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Role: Finance Officer

Salary: £30,000 - £40,000

Location: Lacock, Wiltshire

Working Hours: Monday – Friday

Stonegate Farmers are seeking a Finance Officer to join our Financial team based at our Head Office in Wiltshire. As our finance officer, you will be responsible for completing daily transactions (bank postings, supplier payments and receipts, ad-hoc payments and inter-company transfers) as well as assisting with bank reconciliations, VAT return and Statutory reporting. This role will be site-based, reporting into our Financial Accountant.

ACCA/ACMA training support and funding available.

About Stonegate Farmers Ltd

Stonegate Farmers Ltd is an integrated free range and organic egg business organised across three divisions comprising farming and agriculture, egg packing and cooked egg processing. Established in 1926 and under new ownership since 2016, we have grown into one the largest free-range and organic egg producers within the UK.

Moving millions of mother nature’s most fragile food items every day takes finesse and know how. We work closely with our producers to collect, grade and package each individual egg. We deliver daily from hen houses right across the country to the most exclusive restaurants and to many of the UK’s leading supermarkets, together with first class egg products to some of the biggest names in food manufacturing.

So many fresh eggs requires fresh thinking therefore we only employ the most enthusiastic people for our operations, who have hearts of gold – just like our eggs!

Role & Responsibilities:

* Daily bank reconciliation

* Daily cash reporting to senior business leaders

* Inter Co cash transfers and ad-hoc payments

* Loading payment files into the bank for approval

* Posting payments and receipts into company ERP (JD Edwards)

* Drawdown of funds from invoice facility

* Daily bank reconciliation

* Balance Sheet reconciliation

* Assist with purchase ledger reconciliation

* Deputise for the Credit controller

* Assist with bank reporting

* Assist with the VAT and other tax returns

* Any other ad-hoc requirements

Person Specification:

* Able to display our company values: Respect, Aspire, Courage, One Team & Diversity

* Thorough and methodical in approach

* Acute attention to detail

* Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal

* Comfortable working with stakeholders of various levels

* Ability to prioritise and organise work, and work to deadlines

* A team player who knows when to ask for help, but is also happy to give support

Qualifications / Experience:

* GCSE Maths & English

* Qualified AAT or qualified by experienc

* Experience of bank reconciliation and internet bank portals

* Experience of working in a finance environment

* Good working knowledge of Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel