Financial Accountant

Financial Accountant (Record to Report)

Proud to deliver high quality products and develop a high- quality career.

Salary Competitive

Benefits Bonus up to 10%, healthcare and pension

Location Newark

Ways of Working Hybrid 3 days on site 2 days from home

Hours of work Monday to Friday

Contract Type - Permanent

Please be informed that this role offers a job share option, which aims to promote a collaborative approach to workload management and improved work-life balance by sharing a full-time role with another colleague.

Why join us?

It's an exciting time to join Bakkavor we have just set up a new Finance Shared Service centre across our Spalding and Newark sites. You will be part of the team from the start, responsible for producing accurate and timely accounts and offering a great service to the business. You will draw upon your previous experiences to help us develop standardised processes and identify opportunities for continuous improvement. Bakkavor is currently investing in a new ERP so committed to driving improvements and building a team for the future.

What We Do

We're the market leader in the UK fresh prepared food industry - supplying meals, salads, desserts, pizza and bread to leading grocery retailers including Tesco, M&S, Sainsbury's and Waitrose.

About the Role

Record-To-Report (RTR) Accountant role is responsible for the day-to-day processing of accounting activities and reporting in line with weekly, monthly and annual timetables. These activities cover a range of areas including fixed assets, inventory accounting, journal posting, intercompany, accruals and prepayments and year end audit.

You will work as part of a team establishing a centre of excellence for accounting. Ensuring processes and Standard Operating procedures are followed, SLA's and KPI's are met and continuously looking for new ways to improve what we do.

About You

Ideally, you will have previous experience within a similar role and a sound understanding of the end-to-end RTR process - a history of working with ERP systems, specifically with SAP S/4 HANA would be highly desirable.

You will be qualified or in the progress of completing a Professional Accounting Qualification (e.g., ACA/ACCA/CIMA)

You will have working knowledge of UK adopted International Accounting Standards and relevant UK GAAP.

What you'll receive

As an equal opportunity employer, we're committed to providing a safe and rewarding environment for you to thrive in. This is why we work hard to deliver benefits, rewards and wellbeing offerings that are important to you.

You'll enjoy:

• Life Assurance (2.5 x salary)
• Private medical insurance
• Annual Bonus Scheme up to 10%
• 25 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays as standard
• Staff Shop
• Stakeholder Pension Scheme
• Discount & cashback platform
• Personal Accident Insurance
• Free health check
• Employee Assistance Programme
• A range of voluntary benefits (holiday purchase scheme, additional life assurance, dental & hospital cash plans)
• Salary sacrifice car lease scheme
• Free independent mortgage advice
• Discounted tutoring for children
• Access to financial learning tools and affordable loans via your salary
• Free car parking

Plus, a commitment to your wellbeing that includes emotional, physical and financial support services delivered by our fantastic team of wellbeing champions.