Financial Accountant

Frontier Agriculture Ltd.; Witham St Hughs; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading agricultural company in Witham St Hughs is seeking a Financial Accountant to manage accounting and reporting processes. This permanent role offers hybrid working options, with responsibilities including financial control of a business division, corporate reporting, and process improvement initiatives. The ideal candidate must be a qualified accountant with excellent Excel skills and strong interpersonal abilities.

Benefits

Flexible working options

25 days holiday plus additional purchase options

Employee Assistance Program

Life Assurance scheme

Pension plan with employer contributions

Paid volunteer leave

Employee network groups

Qualifications

• Qualified Accountant with a good level of working experience in accounting is essential.
• Self-motivated and tenacious.
• Flexible approach to work and managing changing priorities.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for accounting, reporting and financial control of the Overheads product line.
• Support corporate reporting including KPIs and internal group reporting.
• Identify and implement improved processes or controls.

Skills

Qualified Accountant

Microsoft Excel

Interpersonal skills

Attention to detail

Team player

Self-motivated

Job description

Overview

We are looking for a Financial Accountant to join the Frontier team, based at Witham St Hughs, on a permanent, full-time basis. We are open to hybrid options for this role, with the right candidate working 3 days on-site and 2 days from home.

You will be responsible for the accounting, reporting and financial control of a business division within Frontier alongside supporting with corporate reporting.

The Benefits

• Opportunities for a mixture of home and site working (to be agreed with Line Manager)
• 25 days holiday per calendar year with option to purchase up to 5 more days (subject to meeting eligibility requirements)
• Dedicated Learning & Development team to support you and your career
• Employee Assistance Program providing 24 hours support & advice in areas such as health and wellbeing for yourself, your family & friends (up to 5 people in total)
• Increased Maternity, Paternity & Adoption leave benefits for eligible employees
• Life Assurance scheme and pension plan with employer contributions of up to 7%
• Up to two days paid volunteer leave per year (only applicable to permanent employees)
• The opportunity to join our employee network groups including LGBTQ+, Menopause wellbeing, Neurodiversity and Women’s network groups.
• Cycle to Work Scheme, employee retail discount scheme and free eye test vouchers

About You

• Qualified Accountant with a good level of working experience in accounting is essential
• Skilled in Microsoft Office applications, in particular Excel
• Possess an assured and professional manner, with good interpersonal skills
• Able to build strong working relationships with a varied level of management across the business
• Excellent attention to detail
• Adaptable to the demands of a growing, diverse business
• Self-motivated and capable of working on own initiative
• Focused on using skills, training and experience to the benefit of the customer
• Working to put the customer at the heart of everything we do
• Self-motivated and tenacious
• Flexible approach to work and managing changing priorities
• An effective team player

Your Role

As a Financial Accountant your role will involve:

• Being responsible for accounting, reporting and financial control of the Overheads product line within the business (to include monthly P&L, balance sheet reconciliations, annual budget and forecasting processes plus any ad hoc product line support requirements)
• Supporting with corporate reporting including KPIs, internal group reporting
• Actively contributing to the development of the department by identifying and implementing improved processes or controls
• Providing support to business divisions by offering ‘value added’ innovative solutions to support continual changing business needs
• Providing Support to the finance department by offering ‘value added’ input to ongoing department development
• General support to financial administration functions, to include Invoice and payment approvals

About Us

Frontier is a successful and growing business. We are the largest crop production and grain marketing company in the UK, with over 1,000 employees and a turnover of more than £1.5 billion.

With a vision to be the first-choice employer in UK agriculture, we are committed to delivering a culture where people are at the heart of our success.

Our business approach is underpinned by our core values – Integrity, Customer First and Expertise – or ‘ICE’. These values support our whole philosophy and way of working and we are always looking to attract talented individuals with either industry knowledge or specialist skills that will help us deliver consistently to these values.

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

We have a clear commitment to equality of opportunity and diversity encouraging fairness and equality of treatment for all. As such we encourage applications from all backgrounds.

We recognise the value of a workforce in which people from diverse backgrounds are encouraged to introduce fresh ideas and contribute to the business goals.

We are committed to providing a diverse and inclusive environment with inclusive employment policies, such as progressive flexible working and parental policies.