Financial Accountant

Contracted hours: 40 hours per week (5 days out of
7)

Working Days: Monday-Friday

Shift Pattern: 8:30-17:00

At Creed Food service, we believe a great workplace starts with great people. Our teams are at the heart of everything we do, bringing passion and expertise to deliver top-quality food products to chefs and caterers across the UK. As part of the Country Range Group, we’ve been making a difference in the food industry since 1972.

With distribution centres in Cheltenham, Ilkeston, and High Wycombe, we ensure reliable service nationwide. We’re proud to be a Living Wage accredited employer and were recognised as one of the Top 75 Best Companies to Work For in 2023. If you’re looking for a workplace that values its people and offers real opportunities to grow, Creed is the place to be!

In the role of Financial Accountant you will analyse and interpret the financial statements, assist the business support teams in understanding and managing their costs and drive the business forwards from a commercial, system, process and people engagement perspective.

• Overall responsibility of the balance sheet for the company, including fixed asset, lease schedules, and loan accounts and for support for the statutory accounts.
• Manage the production of the Statutory Accounts and the accompanying Notes to the Accounts.
• Responsible for the reporting and budgeting of revenue and costs.
• Ensure that all financial and business reports are accurate and timely, to enable the business to make informed decisions to deliver KPIs.
• Generate ideas for efficiencies, to improve reporting and timescales, and assist in the delivery of financial and IT process/system projects.
• Present period, quarterly and year to date reporting with accompanying analyses, including KPI reports and commentary.
• Prepare the weekly reports for detailed review in weekly meeting.
• Processing of authorised, automated bank payments.
• Preparation and review of the daily and long-term cash-flow.
• Calculation and reporting of customer rebates.
• Lead the financial modelling and analysis to support forecasting, budgets and business plans.
• Audit and Tax work (quarterly/yearly) to ensure the audit and corporation tax is timely and compliant.
• Conduct financial analysis and deliver process and system improvement projects as required.
• Ensure that the Finance Department is at the heart of the business.

• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Free parking
• Life insurance
• On-site parking
• Referral programme

Creed also offer employees the opportunity to join our Savings Scheme, join the Staff Lottery to support our selected charities and be in with the chance of winning £250 each month, an additional day off each year which you can use to help a charitable cause of your choice and much more. We are also a Living Wage Foundation accredited employer

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At this stage, we will not be accepting agency applications.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age, as outlined in our equal opportunities policy.