Accounts Assistant

Description:

Why Join Greencore?
Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026, Greencore is one of the UK's leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make everyday taste better.
As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we employ over 28,000 colleagues across 36 manufacturing sites and 21 distribution depots in the UK and the US. Our products span every meal occasion, and in FY25 our shared passion helped deliver combined revenues of approximately £4bn.

Our extensive direct-to-store network ensures fresh and frozen food reaches thousands of stores every day. To support this scale, we are delivering a significant transformation through our Making Business Easier (MBE) programme, and this role is a key part of making that change land successfully.

Role Purpose:

Prepare financial reports and historical financial performance information to enable others to identify exceptions which require further action

Key Accountablities:
Reconcile balance sheet accounts from basic data to ensure the balances are in line with accounting standards
Create journals from basic data for approval and processing within the general ledger to assist in the preparation of the monthly financial statements
Validate expenses and petty cash claims to ensure approval is granted and is within group guidelines
Produce and submit statutory returns such as Office of National Statistics (ONS), Intra Stat, VAT from the relevant raw data to ensure compliance with financial standards
Investigating account detail, responding to queries and account variances, to provide information and insight for senior management Knowledge, Skills and Experience:
Attainment of or studying towards a recognised accountancy qualification
Experience of working in a similar financial role
Ability to work to tight deadlines
Finance system management and internal control
Substantial numeracy skills
Impeccable attention to detail
Intermediate Excel skills
Experience of double entry bookkeeping ideal At Greencore we put our people at the core. We celebrate their differences and help everyone to be themselves at work. Together we make every day taste better.

If this sounds like you join us, grow with Greencore and be a part of driving our future success.
What you'll get in return
Competitive salary and job-related benefits
25 days holiday
Competitive matched pension contributions
Company share save scheme
Greencore Qualifications
Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform #CVL