Financial Accountant

Vacancy Information

We have a fantastic opportunity to join the Central Accounting team at Greggs as a Financial Accountant. If you're a qualified accountant with an excellent understanding of accounting standards and financial processes then this could be the perfect opportunity. This role would suit someone looking for their first move from accounting practice, or someone with experience performing a similar role in a large organisation.
 

We can offer you:

• 25 days (5 weeks) annual leave, pro-rated, increasing with service (in addition to bank holidays), plus 1 additional floating day

• Management Bonus Scheme which is worth up to 12.5% of your salary

• Profit share: We want everyone to share in the success of the business, so we distribute 10% of our profits to all our employees who have at least 6-month service, or more, each year

• Private Medical Insurance which is free for you and subsidised for your dependants

• Permanent Health Insurance which is a replacement income scheme

• You will automatically join our Greggs pension scheme which is a fantastic way to save for your retirement and allows you to benefit from employer contributions and tax advantages

• Defined contribution management pension scheme

• Death in service benefit which provides a lump-sum payment equal to 4 times your year’s salary

• Colleague discount, up to 50% off our own-produced products

• Share save schemes that let you buy discounted Greggs shares, by saving a set amount of money over a fixed time, to have an even bigger share of our profits

• Career progression and learning and development

• Employee Assistance Programme; A free, confidential helpline, offering advice and support with financial, relationship, work-related and wellbeing issues, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Including a mobile app providing a range of wellness content on physical, mental, social, and financial wellbeing

• Perks and savings, such as digital gift card discounts, online cashback, in-store and online coupons and lifestyle offers

• Cycle to Work scheme

• A company who cares about our communities; the environment and being a better business! Click here to read about The Greggs Pledge

• Colleague Networks – internal groups where colleagues and their allies can share their own experiences, offer feedback on the way we do things at Greggs, and provide support to one another

What you'll do

As our Financial Accountant you will be responsible for controlling our general ledger and play a pivotal role in the period end and external reporting close processes. The Central Accounting team are responsible for accounting for the majority of overhead costs across our retail estate, supply chain and support functions.

Key Responsibilities

• Controlling general ledger (opening and closing periods, reviewing suspense accounts etc.).
• Monthly accounting for various overhead costs (general accruals and prepayments, IFRS16 postings etc.).
• Preparing balance sheet reconciliations and review packs.
• Business partnering for some head office support functions.
• Budgeting and forecasting support for overhead areas.
• Collating and reporting KPIs to monitor efficiency and quality of period end close.
• Line management of Finance Assistants.
• Significant involvement in external audit process.
• Support for statutory accounts preparation.
• Ad-hoc finance support to the rest of the business as required.
   

About you

You will fit right into this role if you:

• Are a qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or equivalent) with excellent understanding of accounting standards (in particular IFRS)
• Are an expert user of Microsoft Excel and confident in using other Microsoft products (Powerpoint, SharePoint, Outlook, PowerBI)
• Have a track record of forming and strengthening trusted relationships across functions and are confident at communicating key financial information to different audiences with the ability to influence decision making
• Can multi-task and work with multiple priorities at pace, delivering results within tight timescales
• Have good attention to detail to ensure the accuracy of information provided
• Are self-motivated with the ability to work under pressure and using own initiative to identify and implement process improvements
• Enjoy being part of a hard-working team, sharing the same end goal, and celebrating results together!

Previous experience of carrying out external audits would also be highly beneficial to the role. 

About Greggs

Here at Greggs, we love what we do, and we have fun! What makes Greggs so special is our culture – the way we are, the way we behave and the way we support each other. We're hard-working, but above all else we're family; and it doesn't matter who you are, where you're from or what your favourite bake is, we’d love you to join us!   We want everyone to feel welcome at Greggs and our colleagues to be able to be themselves at work, whatever their background, preferences, or views.