About Epta
The Assistant Accountant will support the Finance team with factory cost control, month-end reporting and finance business partnering for Food & Beverage. The role helps ensure manufacturing costs, inventory values, accruals, prepayments and reports are accurate, complete and delivered on time, while supporting month-end close and providing insight to operational and commercial stakeholders.
This permanent role is located at our Bradford Office and offers hybrid working (3 days office/2 home) offering 37.5 hours between 07:30 and 17:30.
Your Contribution
Factory Cost Control
- Analyse standard costs and variances across materials, labour and overheads.
- Support manufacturing month-end close, including cost postings, variances and factory performance.
- Work with production and operations to review cost drivers, variances and improvement actions.
- Maintain and validate SAP costing data.
- Support inventory valuation, stock adjustments and cost accuracy.
- Assist with factory reporting, including production value, transformation costs, material consumption and efficiency.
Month-End Closing, Accruals and Prepayments
- Support month-end close with the Finance team and Chief Accountant, ensuring deadlines and records are maintained.
- Prepare and review month-end journals, accruals, prepayments and cost allocations.
- Review unposted invoices, GRNI, open POs and related accrual/prepayment items.
- Support balance sheet reconciliations for accruals, prepayments, inventory and assigned accounts.
- Investigate month-end variances and support corrective actions.
- Maintain audit trails and support for journals and month-end adjustments.
- Provide Finance team cover during peak reporting and close deadlines.
Finance Business Partnering – Food & Beverage
- Support Food & Beverage budgeting and forecasting.
- Analyse variances and performance against budget, forecast and prior year.
- Provide commentary and insight for reviews and decision-making.
Reporting, Data Quality & Audit Support
- Produce accurate, timely financial reports for management and Group reporting.
- Ensure financial data integrity across SAP, reporting tools and schedules.
- Improve reporting processes, templates and tools for efficiency and accuracy.
- Prepare monthly packs, cost centre analysis and ad hoc reports.
- Identify data quality issues and support root-cause resolution.
- Support audit requests with schedules, explanations and evidence.
Your Journey (qualifications & skills)
You have a strong attention to details, proactive approach with a willingness to learn and develop, adaptability, good analytical skills, and good team working approach. Additionally, you should bring:
- Experience working within in a finance team and month end closing, preferably within manufacturing on a cost-focused finance role but not essential.
- Working knowledge of SAP (Production and Material Management module preferred)
- Professional certification (ACCA/CIMA) not required, however study support may be provided for candidates wishing to pursue qualification
Don’t let a few unmet requirements chill your enthusiasm! If you’re excited about the role and believe you have the potential to excel, click “Apply” anyway. We love fresh energy and are eager to see what you bring to the table!
Why work for Epta
At Epta, we believe our employees are the driving force behind our success. That’s why we offer a thoughtful range of perks designed to inspire, support, and celebrate our team every step of the way.
· Join Epta in this role, where you’ll experience a great blend of technologies and a modern workplace culture.
· Epta offers the opportunity for training development-what will be your next skill?
· Epta offers a range of benefits from discounted shopping, cycle to work scheme, gym membership and more
Our Story
We at the Epta Group are a dynamic and growing international company, delivering cutting-edge commercial refrigeration solutions that impact everyday life—from ensuring fresh food in supermarkets to keeping the perfect chill in your favourite café. Our global network includes manufacturing facilities, sales entities and service organizations —all working together to provide sustainable and innovative solutions. We support customers in their green transition and support them as a fully integrated provider, from the layout of the store to the after-sales support.
With over 8,000 employees, Epta fosters an environment of continuous development. We offer career growth, extensive training, and the opportunity to thrive in a company where every challenge is a chance to create value and inspire our people. Guided by our values, we are committed to professional excellence, sustainability, and innovation in every aspect of our work.
Step into something fresh—apply to be part of Epta’s dynamic team!
Pay: £35,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Gym membership
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
- Work from home
Experience:
- month end: 1 year (required)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Bradford (West Yorkshire)
