Assistant Financial Accountant (Fixed Term)
11 days ago
Manchester
Assistant Financial Accountant (Fixed Term) As an Assistant Financial Accountant, you'll play a key part in delivering accurate financial reporting, supporting period-end close activities, managing balance sheet reconciliations, and contributing to both statutory accounts and Department for Transport (DfT) reporting. Key Responsibilities: Financial Accounting & Period-End Close • Support period-end close activities in line with strict timelines, • Prepare and post journals and assist in producing balance sheet and cashflow statements, • Prepare reconciliations for assigned general ledger accounts, • Develop a clear understanding of account movements and document transaction flows, • Support the reconciliation of semi-automated interfaces between systems and SAP, • Monitor and review Capex against budgets, forecasts, and business plans, • Assist in the preparation of statutory financial statements in line with legal and regulatory standards, • Support annual and interim audits, • An ambitious self-starter with a minimum 1 to 2 years' experience in a Finance role, • Excellent inter-personal and communication skills, • Confident in Excel, MS Office; with SAP/SAP BI/SAP BPC an advantage What we offer • Excellent career prospects., • A personal development plan., • Structured training and development, • Competitive salary paid on 4 weekly basis., • Generous annual leave entitlement., • Free TransPennine Express rail travel for you and your dependants*., • Travel discounts of up to 75% off other train operating companies, plus international rail travel after 1 years' service* for you and your dependants*., • Free & Confidential Employee Assistance Program and Wellbeing Portal 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to help you with any finance, family, health, or wellbeing issues you have. We make sure there's someone on-hand to offer guidance, advice, and useful information for our people when they are experiencing hardship at work or at home., • Option to join the Railway Pension Scheme with significant employer contributions., • Family friendly maternity and paternity benefits. Goings places has never felt better! At TransPennine Express, it's our goal to help people reach their full potential. We offer the opportunity to not just join the transformation of the rail industry, but to lead it. Our values are designed with every team member in mind; whether it's ensuring you feel free to be yourself at work, or encouraging everyone to pull together and support each other. We promise to value our people for the individuals they are. Whichever department becomes your destination, from the tip of the train, to the tail, our only focus is heading at full speed into the future. So, if making people crack a smile helps you feel at home, and raising standards is second nature to you, we'd love to have you onboard. To be considered for this role you will be redirected to and must complete the application process on our careers page. To start the process, click the Apply button below to Login/Register.
