Financial Accountant

Who will you be working with?

We are seeking an experienced Financial Accountant to join our team at the LH Group (a Division of Wabtec UK Ltd) based in Burton on Trent. We support our customers through maintenance and operation optimisation with customised solutions for spare parts, repair, and overhaul activities on existing trains.

Position: Financial Accountant (Hybrid – 2 days home, 3 days office)

Salary: Competitive

Location: Burton on Trent, Staffordshire, (DE13 8EN
)

Hours: Monday to Thursday 08:00 to 16:30 and Friday 08:00 to 13:00, 37 hours per week

Contract Type: Permanent, Full-Time

Responsible for delivering monthly financial accounts, annual statutory accounts, and the management of external audit activities for the Operating Unit. Ensuring accurate and timely financial information to the Site Leadership team and UK Group. Helping maintain a robust control environment to ensure full auditability of financial data.

• Responsible for the month‑end management accounts submission into HFM
• Maintain the financial ledgers of the operating unit to support the month‑end reporting
• Coordinate and support the Shared Service Team for month‑end and reporting activities
• Support Accounts receivable activities and provide weekly cash forecasting for UK group
• Monthly analyse and review of variances actuals vs budget/forecast
• Ensure that overhead spend vs budget is communicated to budget holders monthly
• Responsible for internal and external reporting requirements, statutory accounts, VAT returns, National Statistics, and other reporting returns
• Manage the completion of the Annual Taxation reports for the Operating Unit
• Ensure compliance with group accounting policies and the relevant statutory accounting standards (UK & US GAAP)
• Manage the Operating Units Sarbanes‑Oxley reporting requirements
• Manage the operating unit’s chart of accounts and cost centre structure of the Business

• Either qualified by experience or part/fully qualified (ACA, CIMA, ACCA)
• Experience in a manufacturing environment is desirable but not essential
• Experienced with presenting financial data
• IT literate and fully conversant with all Microsoft Office applications and MRP
• Excellent organisational and prioritising skills

If you don’t have all the above criteria don’t worry, we would still like to hear from you as we live our values and always put people first, and strive to expand what is possible.

Legal authorisation to work in the UK is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We welcome talent of all backgrounds, experiences, and identities, including race, gender, age, disability, veteran status and more.

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