Site Accountant
- Employer
- Sofina Foods
- Location
- Cookstown, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
- Salary
- Competitive Salary
- Closing date
- Aug 5, 2024
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- Job Role
- Accountant
- Sector
- Finance
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
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Sofina Foods is more than just a food company. It’s a place where you can grow your career, learn new skills, and make a positive impact on the world.
With a wide range of meat and seafood products that delight consumers worldwide, Sofina Foods is always looking for talented and passionate people to join its team of over 13,000 employees across 40 sites in Canada and Europe, including Young’s Seafood and Karro Food Group.
At Sofina Foods, you will be part of a culture that values innovation, quality, sustainability, and customer satisfaction. You will also have the opportunity to work with diverse and delicious products that are sourced responsibly and sustainably from over 50 different protein sources from 5 continents.
Sofina Foods has a 25 year history of excellence in the food industry and provides over 500 million meals for the global market every year.
Our vision is to be the most successful food company in the worldIf you are looking for a rewarding and exciting career in the food sector, Sofina Foods is the place for you.
The Site Accountant will play a key part in the preparation of all Sofina Cookstown accounts, taking ownership of the general accounting and internal controls, including journal entry preparation, intercompany reconciliations and month-end closing activities in line with Group policies.The Site Accountant role is critical to ensure robust financial controls and accurate / timely analysis of site financial reporting. The role holder will be responsible for owning and embedding rigour in daily/weekly and monthly financial controls, completing month end postings and balance sheet reconciliations. Assist Site Head of Finance with end of year audit file and ad hoc group reporting requirements.
Continuous improvement of finance and operational reporting cycles, including supporting of cost reduction initiatives, incl. C10 workstream.
Daily/Weekly reporting of variable overhead, transport costs and other overhead costs.
Preparation of the site's Authorisation For Expenditure applications to Group - ensure effective communications with operational colleagues to ensure high quality right first-time applications.
The candidate also needs to stand in for Financial Controller (Head of Finance) where required, including attending monthly CI reviews.
With a wide range of meat and seafood products that delight consumers worldwide, Sofina Foods is always looking for talented and passionate people to join its team of over 13,000 employees across 40 sites in Canada and Europe, including Young’s Seafood and Karro Food Group.
At Sofina Foods, you will be part of a culture that values innovation, quality, sustainability, and customer satisfaction. You will also have the opportunity to work with diverse and delicious products that are sourced responsibly and sustainably from over 50 different protein sources from 5 continents.
Sofina Foods has a 25 year history of excellence in the food industry and provides over 500 million meals for the global market every year.
Our vision is to be the most successful food company in the worldIf you are looking for a rewarding and exciting career in the food sector, Sofina Foods is the place for you.
The Site Accountant will play a key part in the preparation of all Sofina Cookstown accounts, taking ownership of the general accounting and internal controls, including journal entry preparation, intercompany reconciliations and month-end closing activities in line with Group policies.The Site Accountant role is critical to ensure robust financial controls and accurate / timely analysis of site financial reporting. The role holder will be responsible for owning and embedding rigour in daily/weekly and monthly financial controls, completing month end postings and balance sheet reconciliations. Assist Site Head of Finance with end of year audit file and ad hoc group reporting requirements.
Continuous improvement of finance and operational reporting cycles, including supporting of cost reduction initiatives, incl. C10 workstream.
Daily/Weekly reporting of variable overhead, transport costs and other overhead costs.
Preparation of the site's Authorisation For Expenditure applications to Group - ensure effective communications with operational colleagues to ensure high quality right first-time applications.
The candidate also needs to stand in for Financial Controller (Head of Finance) where required, including attending monthly CI reviews.
- Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) or equivalent with post qualification experience.
- Strong IT and systems knowledge with a skill set to effectively implement financial software projects.
- FMCG finance experience preferably within meat.
- Proven experience in integrated financial and management information systems, preferably ERP systems and yield control systems.
- Strong communication skills with the capability to communicate confidently with people of all levels within the business & externally
- Good team working skills
- Able to work within an agreed established framework and cope with pressure, taking responsibility for decisions and owning the account plans.
- Strong attention to detail and ability to report accurately.
- IT Literate
- High levels of professionalism, integrity and ethical awareness.
- Determined and resilient, with the drive to complete tasks.
- Competitive rates
- Online Benefits Hub
- Canteen
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Company pension
- Health & wellbeing programme
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