Vacancy Name Operations Accountant
Employment Type Fixed Term
Country United Kingdom
Location Liverpool
Business Area Finance
Workplace Type Hybrid
About Princes The Princes Group has over 7,000 employees with offices and production sites in the UK, Netherlands, Italy, Poland, France and Mauritius. Princes manufactures 350 different food and drink products responsibly sourced and enjoyed by consumers every day. None of this would be possible without striving to be an employer of choice, where our colleagues are proud to represent our business.
Role Description
Princes Liverpool is looking for an Operations Accountant on a 12-month fixed term contract.
Job Purpose
To assist the Senior Operations Accountants in ensuring that the financial accounts of the assigned sites and SBA's are produced impartially, on a timely, accurate, and efficient basis, and that all necessary procedural controls and policies are duly implemented and observed.
Benefits
* 25 Days Annual Leave plus Birthday off + Bank Holidays
* 14.5% Pension - 5% employee opt in / 9.5% employer
* Hybrid & Flexible Working - 4 Days in Office / 1 Day WFH
* Flexible Holiday Option - Buy 5 Additional Days (pro rata)
* Enhanced Family Friendly & Carers Policies
* Critical Illness Cover
* Learning & Development Opportunities
Principal Responsibilities
* Assist in the production of monthly management and financial accounts in accordance with prescribed formats, timescales and procedures.
* Creation of manual and automatic accruals/provisions/prepayments for all cost items.
* Posting of payroll journals once received from the Payroll team and agency. Understanding variances and investigating any issues.
* Production and posting of Stock provisions for the Ops department and challenging any commercial decisions.
* Review of overhead cost centres, full understanding of the cost profile and presenting results to factory management team.
* Raising purchase orders and posting adhoc journals as required.
* Assist in creation of assets, monitoring asset under construction balances and capitalising in line with company policy and depreciation of capital projects.
* Provision of financial data and analysis to operational management, Finance Managers or Group Finance as required.
* Assist in the reconciliation of all balance sheet accounts at prescribed frequencies.
* Presentation of financial information to factory management team.
* Production and justification of factory budgets and forecasting for responsible areas.
* Interpretation, communication and enforcement of Group rules, policies and procedures.
* Identify opportunities to reduce lead-times for the production of management accounts via an ongoing plan of process improvement.
Role Requirements
Knowledge, Skills & Experience
* Studying for a professional qualification
* Previous experience of manufacturing would be advantageous
* Proficient in Excel
* Experience of SAP would be advantageous
* Able to work to tight deadlines
* Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
* Strong analytical skills
* Good Organisational skills
* Proactive being able to use initiative and react quickly
* Ability to deal with staff and management at all levels
* Willingness to travel.
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