Branston Ltd
Assistant Financial Accountant
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Benefits
- 4.5 working week, finishing at 12:30pm on a Friday
- 23 days annual leave excluding bank holidays
- Company bonus scheme
- Enhanced pension contributions
- Life Assurance & critical illness cover
- Onsite Parking
- Discounts platform
- Long service celebrations
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Free fruit & potatoes
- Electric salary sacrifice car scheme
- Flu vaccines
- Refer a friend scheme
The company
From our sites in Lincoln, Scotland and the Southwest, we supply some of the largest retail, wholesale and food manufacturing customers in the UK.
Our expertise goes much further than just supply and demand. We offer our customers real innovation, whether developing new potato varieties, packaging solutions or cutting-edge processes. And it’s not just fresh potatoes. We're also continually developing our great range of innovative, ready-to-cook prepared vegetables.
At Branston we thrive to be the best, through our values and invest in our people. This is a fast-paced environment and looking for someone who is adaptable in their approach.
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The Role
As Assistant Finance Accountant, you will play a key role in supporting the Financial Controller with the production of accurate and timely financial reporting, ensuring strong financial control across all areas of business. You will assist in month-end, year-end, and budgeting processes, while also providing valuable insight to drive performance and efficiency.
What will you be doing?
- Support the preparation of monthly management accounts, ensuring accuracy and timely reporting.
- Complete and review balance sheet reconciliations to maintain robust financial control.
- Ensure accuracy across P&L, Balance Sheet, and Cashflow statements, and explain material variances to budget and prior year.
- Assist with year-end statutory accounts, including audit preparation and liaison with external auditors.
- Support the completion of annual budgets and reforecasts, working closely with senior management.
- Provide assistance to the purchase and sales ledger teams with ad hoc queries.
- Review and monitor the daily cashflow forecast.
- Support wider Finance projects
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What we want from you?
- Strong numerical and communication skills
- Proficient in all Microsoft suites including Excel
- Ability to thrive in a fast paced setting, with self motivation and ability to prioritise workload according
- Starting or progressing through a professional financial qualification
- Relevant experience is a previous financial accountant role
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. If you need any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know.
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