Assistant Accountant
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Job Location:
West Yorkshire - UK
Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
4 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Who We Are
On July 1 2025 IPL Plastics merged with Schoeller Allibert to form IPL Schoeller (the company). The Companys operations are split across North America (11 manufacturing plants) and Europe (16 manufacturing plants).
The company is headquartered in Dublin Ireland. IPL Schoeller is a leading manufacturer of sustainable rigid packaging solutions across a range of end market segments including returnable transit packaging consumer and industrial packaging environmental containers and agricultural packaging. The company employs c.4100 employees across North America (1600 employees) and Europe (2500 employees.)
Were looking for an analytical Assistant Accountant who can proactively support and contribute to our finance team at our recycling plant Brightgreen.
Key Responsibilities include the following:
Sales ledger credit control and daily/weekly reporting
Weekly Sales report
Assist in Management Accounting data collection
Daily cashbook update posting and weekly Bank reconciliation
Assist with year-end preparation and audit information preparation
Month end journal preparation and posting
Assist Balance sheet reconciliations and signoff
Maintain Fixed Asset register
Assist with quarterly MTD VAT return submission backup
Assistance with preparation of Bank payment runs
Participate in Internal improvement initiatives
Monthly payroll preparation
Other adhoc duties as defined by Finance Director
Adherence to corporate reporting procedures and standards
Qualifications and Experience Required
AAT qualified /early stage of CIMA/ACCA studies
Good large/medium ERP system experience
High level of Excel experience
Ability to communicate effectively with external and internal customers of the finance dept.
A self-starter ability to take initiative work well under pressure and manage key priorities.
Attention to detail and high level of accuracy
Focus on achieving tight reporting deadlines
Ideally manufacturing experience together with a strong transactional background
Demonstrate a continuous improvement mindset
Key Skills
- Balance Sheet Reconciliation
- Accounting Software
- Computer Operation
- Primary Care Experience
- QuickBooks
- Accounting
- Sage
- Office Experience
- Account Reconciliation
- Microsoft Excel
- Payroll
- Bookkeeping
About Company
We are leaders in sustainable products partnering with customers to help them protect and deliver their products. Our products are used and reused daily all over the world by our customers.
