Site Accountant in Northwich

Culina Group is a leading UK 3rd party food & drinks logistics provider offering dedicated and shared user warehousing and distribution solutions. At Culina we have a winning culture, we believe that our culture is one of the reasons our company continues to thrive… A place where you're valued, challenged, and inspired!

We have an exciting new opportunity to join our team as a Site Accountant across our sites in Gadbrook Park and within Culina Central. This role will act as the principal Finance lead for one of our prestigious customers operating under an Open Book Commercial Agreement. Our Site Accountant will provide commercial and financial leadership, governance, and support as a business partner to the Site Transport Manager. A successful candidate will be able to work closely within internal partners and customers to foster collaboration, networking and best practice.

Key responsibilities of a Site Accountant:

• Review of daily/weekly/monthly profit & loss statements with the provision of a business commentary including variance analysis.
• Review of customer weekly/monthly profit & loss statements with the provision of a business commentary including variance analysis.
• Undertake nominal ledger tasks including processing of journals, nominal ledger cross-charges and period end reconciliations.
• Provide detailed analysis to the operations and the customer of the key business performance drivers and internal reporting trend analysis and assist in building and developing of profit improvement plans.
• Present the Weekly and Monthly Financial & KPI Performance.
• Preparation of Balance Sheet Summary with supporting reconciliations, identifying financial risk/opportunity.
• Collaborate with the customer to support continuous improvement of the account.
• Ensure that robust commercial and financial solutions are implemented and monitored to optimise profit and minimise associated risk.
• Responsibility for the preparation of business unit annual budget, quarterly forecasts in conjunction with the Sector Director and their senior management team.
• Responsibility for the preparation of Customer annual budget and weekly forecasts in conjunction with the Sector Director and their senior management team.
• Collaborate with internal support functions as required to ensure the financial reports are accurate and produced in a timely manner.
• Continuous improvement of customer and ESL reporting processes and procedures, which support robust business decision making.

Qualifications:

• Ability to hit tight deadlines
• Attention to detail
• Cleanliness and transparency in reporting
• Successful business partnering of the Transport Managers and team at site as well as the customer
• Maintain accurate balance sheet, with all entries reconciled

Additional Information:

As part of our drive to make Culina Group a great place to work, we are proud to be an inclusive and diverse organisation where we are committed to employee development and recognising success for hard working performers. Our dedicated learning and development programmes are open to every employee to give you the opportunity to shape your own future within logistics and continue to work in an environment where team culture thrives. Our People are the driving force behind our success, which is why we offer a wide range of benefits which include:

• Annual Leave – Competitive holiday entitlement of 25 days plus the bank holidays.
• Pension scheme – we want colleagues to enjoy a comfortable retirement so we offer a great contribution of 5% employee and 8% employer.
• Life Assurance - 4x your annual salary.
• Wellness – Via our Employee Assistance Programme we offer immediate access to a confidential telephone counselling and legal information service that operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
• Eye Care Vouchers – We can provide you with substantial savings with free eye tests and discounts on prescription glasses.
• Reward & Recognition – We recognise that employees have gone the extra mile via Employee of the month and year, special recognition and long service awards.
• Everyday discounts - via our benefit platform you will have access to over 50 retailer discounts for everyday savings!

If you meet the requirements for the above role and are looking for your next career opportunity please apply now and become a part of our #WinningTeam!