Assistant Finance Business Analyst

Greene King is the country's leading pub company and Brewer, first established in 1799. At Greene King it's not just pints that we want you to pour, we want people who can share our purpose and Pour Happiness into Lives. We are on a transformational journey for both customers and colleagues which will make us the pride of British hospitality. With over 40,000 people working across our 1,600 pubs, our breweries and two support centres, a career at Greene King has no limits.

Assistant Finance Business Analyst

A fantastic opportunity has arisen to join us as an Assistant Finance Business Analyst. You will need to have experience from within Finance as this opportunity will be based in our R2R (record to report) function whereby the Assistant Management Accountant is responsible for the analysis, maintenance and initial sign off of the monthly accounts.

You will be responsible for the management of all analysis, variances and reporting of the GL's within the P&L and Balance Sheet back to the business owners and the Operational Finance Analysts. Ensuring compliance against accounting standards for all transactions within your remit of the accounts and communicating these to finance and non-finance communities. This is a hybrid working role whereby 50% of your role will be office based at our Bury St Edmunds offices and 50% of your week is working on an agile working basis.

Key Accountabilities:

• Ensure all transactions are checked and highlighted for variances against budget
• Production of the monthly accounts for the respective cost centres and balance sheet areas and highlighting to the analyst/Finance business partners where there are areas of concern
• Ensure that all journals are well documented and understood before posting
• Management of the respective balance sheet accounts and cost centres and identifying and correcting any anomalies in the accounts
• Working with the auditors and finance teams to ensure we are audit-compliant
• Working with the business partners in the respective areas to make sure they are aware of and held accountable for any unusual of out-of-budget costs
• Identify areas of continual improvement, especially around process automation and reporting standardisation that can save time and improve awareness

About you:

• Qualified in / or studyingtowards relevant qualifications for the role (or equivalent) AAT orearly stages of CIMA/ACCA/ACA or equivalent. ( Apprenticeships can be offered to those with part qualified or Finance degree level experience/or previous Finance specific experience)
• Strong Maths and English grades
• Abilityto understand basic/intermediate accounting principles
• Competent with Exceland IT literate
• Comefrom some accounting background either within a shared services function or afinance function
• Ability to confidently communicate financial information to finance/non-finance people
• Good analytical skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• Ability to challenge and have difficult conversations
• Team work essential

What you can expect from us?

• Competitivesalary and pension contribution scheme
• PrivateMedical insurance
• DiscountedHealth Screening
• Optionto purchase discounted Dental Insurance
• LifeAssurance
• 33% discountfor you on food and drinks across all our managed sites and 15% for yourfriends and family
• 50%discount for you at Greene King Hotels/Inns and 25% discount for your friendsand family
• Accessto company perks portal for regular retailer discounts
• 33days holiday (including bank holidays) and the opportunity to buy 5 additionaldays
• Freeonsite parking
• Anemployee health, wellbeing advice and guidance service
• Asone of the industry's leading apprenticeship providers, we can offer trainingand development at any stage of your career, whatever step you decide to take

Corporate Social Responsibility

We also want to be a positive force for good, having a social purpose that threads through every part of our business, whether it be through caring for the planet, caring for our communities through our hugely successful partnership with Macmillan (raising over 10 million pounds!) or caring for our people, creating life opportunities for all through innovative social mobility programmes. We are on an incredible journey and our goal is to be the pride of British hospitality.

Inclusion and Diversity

At Greene King we're setting the bar for Inclusion &Diversity. We are on a journey towards Everyday Inclusion where everyone feelswelcome, can thrive and truly belong. With external commitments like theValuable 500, If Not Now, When? and our Calling Time on Racism manifesto, ourcommunity partnerships and the support of our 4 internal Employee Led InclusionGroups we have a clear plan based on education, awareness and activity that'salready making an impact. We value the diversity of our people and are workingto increase this, by joining us on this journey you can help us to shape ourfuture inclusive culture.

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