Assistant Financial Accountant

Job Description:

We are seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Assistant Financial Accountant to join our finance team in Melton, UK. This role supports the Financial Controller and Senior Operations Finance Manager in delivering accurate financial reporting, inventory management, cost analysis, and financial controls within a manufacturing environment.

The position works closely with finance, sales, production, procurement, and warehouse teams to ensure accurate financial data, maintain strong internal controls, and support business decision-making.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone with SAP experience and an interest in manufacturing finance and costing who is looking to develop their career within a dynamic business.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the Financial Controller and Senior Operations Finance Manager with core finance activities including intercompany reconciliations, balance sheet reconciliations, invoice runs, and financial reporting.

• Assist with the preparation of monthly management accounts, financial reports, and month-end/year-end close processes.

• Deputise for the Operations Finance Manager, ensuring accuracy across production processes, investigating production order costing, and maintaining ERP updates.

• Support manufacturing cost analysis and variance reporting, maintaining and updating standard costing data within SAP.

• Manage inventory accounting and stock reconciliations, including producing monthly inventory reserve calculations in line with group policy and updating SAP accordingly.

• Support stock take activities across sites, including pre-count preparation, audit oversight, and investigation of stock discrepancies.

• Reconcile production paperwork to SAP, investigating quantity and value differences to ensure data accuracy and completeness.

• Act as Internal Audit Control Owner for production processes, carrying out monthly reconciliations, running audit reports, updating samples, and maintaining audit records.

• Partner with the Sales team to provide margin analysis, commissions calculations, and maintain relevant ERP records.

• Manage overdue accounts and credit control support, including bad debt monitoring and customer/vendor account management.

• Prepare monthly commission journals and reconciliations for sales agents.

• Manage freight processes, including purchase order booking and maintaining monthly freight accruals.

• Support budgeting and forecasting activities and maintain financial records in line with company policies.

Key Requirements

• Previous experience in a finance or accounting role.

• Studying towards or interested in studying a professional accounting qualification such as ACA, ACCA, or CIMA.

• Experience using SAP or similar ERP systems.

• Strong Excel and analytical skills.

• High level of accuracy and attention to detail.

• Ability to work to tight deadlines during month-end processes.

• Strong communication and teamwork skills, with the ability to work cross-functionally.

Desirable Experience

• Experience in a manufacturing or production environment.

• Knowledge of standard costing, cost analysis, or inventory accounting.

• Experience working with large data sets in Excel.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary and benefits package

• Opportunities for career progression within finance

• A supportive and collaborative working environment

If you are a motivated finance professional looking to build your career within a supportive and dynamic team, we encourage you to apply.

Apply now by submitting your CV