Assistant Financial Accountant

Location: This is a hybrid role, offering a combination of being able to work remotely and from our Corby office. This role is offered on 12-month fixed term contract basis. 

We are looking for a highly motivated Assistant Financial Accountant to join our Finance team, supporting both EMEA operations and our Group entity. This role plays an important part in maintaining robust financial controls, managing key accounting processes, and contributing to a high-performing finance environment. 

What you will be doing:

• Manage and maintain fixed asset registers for EMEA and Group entities, including month-end and year-end processes in SAP.
• Oversee treasury-related postings including accruals and prepayments and monthly reconciliations, ensuring accurate financial records.
• Coordinate quarterly key controls checks (KCC) by working closely with our internal team.
• Manage VAT reporting and support training across EMEA teams.
• Administer and review online banking access and user controls, building strong relationships with banking partners.
• Liaise with external and internal auditors, providing documentation and supporting audit processes.
• Assist with national statistics reporting, inventory analysis, and offer flexible support to wider business functions. 

About you: 

• Ideally, you’ll bring experience using SAP or a similar ERP system.
• Relevant accounting qualification (AAT level 4 minimum or graduate level).
• A naturally positive outlook with a drive for continuous improvement and high performance.
• Personable and team-oriented, you enjoy collaborating and supporting others.
• A confident communicator, comfortable building strong relationships across a matrixed organisation. 

The extras you’ll get: 

At RS, as well as the usual employee benefits, you’d expect from a FTSE listed company, including an annual performance bonus, private healthcare, and generous holiday, in the UK, we’ve just introduced several new Family Friendly Policies including: 

• Help for people to take control of ongoing Health conditions such as diabetes or asthma with £500 a year available for monitoring & consultation. 
• Support for Neurodiverse colleagues and families with neurodiverse members with needs assessment, diagnosis and post-diagnostic support for autism spectrum, ADHD and Tourette’s syndrome. 
• Support for Women at different life stages from streamlined fertility support to diagnosis and monitoring of both endometriosis and menopause. 
• Helping our LGBTQIA+ community through enhanced coverage for trans colleagues, including voice coaching, facial surgery and gender confirmation surgery.  

We are RS Group:

RS is a global solutions partner for industrial customers and suppliers. Our business has operations in three geographical regions – the Americas, EMEA and APAC, supported by global organisations for supply chain, corporate functions, marketing, and product & supplier management. 

Our market today is large, fragmented, local in nature and digitally immature. Only a few international distributors serve it, with many regional and local providers, who largely trade offline. We stock over 2,500 supplier brands, 500k products and 61% of our sales are digital. 

We are committed to Making Amazing Happen for a better world and our Vision is to become first choice for customer, suppliers, our people, and communities. 

RS is committed to creating an inclusive environment where people thrive. We recognise that a diverse and representative workforce is critical to our success, and our aim is to create a business where people can be their true selves. Our employees expect this as a matter of course and it is fundamental to how we attract, develop, and retain the best talent. 

In line with our D&I policy, we recruit and develop employees who are the best suited to the requirements of the job role, regardless of gender, ethnic origin, age, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability. 

Are you ready to explore the possibilities? 

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