Financial Accountant

Financial Accountant (Record to Report)

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

Competitive salary

Based in Newark, Nottinghamshire

Monday – Friday, Hybrid working (3 days in office)

Excellent rewards package including – 25 days holiday, life insurance, up to 10% bonus, private medical insurance.

Why join us?

Its an exciting time to join Bakkavor as we 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.

We would be happy to offer study support and this post would be the perfect opportunity for an individual looking to make a step up into an Accountant role

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:

• A stakeholder pension scheme
• Personal accident Insurance
• Free independent mortgage advice
• Employee assistance programme
• A range of voluntary benefits
• Holiday purchase scheme
• Additional life assurance
• Dental & hospital cash plans
• Discounted tutoring for children
• Access to financial learning tools
• Affordable loans via your salary
• Proud to be and loyal service awards.
• Plus, a commitment to your wellbeing that includes emotional, physical and financial support services delivered by our fantastic team of wellbeing champions.

Proud to be Bakkavor

We’re proud to be the market leader in the UK fresh prepared food industry. We’re proud to supply meals, salads, desserts, pizza and bread to leading grocery retailers including Tesco, M&S, Sainsbury’s and Waitrose. We’re driven by the hard work and passion of our people and are delighted to offer a wide range of careers across our business – come and join our dedicated Bakkavor team!