Assistant Accountant
Assistant Accountant
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Job Description
We have a fantastic opportunity for the right applicant to join our Finance department in our Head office location Felixstowe as an Assistant Accountant. This is a fulltime permanent office based Monday to Friday position.
Maritime Transport is one of the fastest growing container transport handling and storage companies in the UK and offers one of the most dynamic working environments and prospects to progress within the industry.
Why work for Maritime Transport
- Competitive salary
- Annual salary review (discretionary).
- Annual bonus (discretionary).
- 25 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays on top from day 1.
- Life assurance cover x3 from day 1 and up to age 66.
- Group personal pension.
- Employee assistance programme.
- Big discounts on MSC cruises for yourself family and friends
- Youll be working for one of the market leaders
Responsibilities
- Preparing accurate and timely monthly management accounts
- Providing assistance to the senior finance team with monthly group reporting requirements
- Calculating accruals and prepayments
- Reviewing purchase order information and coding invoices
- Communicating with other departments to obtain key information
- Providing information to assist with the annual budget process
- Supporting the year end audit process
- Assisting with general accounting tasks
Requirements
- Strong work ethic to enable tight deadlines to be met
- Excellent analytical and numerical skills
- SAP knowledge preferable
- Strong knowledge of Excel and key formulas
- 2 years minimum experience within a management accounts department
- Ideally CIMA/ACCA/ACA part qualified
- Enthusiastic cando approach and a strong team player
- Able to learn new processes and skills quickly
- Able to work well unsupervised and use initiative
The Company
Founded in 2001 by Executive Chairman John Williams Maritime Transport has evolved from small beginnings into a leading logistics company with a turnover exceeding 400m.
To date the company employs 3000 personnel across 40 sites including a network of strategic rail freight terminals with a cuttingedge fleet of 1300 Euro6 trucks and over 50 container handlers servicing a number of trains daily. Maritime has a proven track record as an intermodal operator developing and delivering low carbon container logistics solutions for first and final miles and pioneering the modal shift of UK domestic distribution from road to rail.
In 2024 the company was acquired by Swissbased global logistics and supply chain provider MEDLOG S.A. supporting Maritimes growth strategy and strengthening its market position as the UKs leading provider of integrated road and rail freight logistics.
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Employment Type
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