Assistant Finance & Compliance Accountant in Dewsbury

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The Assistant Finance & Compliance Accountant supports a broad range of accounting, finance, and compliance activities within a dynamic, multinational organisation where priorities evolve and teams collaborate to deliver results.

The role provides exposure across multiple jurisdictions, including the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand, and offers opportunities to contribute to both operational and strategic finance initiatives.

We encourage team members to develop a well-rounded understanding of the business by gaining experience across commercial, manufacturing, operational, and corporate finance functions.

This role is ideal for an individual seeking to build a comprehensive international finance skillset while actively contributing to finance transformation and process improvement initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Financial Accounting & Reporting
• Prepare and post accounting journals accurately and in a timely manner.
• Perform balance sheet reconciliations and ensure the integrity of financial records.
• Review overhead expenditure within the profit and loss account and perform variance analysis against budget and forecast.
• Manage the posting, accrual, and reconciliation of employee expense-related accounts.
• Account for and reconcile utility expenses across the group.
• Support daily banking activities and contribute to cash flow forecasting processes.
• Maintain shared responsibility for the preparation and input of bank payments and beneficiary templates within online banking platforms.
• Finance Transformation & Process Improvement
• Actively drive finance transformation, automation, and process improvement initiatives across the finance function.
• Serve as the finance lead for designated Finance Efficiency & Automation (FE&A) projects.
• Evaluate and support opportunities to leverage Global Shared Service Centre models for employee expenses administration and processing.
• Identify and implement process improvements that enhance financial controls, efficiency, data quality, and user experience.
• Compliance & Employee Expenses
• Drive continuous improvement of the employee expenses process, ensuring compliance with company policies and governance requirements.
• Oversee administration and ongoing development of the company expenses policy.
• Support and enhance the administration of the online expenses management system and corporate credit card platform.
• Manage the calculation and collection of employee private mileage charges.
• Review and audit employee expense claims in accordance with company policy and internal controls.
• Undertake ad hoc compliance, finance, and business improvement projects as required.
• General Responsibilities
• Ensure all reporting, compliance, and operational deadlines are met consistently.
• Champion automation and process efficiency initiatives to improve the effectiveness of finance operations.
• Respond promptly to overhead expenditure queries from budget holders and operational stakeholders.
• Liaise with external auditors and provide supporting information and explanations in a timely and professional manner.
• Build strong working relationships with stakeholders across multiple functions and geographies.

Experience & Qualifications

This role offers broad exposure to international finance and accounting across four legal entities operating in different jurisdictions.

The successful candidate will possess

• A sound understanding of fundamental accounting principles, gained through education, professional studies, or practical experience.
• Previous accounting, finance, or compliance experience, either in industry or practice, would be advantageous.
• A desire to develop a career within finance and accounting.
• Commencement or progression towards a recognised professional accounting qualification (e. g. ACA, ACCA, CIMA) would be highly desirable.
• Key Skills & Competencies
• Intermediate to advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including Pivot Tables, lookup functions, data analysis, and presentation of financial information.
• A strong interest in process improvement, automation, and data analytics tools such as Alteryx, Power BI, or similar platforms.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the confidence to engage effectively with stakeholders at all levels of the organisation.
• Strong organisational and time management skills, with the ability to prioritise effectively and meet demanding deadlines.
• A proactive and solution-focused mindset, with the ability to identify opportunities for improvement and drive change.
• Adaptability and resilience as this role responds to multiple and often changing priorities.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to accuracy.
• High levels of integrity, professionalism, and confidentiality.

What's in it for You?

• A hybrid working model to support work-life balance.
• The opportunity to drive meaningful change and contribute to the growth of the Company.
• A supportive team environment where your ideas and input are valued.

Who we are

We help make the world a more thoughtful and caring place every single day with our greeting cards, gift dressings and party supplies products created for life's big events, special occasions, and those "saw-this-and-thought-of-you" moments in life.

Along with our sister company John Sands, who are based in Australia and New Zealand, we're part of the American Greetings Corporation, one of the largest privately owned greeting card publishers in the world.

As the largest direct to retail publisher of greeting cards and social expression products in the UK, we are the celebrations destination.

You'll find our amazing products in major supermarkets, high street retailers, and independent stores across the UK and internationally, as well as digital online marketplaces.

Here at UK Greetings we take pride in being an inclusive and diverse employer - we are dedicated and committed to building a culture where difference is valued and everyone is able to fulfil their potential at work regardless of their background.

Among the great benefits of working at UK Greetings are

• Hybrid Working, working from home and our Dewsbury offices with flexibility around start and finish times
• Enhanced Family Friendly Policies
• Employee Referral Scheme
• Free onsite parking at Head Office sites
• Employee discount shop
• Auto-enrolled Pension Scheme
• Development opportunities; offering qualifications from Level 3 to 6
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Employee wellbeing support including Mental Health First Aiders
• Employee Recognition scheme

So if you have a passion for greeting cards and celebrations products and would love to be part of a talented team, you're in the right place!

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