Assistant Accountant (Financial Accounts)

Assistant Accountant (Financial Accounts) Washington, North East England, England

Northumbrian Water/Essex & Suffolk Water
Full Time Washington, North East England, England 35000 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description

Assistant Accountant (Financial Accounts)

Salary Up to £35,000, depending on experience
Location Washington - Leat House / Home Working

About the role

Assistant Accountant (Financial)

Full Time

Permanent

Salary –Up to £35,096 – depending on experience

Location – Hybrid working - Washington/Home Working


About the role

We have an excellent opportunity for an Assistant Accountant to join our team here at Northumbrian Water. The role will have responsibility for the reconciliation and resolution of complex control accounts for NWL and its subsidiary companies along with preparation of monthly VAT returns.


The successful candidate will assist in the annual preparation of statutory financial statements for NWL’s subsidiary companies as well as support the monthly reporting cycle for the NWL Group to our holding company, including the analysis and reporting of variances for key balance sheet items such as accruals and prepayments.


We would like the role to support in the preparation, posting and reporting of debt and interest entries, bank reconciliations, project analysis and financial commissioning. You will also be responsible for responding directly to queries from stakeholders, including external auditors as well as internal colleagues across finance and the wider business.


About you

We would like you to have proven experience in a financial environment and be a part qualified accountant (eg CIMA, ACCA) or AAT fully qualified and ideally should be able to demonstrate experience of working to deadlines. Confidence in analysing and interpreting financial information and the ability to resource problems by attention to deal is essential.


The successful candidate will also have a working knowledge of multi-module financial systems, such as Oracle, and be proficient in the use of Microsoft excel. A complete-finisher, who takes ownership for their work, you will be adaptable to meet changing deadlines and priorities.


Here at Northumbrian Water/Essex & Suffolk Water, Diversity, Inclusion and Equity means bringing your full self to work. We encourage and welcome applications from all underrepresented groups, as we believe and strive for community representation within all our teams, structures and organisation.


About us

NWG (Northumbrian Water Group) provides water and sewerage services to 2.7 million people in the North East of England as Northumbrian Water, and water services to 1.5 million people in the South East of England as Essex & Suffolk Water.

We are proud to serve our customers and we're committed to delivering great service, putting our customers at the heart of everything we do.


Our values

Our values describe our main principles, qualities and attributes. They are the guiding principles which define who we are, what we do and how we do it. They make us different from our competitors and guide our decisions and actions to drive us towards our vision.

Our values are:

Results Driven

We take responsibility for achieving excellent business results.

Ethical

We are open and honest and meet our commitments with a responsible approach to the environment and our communities.

Customer Focused

We aim to exceed the expectations of our internal and external customers.

Innovative

We continuously strive for innovative and better ways to deliver our business.

One Team

We work together consistently, promoting co-operation, to achieve our corporate objectives.


Colleague benefits

We’re the great company we are because of you – our people. As our way of saying thanks, we offer you a wide range of benefits and discounts to take advantage of.

To find out more about our benefits, see our benefits booklet attached to this advert.

Eyecare

Discounted Medicals

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle2work

Buying & selling annual leave

Long service awards

Salary sacrifice car scheme

Computer
Loans

Award winning wellbeing site

NWG savings scheme

Company pension scheme

Pre-retirement workshops

Life assurance

Christmas savings club

Discounts & cashback offers

Qualification loan

Assistant Accountant (Financial Accounts)
Northumbrian Water/Essex & Suffolk Water

www.welivewater.co.uk
Durham, United Kingdom
Heidi Mottram
$500 million to $1 billion (USD)
1001 to 5000 Employees
Company - Private
Energy & Utilities
1974
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