Job Ref: 214661594

Date: 2021-09-15 09:43:22

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Welcome to Hovis. We are the proud guardians of over 130 years of baking experience that make up our iconic and much-loved brand. We produce bread and bakery products created with Hovis goodness at the heart of each. We deliver around 1.3million loaves, every day of the week throughout the UK and Ireland, where we also make Mothers Pride and Ormo products.

We are 2,800 people working within 8 bakeries, 1 flour mill, and 2 regional distribution centres across the UK. Our success is a result of the hard work of our people; they are experts in their field whether it’s baking, manufacturing, logistics, engineering, or the many departments within the central functions team based in our head office in High Wycombe. We are a values-led business and expect our colleagues to live, breathe, and embed Quality, Accountability, and Trust into their ways of working.

Part Qualified Accountant – GL and SG&A

A fantastic opportunity has arisen to join the fastest growing bread brand in the UK. We are looking for an ambitious and driven part qualified accountant to join our Head Office finance team in High Wycombe. You will be part of a dynamic team with instant exposure to different areas of the business – all whilst being funded and fully supported for your training towards your desired accountancy qualification (ACA/ACCA/CIMA/AAT). You will primarily be involved in month end reporting and day to day financial accounting and analysis, with opportunities to be involved in other areas of Finance as you progress. You will be supported in your journey by a genuine and helpful team. This gives you as a trainee the perfect environment to become a qualified accountant.

The role reports into the Senior Finance Manager for GL and Treasury, with regular exposure to the Group Financial Controller and Finance Director.

Key Responsibilities include:

* Working closely with your peers and line manager to ensure a smooth period close process, responsible for ensuring timely and accurate completion of monthly financial statements, including the preparation and posting of journals

* Maintaining up to date balance sheet reconciliations for key accounts, ensuring timely resolution of reconciling items, adequate back up is provided for all bookings and constant process improvement

* Calculate accruals and prepayments, preparing schedules and collating supporting documentation to help validate balances for external auditors

* Identify variances between actuals, budgets and forecasts – Providing supporting evidence to enable to the variances to be investigated and to provide insightful explanations and commentaries

* Support the Senior Finance Manager with the interim and annual statutory audit, taking responsibility for providing information and answering auditors’ queries for agreed areas

* To assist the Senior Finance Manager with the Budget and Forecast preparation for the area of their responsibilities

* Build strong relationships with other teams within Finance, including Site teams, being a trusted point of contact for areas of responsibility including responding to ad-hoc queries and information requests

* Providing support to the Senior Finance Leadership team and other business teams as required

* Submission of VAT return

* Other ad hoc duties as required

Desired Skills and Experience

* Part Qualified accountant

* A good understanding of general accounting functions, i.e., accruals, prepayments, accounts receivables & payables and month end process, etc.

* Strong Excel skills (essential)

* Well organized and be able to comply with tight deadlines

* Team player with “can do” attitude

* Attention to detail

* Integrity and honesty

Location: Based in High Wycombe

Type of role: Full Time, Permanent

At Hovis, we understand the importance of looking after our colleagues, so we provide a variety of benefits in addition to their salaries. The benefits we provide at Hovis are as varied as the people who receive them but they are offered with the intention of creating value to them personally over and above their salaries

* There is a range of colleague benefits available, which individuals can select based on their needs.

* Our benefits scheme is called Hovis Choice, which offers a variety of savings and cashback offers on day to day living and much more including eyecare vouchers, and a healthcare scheme to suit everyone. It also includes our Cycle to Work scheme where you can obtain a brand new bike at a significant saving

* We offer enhanced annual leave and maternity/paternity leave, and flexibility where possible in order to create a healthy work-life balance

* We celebrate loyalty with our generous long service and colleague recognition schemes

* We offer three levels of pensions

Hovis values diversity and is committed to promoting equal opportunities in the workplace. Every job applicant, employee or worker will be treated fairly and equally with dignity and respect regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, colour, social class, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religious belief, union membership, political opinion, sex, sexual orientation or any other protected characteristic

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