams), helping them to understand their monthly financial performance against budget, and their forecast for the full year.  Finally, you will also have the opportunity to produce disclosure notes for our Interim and Annual Reports, giving you experience in International Accounting Standards, Annual Reporting and Accounts, and auditor interactions. 

Year 2 - BSD Finance (Commercial Focus)

The Commercial finance rotation will give you experience across a diverse range of Commercial activities. This includes areas such as:

• Customer and Brand profitability analysis
• Overheads analysis and forecasting
• Marketing and R&D investment support
• Budget preparation
• Monthly reporting for senior management

You'll have the chance to collaborate closely with experienced senior team members, receiving valuable guidance and support. This setting offers opportunities for enhancing both your technical and soft skills, contributing to your development as a finance professional.

Year 3 - BSD Finance (Supply Chain Focus)

Expanding on your prior experience, your final year will see you rotate into the Supply Chain Finance team, which presents a unique opportunity to acquire valuable insight into the workings of our Supply Chain function, with exposure to Procurement, Manufacturing, and Warehousing & Logistics. You will gain experience in creating and managing our central Supply Chain budgets and play a key role in reporting the performance of the overall Supply Chain to senior stakeholders. Finally, you will be involved in our annual standard cost setting process, gaining experience in a complex and high profile piece of work. 

As well as gaining insight into how Irn-Bru and other products are crafted, this rotation provides responsibilities to business partner senior Supply Chain personnel so that by the end of your rotation you will be a qualified and well rounded finance professional.

What you’ll bring...

The successful candidate will have;

• University Degree at 2:1 or AAT Certificate Level 4
• Proficient in ERP systems or has the ability to learn quickly
• Process management minded
• Ability to both analyse and present complex data
• Strong Interpersonal skills

What we offer...

We believe in creating a diverse and inclusive culture where your voice can be heard.  Our skilled, loyal and committed people are critical to the future success of AG Barr which is why we are continually investing in our employees to develop their talent.

We look after our employees by offering a competitive salary and benefits package which includes;

• 33 days holiday
• Flexible holiday trading
• Living Wage Employer
• Healthcare Cash Plan
• Flexible benefits e.g. discounts & cashbacks, gym memberships, technology purchases etc
• Life assurance
• Save as you earn scheme
• Staff sales discount
• Free AG Barr products throughout your working day
• Pension
• Annual salary review 
• Ongoing professional development

And much more 

To find out more about what it is like to work for AG Barr, please visit our careers platform here.

We are an equal opportunities employer and happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments that may be needed for successful candidates with a disability, health or mental health condition.

While we have highlighted our ideal requirements for this role, we are realistic that the successful candidate probably won't meet every single requirement in this advert, but we are big advocates of people growing in role. So even if you don’t meet every single requirement, we encourage you to submit an application - you may be just what we are looking for Apply now

Speculative CVs from agencies will not be accepted.

Latest closing date for applications is Wednesday 9th October. If you pass the initial screening you will be invited to complete online testing on week commencing 14th October.

Please note, we may close vacancies early where we receive significant numbers of applications, so apply now