Assistant Accountant

Veolia UK

Assistant Accountant at Veolia playing a vital role in financial reporting, analysis, and accounting operations for ecological transformation. Collaborating with finance teams to ensure compliance and accurate financial reporting.

Posted 6/18/2026full-timeMarchwood • 🇬🇧 United KingdomMid-LevelSenior💰 £29,000 - £39,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

The Assistant Accountant plays a vital supporting role in financial reporting, analysis, and accounting operations for the assigned business area.
Assists in the timely and accurate preparation of accounts, reconciliations, financial reporting, and analysis to enable effective decision-making.
Works closely with the relevant Accountant, Administrators, Managers, and Finance teams to ensure compliance with financial policies and procedures.
Assists in the timely and accurate production of management accounts, reconciliations and/or statutory accounts to enable appropriate decision making.
Analyses financial figures and operational KPIs, identifying variances and reporting performance against forecasts.
Utilises systems like Workday, PowerBI, Adaptive Planning as directed.
Plans and manages own workload in alignment with the accounting timetable and ad hoc requests.
Provides basic advice to administrators on finance matters when requested.
Assists in auditing processes to ensure compliance with policies/procedures.
Works with management to provide financial information like costs, budgets, forecasts as needed.
Supports data collection, organisation, and basic analysis of environmental KPIs and financial performance of green initiatives.
Aids in incorporating environmental considerations into routine financial processes, including budgeting and forecasting.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Part-qualified professionals progressing towards their final qualification level (CIMA/ACCA/ACA or equivalent)
Experience with accountancy systems including WorkDay & Adaptive Capex
Excellent accuracy and attention to detail
Strong analytical and numerical skills
Effective communication and relationship management abilities
Time management and organised approach
IT proficiency.

Benefits

Comp & perks

25 days of annual leave
Access to our company pension scheme
Discounts on everything from groceries to well known retailers
Access to a range of resources to support your physical, mental and financial health; so you can lean on us whenever you need to
One paid days leave every year to volunteer and support your community
Ongoing training and development opportunities, allowing you to reach your full potential
Employee financial wellbeing support: early access to your earned pay, savings, budgeting, financial coaching & rewards.

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Hard Skills & Tools

financial reportingaccounting operationsreconciliationsfinancial analysisauditing processesbudgetingforecastingdata collectionenvironmental KPIsnumerical skills

Soft Skills

attention to detailanalytical skillseffective communicationrelationship managementtime managementorganised approach

Certifications

CIMAACCAACA