Assistant Accountant

About the role

Start Your Finance Career with DS Smith

Are you a recent Finance or Accountancy graduate looking to kick-start your career with a global organisation? At DS Smith, we're offering an exciting opportunity to join our Business Services Finance team as a Assistant Accountant at our Business Service Centre in Caerphilly.

This is more than just your first finance role. It's an opportunity to gain hands-on experience across the full accounting cycle, work alongside experienced finance professionals, and build a strong foundation for a successful career in finance within a FTSE-listed business. With a structured development pathway and full study support towards a professional qualification (ACCA, CIMA or equivalent), we'll help you develop the skills, knowledge and confidence to thrive.

What you'll be doing

As an Assistant Accountant, you'll support the delivery of a high-quality accounting service to our UK business while gaining exposure to a wide range of financial processes and stakeholders.

You'll have the opportunity to:

• Assist in preparing monthly management accounts and financial reports for operational teams
• Support the production of Profit & Loss statements and Balance Sheets
• Gain exposure to Group and Divisional reporting requirements within a global business
• Analyse financial performance and investigate variances to help ...