Financial Accountant
Blisworth, Northampton (with travel to other locations as required)
Excellent Salary Plus Pension, BUPA Medical Cash Plan, Life Assurance, 20 Days’ Holiday (rising with service)

This is an amazing opportunity to help make a difference and save the planet by making a positive impact in a ground-breaking business who truly puts safety at the heart of everything we do and has big plans for the future.

Olleco is on a mission to help protect the planet, working together with thousands of foodservice businesses to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by hundreds and thousands of tonnes. We are now looking for a Financial Accountant to join our team and help us to continue to do things the right way for customers, colleagues and the planet.

With over 1,000 colleagues in multiple sites nationwide delivering excellent performance, we supply premium cooking oils and collect organic waste, which is then converted into bio-methane, electricity, heat and organic fertiliser. We offer the human touch with local, community-based depots which seek to give back to those communities every chance we get.

Within a diverse and inclusive environment, you will have the chance to contribute to our H&S culture and help us maintain our reputation for operational excellence.

As a Financial Accountant, you will be a fundamental part of our team, enabling us to continue with our mission to serve the planet, a purpose we care strongly about and are committed to.

Reporting to the Finance Manager, you will be involved in the control of certain aspects of the Balance Sheets across the Business. These will include fixed assets, capital expenditure control and reporting, fresh oil discounts accrual, used cooking oil rebate accrual and accrued income.

Blisworth Central Accounts produces Accounts for Multiple Divisions comprising Oilsense, Foodwaste, Hep Oils, Aylesbury ADs and Supply Collect.

The Department Produces Weekly Accounts and Management Accounts for all Divisions, which you will be expected to learn in order to provide holiday/ sickness cover.

The Supply Collect Division is centralised in Blisworth and has x10 remote depots to produce Accounts for, so the role entails regular visits to sites to perform internal audits to ensure Olleco Policies and procedures are being followed and regularly inter-action with the General Managers of the Depot.

Why join us?

- You’ll have the opportunity to make a difference, help us to become more successful and deliver more benefits to the environment
- We’re growing and so will you be able to develop your own career
- We provide opportunities for you to develop your career, we encourage continuous learning and pride ourselves on promoting from within
- Help us achieve even more amazing things

What do we expect of each other?

- That each of us act like owners of this growing business
- We collaborate to enable us to be the best we can be - especially when it comes to safety and wellbeing!
- We are committed to making food sustainable and ensuring that nothing is wasted so we encourage our colleagues to come forward with their ideas
- Focus on the things that matter and approach every situation proactively and with agility

A little bit more about the role:

- Preparation of weekly management accounts with KPIs and supporting information
- Preparation of monthly management accounts
- Variance analysis of weekly accounts vs monthly accounts vs Budgets
- Bank reconciliations
- Weekly / Monthly Payroll Analysis and Journals
- Calculation and scheduling of accruals and prepayments
- Maintaining FA Register (Additions/Disposals/Interco)
- Capital Expenditure Reporting
- Calculating Month End Rebates and Fresh Discounts Accruals, ensuring rates accrued are correct and approving supplier invoices.
- Preparation of Balance sheet reconciliations and investigation of variances as required
- Support finance team in preparation of Annual Budgets / Forecasts
- Internal audits of sites to maintain/strengthen controls
- Assisting with Year End Audit (KPMG Auditors)
- Producing Supporting information for taxation computation on a monthly basis

Interested?

What are we looking for? As you can imagine, you’ll need a broad range of personal skills to succeed, but we don’t expect you to have everything from the start! We will coach, train and support you, it’s more important that you have the right interpersonal skills and the intelligence to grasp our business and take us forward.

We will be looking for:

- Nearly and/or newly qualified ACA or ACCA
- Audit experience
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Can-do attitude / flexibility
- The ability to work independently and be a team player
- The ability to work under pressure and to strict deadlines
- Good attention to detail
- High degree of accuracy
- Strong Excel skills (VLOOKUPs / Pivot Tables), Word and Outlook

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Other organisations may call this role Accountant, Chartered Accountant, Management Accountant, ACA Accountant, or ACCA Accountant.

We are also interested in hearing from those from a Finance, Financial, Accounts, Accounting, or Accountancy background.