Müller UK & Ireland is wholly owned by the Unternehmensgruppe Theo Müller which employs over 24,000 people throughout Europe. In the UK, Müller develops, manufactures and markets a wide range of branded and private label dairy products made with milk from more than 1,700 British farmers. The Müller brand is ranked at No.7 in The Grocer’s Top 100 list of Britain’s Biggest Brands, and is also the 7th most chosen brand in the UK.
We’re recruiting … Group Financial Accountant
Müller has been a loved brand in the UK for over 30 years. It’s a household name – and it continues to grow as we invest to make and market an ever-great range of fantastic dairy products. We are currently the 8th most chosen FMCG brand, picked from supermarket shelves over 208 million times each year.
We are currently recruiting for a Group Financial Accountant to join our team at our Telford offices. It’s a fantastic opportunity to join an exciting team; we’re looking for experienced individual to support in ensuring the financial accounts are maintained in accordance with accounting standards and the Group Accounting policies and to support the implementation, optimisation and documentation of group-wide standard processes.
Your challenge for the Group Financial Accountant: -
Group and Statutory Audit / UK GAAP Financial Statements:
•Active role supporting the UK Dairy Group and Statutory Audit
•Preparation of the UK GAAP (FRS102) Financial Statements
Process standards:
•Create process descriptions and documentations which are considered in the financial accounting manual.
•Review process descriptions and documentations to be adopted in the financial accounting manual.
•Standardise, further develop and optimise the processes that go beyond the transactional posting processes carried out in the Shared Service Centre (SSC).
•Proactively verify and test new tools, SAP add-ons or in-house developments.
•Define and execute the measures to ensure compliance with process standards.
•Query of training needs and holding internal training courses on SAP functionalities, closing processes, accounting standards and selected accounting topics.
•Be a contact person for SSC as well as other process owners and experts.
Accounting standards:
•Monthly consultations with SSC contact persons regarding the preparation of the monthly financial statements.
•Review of the monthly financial statements of the UK entities to ensure compliance with IFRS standards and internal guidelines.
•Be a contact person for SSC and other internal and external parties for accounting topics.
Key skills & experience for the Group Financial Accountant: -
•Accountancy Qualification ACCA/ACA.
•Experience of preparing statutory financial statements under IFRS and UK GAAP (FRS102).
•Experience of Audit.
•Good knowledge of Excel including formulas and pivot tables and vlookups.
•Experience of SAP.
•Ability to perform in a fast paced and high-pressured environment.
•Accuracy and attention to detail.
•Ability to prioritise and work to deadlines.
•Ability to work with people from both financial and non-financial backgrounds.
• Transfer knowledge to other teams; strong communication skills.
Müller pride ourselves on offering support to help develop your knowledge and skills. In return for your commitment, drive and enthusiasm, we offer our employees numerous benefits as part of your employment, including:
• Competitive Salary / Bonus scheme / Life Assurance / Contributory pension plan
• Employee Assistance Programme - an easy-to-use app which offers guidance and care for your physical and mental health. It puts a range of health and wellbeing services at the fingertips of Müller employees.
• Generous annual leave increasing with service and Flexible benefits programme
• New and improved family friendly policies for maternity, adoption/surrogacy and paternity/partner leave.
• Free onsite parking.
• In addition, our employees have access to a Rewards Benefits Programme providing an exclusive range of discounts across 800 retailers, utilities, holidays and cinema tickets.
The Process
If you have the skills and experience in the above areas and would like to be considered for this role, please apply at (url removed)
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