Accounting Assistant

We have an exciting opportunity to join our organisation as a Accounting Assistant in our Recharges sector based on our Chippenham site. The Finance Service Centre is a fast moving, customer focused team, providing a range of professional services to support the Wincanton business and its customers. Hours:37.5 hours per week Monday to Friday, hybrid working attending our office on Tuesday and Wednesday's.

Salary:£22,000 pa 

Duties and responsibilities:

A variety of central accounting activities including centralised billing recharges, journal compliance and processing and balance sheet reconciliations. 

• Activities will include:
• Central recovery recharges
• Central billing recharges (excl leases) and service now query resolution.
• Completion of relevant balance sheet reconciliations
• Other Accounting duties and projects as required.

How will you contribute?

• Timely and accurate recharges in accordance with the timetable,
• Achievement of KPI’s,
• Timely completion of balance sheet reconciliations and query resolution,
• Low volume of accounting corrections due to posting errors.
• Journal processing within agreed timescales.
• Identify and implement opportunities for continuous improvement.

What will you bring?

• Experience of working in an office environment,
• Be flexible and able to work longer days at peak points in the month to ensure that Service Level Agreements are met.
• Studying towards a recognized accounting qualification (CIMA/ACCA/AAT)
• Experience of working under pressure, prioritizing, and managing competing deadlines
• Demonstrating teamwork and togetherness to achieve goals,
• Ability to identify process improvements that deliver quality/efficiency benefits,
• Ability to demonstrate strong excel skills.

Our Culture & Benefits 

In addition to a generous salary, we really value our people and offer a friendly, safety-first working environment, along with other benefits including company pension scheme, generous holidays, cycle to work scheme, employee benefits include, online discount platform, onsite parking and much more.

Our people are at the core of our business and what makes Wincanton great. That’s why we also provide significant opportunities for career development and progression, as well as training enrichment and multi-skilling, in a dynamic working environment.

Be a part of our values; Excellence, Integrity, Passion, Proactivity, Togetherness & Trust.

Our Commitment

We are committed to providing equality of opportunity for all employees. We want to create an environment where all colleagues feel safe, supported and valued, whilst feeling they can be their whole selves within our workplaces. We are proud that our colleagues represent us and our successes. Attracting diverse teams, we believe in creating an inclusive, respectful organisational culture for our colleagues and future talent. 

Find out more: Wincanton champions a diverse workforce