Assistant Accountant

We’re looking for an Assistant Accountant to join our Financial Reporting and Control team in Birchwood, initially covering a 3‑month FTC. This is a great opportunity to build your accounting career in a collaborative environment, gaining experience across financial reporting, treasury, and cash flow.

In this role, you’ll support accurate financial reporting, statutory compliance, and treasury activities across UK and Irish entities. Working closely with the finance team, you’ll help ensure financial data is reliable and delivered on time, while developing towards ownership of key accounting areas.

• Salary c.£35,000 depending on experience
• Hybrid working (Birchwood-based)
• Broad exposure across finance and reporting
• Opportunities for progression and development, including supported study
• A supportive, collaborative team environment

• Supporting VAT returns, statutory reporting, and audit activities
• Assisting with payments, bank reconciliations, and cash flow forecasting
• Maintaining balance sheet reconciliations and supporting month‑end
• Supporting fixed asset accounting and financial controls
• Contributing to reporting, system improvements, and ad‑hoc analysis

• Experience in a finance or accounting role (e.g. Assistant Accountant, AP/AR, Treasury)
• Exposure to month‑end or financial processes
• Strong attention to detail and problem‑solving skills
• Good Excel skills (pivot tables, lookups)
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement
• Willingness to learn and develop accounting expertise

If you’re looking to grow your career in finance and gain hands‑on experience in a varied and supportive role, we’d love to hear from you.

With the strength of our brands behind you, a culture of high‑performance that motivates you and the freedom to drive your career your way, our shared ambition will inspire you and delight every customer. Our future. In your hands. Apply now.

Our commitment to diversity and inclusion helps ensure the ideas, perspectives and experiences of all colleagues supports a culture of learning and attracts world‑class talent. We welcome applications from all sections of the community and candidates will be equally assessed and selected based on objective criteria. We reserve the right to close this role prior to the advertised closing date should a suitable applicant be found.