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British Sugar is a home-grown success story and one of the most efficient and competitive beet processers in the world. Around 3,500 farmers based in East Anglia and the East Midlands supply our four advanced manufacturing sites with eight million tonnes of sugar beet every year. We, in turn, make this in to over 1 million tonnes of sugar, serving customers across the UK, Ireland and increasingly growing commercially in the EU and world sugar markets.

Full Time, Permanent Location: Cantley

Salary: From £30,000

Job Purpose Working in a cross-site finance team, the Finance Assistant supports transactional and control activities across each of the factory sites.

Core Accountabilities
Ensure an accurate reflection of P&L, Balance Sheet and stock transactions and balances in JDE.
Ensure effective financial control and compliance in line with company policy and regulatory requirements.
Responsible for all delivery, despatch and transactional processes.
Reconciliation of inter-site movements of product and materials.
Preparation of weekly manufacturing journals during operations. Liaising with site operations teams to ensure timely and accurate movements.
Provide ad hoc P2P support to site operations and Central Accounts Payable team including PO maintenance and completing control checks on designated levels of authority and key compliance performance indicators.
Ensure capital and EOM codes are opened promptly, and assets are capitalised in line with corporate guidelines.
Assist in the period end and year end process by preparing and inputting journals and ensuring accurate accruals & prepayments are reflected in JDE. Provide support in the preparation and completion of year end schedules.
Provide appropriate assistance to the Finance Lead and Finance teams where required including data compilation, analysis and journals. Skills, Knowledge & Competencies
AAT or equivalent part-qualified & continuing studies or looking to study.
Knowledge of financial transaction processes (journals, reconciliations (including stock), goods receipts etc).
Strong IT skills - particularly MS Excel.
GCSE grade A-C in Maths and English, or equivalent.
Able to communicate both accurately and efficiently.
Ability to organise and prioritise.
Driven with a desire to achieve.
Works on own initiative and ability to work as part of a team