Overview
As an Assistant Accountant at Wincanton, you will play a vital role within the Group Transport Finance Team. You will support the operational and financial management of the business, ensuring adherence to management accounts processes. Your role will involve challenging current processes and championing continuous improvement across the team.
Our function combines the daily commercial and financial operations of transport with strategic controls to maximize value for our customers and the wider group.
The role is based at our Sainsbury's distribution centre in Kettering. After initial training, the role will be hybrid, with 3 days in the office and 2 days remote.
Key Responsibilities
* Produce weekly flash accounts for multiple transport locations.
* Manage Wincanton and Customer period ends, including prepayment and accrual journals.
* Become a subject matter expert in your area, explaining variances to forecast and providing P&L analysis to identify underlying trends.
* Perform balance sheet reconciliations with supporting evidence for provisions or deferrals, including payroll reconciliations.
* Assist the Finance Manager in producing annual budgets and forecasts for Wincanton and Customers, and drive process improvements to add value.
* Communicate effectively with stakeholders regarding risks or opportunities within the P&L, and produce contractual customer reporting packs, resolving or escalating queries as needed.
What will you bring to our team?
* Actively studying towards an accountancy qualification.
* Understanding of logistics business is desirable but not essential.
* Proactive, inquisitive, with a passion for challenging teams to improve performance.
* Flexible and responsive to internal and external customer requests.
* Excellent PC skills, especially Excel (pivot tables, formulas, etc.).
Our Culture & Benefits
We offer a competitive salary, a friendly, safety-first working environment, and benefits including a company pension scheme, generous holidays, cycle-to-work scheme, online discounts, onsite parking, and more.
We value our people and provide opportunities for career development, training, and multi-skilling in a dynamic environment.
Join us and embrace our values: Excellence, Integrity, Passion, Proactivity, Togetherness & Trust.
Our Commitment
We are dedicated to equality and creating an inclusive environment where all colleagues feel safe, supported, and valued. We believe diverse teams drive our success and are committed to fostering an inclusive culture.
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