Financial Accountant in Kegworth

Looking for a role where you can make a tangible impact beyond the numbers? As a Financial Accountant at Refresco, you'll be at the heart of our finance operation, leading critical treasury and foreign exchange activities, supporting regulatory compliance and helping shape financial decision-making across the business. If you're a proactive finance professional who enjoys solving problems, improving processes and working in a dynamic FMCG environment, we'd love to hear from you.

Role Purpose

As Financial Accountant, you will be responsible for managing and enhancing key financial accounting activities across the business. You will lead the FX and treasury processes, support statutory and tax reporting requirements, and ensure the integrity of financial controls and balance sheet reconciliations. This role requires a proactive, detail-oriented finance professional who can provide robust financial analysis, challenge existing processes, and identify opportunities to improve efficiency while maintaining high levels of accuracy and compliance.

Key Responsibilities

• Treasury & Foreign Exchange
  • Own the FX processes across the business, including monthly reporting, analysis and forecasting
  • Coordinate and manage UK cash balances and weekly cash flow forecasting across multiple currencies
  • Perform detailed variance analysis to understand business trends and cash requirements
  • Manage outgoing payments in line with forecast requirements
  • Oversee daily group cash pool operations and coordinate fund transfers where required
  • Liaise with Group Treasury and banking partners
  • Complete monthly settlement of treasury deals
  • Review and revalue foreign currency balances and ensure accurate accounting treatment
• Tax & Compliance
  • Administer the UK Alcohol Compliance process
  • Reconcile and submit monthly alcohol returns to HMRC
  • Lead alcohol compliance steering meetings and support internal audit activities
  • Validate and support new customer set-up for alcoholic products
  • Prepare and submit quarterly Plastic Packaging Tax returns
  • Prepare and post tax-related journals, including Corporation Tax, Deferred Tax Duties, RDEC, PSA, and Plastic Packaging Tax related consultancy costs
• Financial Reporting & Controls
  • Support the monthly, quarterly and annual close process
  • Ensure completeness and accuracy of financial reporting submissions
  • Prepare and post currency revaluations and other month-end journals
  • Manage reporting requirements for a non-trading subsidiary
  • Reconcile and control balance sheet accounts within areas of responsibility
  • Support BlackLine administration, balance sheet uploads and query resolution
  • Contribute to budgeting and forecasting activities
  • Complete and submit National Statistics reporting requirements
  • Provide cover for key Finance team activities, including Treasury responsibilities
  • Participate in and lead finance improvement projects as required

About You

You are a qualified finance professional with strong technical accounting expertise and a passion for continuous improvement. You enjoy working in a dynamic environment, balancing attention to detail with a commercial mindset, and are comfortable building strong relationships across the business. You challenge the status quo, seek opportunities to improve processes, and consistently deliver accurate work to tight deadlines.

Essential Qualifications & Experience

• ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified
• Extensive experience preparing statutory accounts within a large organisation
• Extensive experience supporting or leading external audit processes
• Strong technical accounting knowledge and understanding of current accounting standards and legislation
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills
• Proven experience improving financial processes and controls
• Experience identifying efficiencies and cost-saving opportunities
• Excellent attention to detail and organisational skills

Desirable

• Experience within FMCG and/or manufacturing environments
• SAP experience
• IBM Cognos experience
• Intermediate Microsoft PowerPoint skills

Key Skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving ability
• Excellent planning and organisational skills
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet strict deadlines
• Effective communication and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to identify issues early and implement corrective actions
• Coaching and mentoring capability
• Highly accurate and detail-focused approach

Our Values

At Refresco, our values are at the heart of everything we do. We are looking for someone who demonstrates our core behaviours and values: Entrepreneurial - Agile - Responsible - Excellent - Passionate. You will bring energy, enthusiasm and a hands-on approach, with a genuine desire to learn, improve and make a positive impact.