Assistant Accountant M/F/D
Assistant Accountant M/F/D
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Company / Establishment
A long-established Specialty chemicals producer with a Platinum Ecovadis rating based in the North East of England supplying over 400 customers via 2 manufacturing sites with its own R&D facilitiesOur 4 key businesses are: Personal Care Proprietary Reduced Environmental Impact products Solvent Recovery Custom Manufacturing to serve sectors including Cosmetics Oil & Gas Homecare Animal Nutrition Lubricants
What makes the difference
- We are a top tier COMAH site where Health and Safety is at the core of how we operate we pride ourselves on an excellent health and safety record and work hard to ensure the safety of all
- Our people are our biggest asset and we have long been a champion of the Better Health at Work programme having gained maintaining excellence rating for many years. This also extends to a strong ethos of support and opportunity for progression of our staff
Would you like to join an innovative group with a strong entrepreneurial spirit and a culture of excellence
The Seqens story began in 2003 in the Lyon France area. Since then the group has grown steadily to become a major global player in pharmaceutical solutions and specialty ingredients. We offer our customers contract manufacturing services and a broad portfolio of active ingredients and pharmaceutical intermediates. Today Seqens employs nearly 3300 people across 3 continents and 9 countries. With 16 production sites and 9 R&D centers we support over 1500 customers worldwide
Reference
2025-1649Job Family / Sub-family
Finances - Accounting & Consolidation
Contract type
Permanent
Job title
Assistant Accountant M/F/D
Position Context:
Working in the Finance Team and reporting to theFinancial Accountant
Main tasks :
Post all cash receipts and payments from the bank statements into the ERP system
Reconcile the bank and factoring accounts
Provide weekly cash position forecast summary to Group
Apply customer payments to sales invoices and investigate and resolve differences
Run weekly and monthly debtor reports
Monitor customer accounts and chase for payment of overdue invoices
Ensure that credit checks are carried out on all potential customers and update credit limits in ERP system
Ensure that all costs are captured in the correct accounting period through posting accruals and prepayments
Reconciliation of Balance Sheet accounts
Monitoring and reconciling Payroll Creditor accounts
Arranging monthly meetings with cost centre managers to provide them with details of monthly spend and to discuss future variations to budgets
Maintaining Fixed Asset Schedule and CAPEX projects
Provision of information to assist in budget preparation
Posting journals including the monthly payroll journal
Provide cover for the Purchase Ledger Clerk and Financial Accountant
Provide accurate and timely information to external auditors when required
Support ERP migration from Microsoft Navision to SAP
Adhoc activities
Required skills :
Knowledge of ERP systems (Navision/SAP preferable)
Ability to multi-task and work under pressure meeting deadlines with minimal supervision
Self-driven and motivated to achieve
Attention to detail & ability to investigate discrepancies
Good communication skills both within and outside of the department
Good organisational and planning skills
Good excel skills
Experience in Microsoft Office SharePoint etc
AAT part qualified/qualified by experience
Must be eligible to work in the UK
At Seqens Custom Specialties we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds including but not limited to; race ethnicity gender age sexual orientation disability and religion. We encourage all qualified candidates to apply and join us in fostering a culture of respect openness and inclusion.
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Job location
United Kingdom England Middlesbrough
Employment Type
Full-Time
