Requisition ID17346-Posted -United Kingdom-Kegworth
Join Refresco in a high-impact role where you’ll strengthen financial controls, elevate statutory reporting, and shape how the UK’s largest independent drinks manufacturer delivers best‑in‑class finance. As Senior Financial Accountant, you’ll lead core technical accounting, tax, treasury, and audit activities while driving continuous improvement and balance sheet discipline. You’ll influence key decisions, manage FX forecasting, support Group reporting, and develop a talented team—playing a central part in building a high‑performing finance function
Permanent
Kegworth, Head Office
38 hours
You will report to the Financial Accounting Controller and play a key role in maintaining strong financial controls, accurate statutory reporting, and compliance with IFRS, UK GAAP, tax, and treasury requirements across Refresco UK. This broad role spans technical accounting, financial control, tax compliance, treasury activities, and team leadership. You’ll lead core financial accounting processes, strengthen balance sheet controls, manage foreign currency forecasting and hedging, support statutory accounts preparation, and act as a key contact for auditors and regulators. Alongside this, you will develop and guide a team of Financial Accountants, driving standardisation, continuous improvement, and best practice across the finance function.
We’re looking for a qualified finance professional with strong technical accounting expertise, proven experience in financial control, and a genuine drive for continuous improvement. The ideal candidate will be ACCA, ACA, or CIMA qualified, bringing significant experience from a medium‑to‑large organisation’s Financial Accounting function. They will have deep knowledge of IFRS and UK GAAP, hands‑on experience preparing statutory accounts, and a solid track record of supporting external audits. Strong balance sheet control, high‑quality reconciliation skills, and a working understanding of tax compliance—including VAT and corporate tax—are essential to succeed in this role.
If you fit this profile and are excited by this opportunity, we would be delighted to hear from you!
Refresco is the global independent beverage solutions provider for Global, National and Emerging brands, and retailers with production in Europe, North America, and Australia.
Refresco offers an extensive range of product and packaging combinations from juices to carbonated soft drinks and mineral waters in carton, PET, Aseptic PET, cans, and glass.
Refresco continuously searches for new and alternative ways to improve the quality of its products and packaging combinations in line with consumer and customer demand, environmental responsibilities, and market demand
Refresco is headquartered in Rotterdam, the Netherlands and has more than 13,500 employees. www.refresco.com .
Our drinks on every table. That's the Refresco vision. We’re a global business and currently produce 12 billion litres of soft drinks from 64 manufacturing plants in 12 countries and we’re only just getting started.
We’re the proud owners of six drinks manufacturing sites within the UK. Our UK business provides a great place to work for over 1,800 employees, who produce private label soft drinks and fruit juices for all the leading retailers.
Whether it’s packed in cartons, bottles or cans, we ensure that our products are made to the highest quality standards. Our products get where they need to be when they need to get there to meet the needs of our high‑profile customers.
Refresco believes that equal opportunity for allis fundamental to our company's values and all our applicants can expect fairness and transparency in our recruitment process.