Financial Accountant

Are you a highly motivated, newly qualified ACA or ACCA Financial Accountant with great attention to detail and strong communication skills? We currently have an opportunity for a Financial Accountant to join our team at Travis Perkins, if you are interested we would love to hear from you!

Location: Hybrid working office in Northampton

What you’ll do

You will ensure the Group accounting processes remain compliant with Group policy and accounting standards, as well as taking responsibility for improving processes and streamline procedures. You will have responsibility for preparation of Group Annual Report and Accounts, Group Interim Statement, year end statutory accounts for trading, holding and dormant Group companies. 

Prepare balance sheet reconciliations, improve the quality of the control accounts and take ownership of inter company accounts. You will help interpret new accounting standards for the Group and become a technical expert. You will provide support to the external audit team during the year and half year review. You will be supporting implementation of the new ERP system and get involved in many exciting projects. 

Is this you?

Already fully qualified, we’re looking for you to have brilliant attention to detail, commitment to quality and strong technical knowledge. We’ll need you to work well independently, whilst using your great communication skills to build strong relationships across the business. We’d also love for you to be passionate about developing others and use your mentoring skills to support junior colleagues working towards qualification.

What’s in it for you?

You’ll be supported by some of the best training & development in the industry. Our impressive internal succession programme means, whatever it is you do with us,  it will be easy for you to learn, grow and develop across the Travis Perkins Group.

We’ll also equip you with a benefits package that grows as you grow with the company:

• Competitive performance related bonus

• Save-as-you-earn scheme

• Buy-as-you-earn scheme

• Contributory pension scheme

• Colleague discount across a variety of Group businesses including; 20% off at Toolstation, plus special discounts across our Trade Merchanting businesses.