Head for numbers? Eye for details?
KDC/One -Swallowfield
It's an exciting time to join the team here at KDC/One Swallowfield. From our beginnings as a Somerset based chemist in the 1800’s; to filling the first commercial aerosol in the UK, and far beyond. We are passionate about innovation, development and excellence, it’s at the heart of what we do. As part of the KDC/One Group, we are the world’s largest value-added partner in the beauty and personal care space. Producing beautiful products for the world’s largest brands. A global organisation that offers innovative, quality personal care products for our customers. We’re proud to be part of one of the fastest growing global networks in the cosmetics and personal care industry. Our very own Wellington Site in Somerset is both the European Headquarters and the centre of excellence in aerosol manufacturing and premium liquid filling.
The Team
The finance team are at the heart of the business, supporting the business with managing cash flow, invoicing, costing and strategic operations. The finance team will be working with all departments, supporting procurement, facilities management, labour costings and everything in between.
The Role
The finance assistant is at the front line of the finance functions. The successful candidate will have a keen eye for detail and be analytical in their approach to support the team processing data through the respective processes.
Culture
the recently reorganised finance team are a dedicated and hard working team who work closely together to achieve their goals. Close-knit and supportive the finance team are a blend of long service and relatively new colleagues that draw on each other’s experiences and expertise.
What does a typical day look like?
- You will use your analytical skills to process large volumes of information and identify discrepancies
- You will use your communication skills to build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders internally and externally.
- You will use your analytical skills to support the financial controller with analysing variance to production standards, stock control and supporting other ledgers
We’d love to talk to you if you have….
- Intermediate excel skills (VLOOKUP / formula’s, etc)
- Self-motivated and able to work unsupervised
- Confident communicator with the ability to manage stakeholders internally and externally.
- Methodical and detail-oriented, with the ability to identify and resolve or escalate issues as / when they occur
- Must be able to work on confidential or commercially sensitive projects or tasks.
The good stuff
Here at KDC/One Swallowfield we want you to feel rewarded for a job well done. As well as a competitive salary we offer:
- Generous holiday allowance plus bank holidays
- Employee Healthcare Cash Plan
- Site-wide bank holidays off
- On site staff shop offering heavily discounted products
- Free car parking on site
- Upgraded staff canteen and welfare facilities catered at our Wellington site by award winning catering service
- Generous colleague pension scheme
- Recommend a friend bonus
- Company sick pay
- Cycle to work scheme
- Technology purchase scheme
- Discounted cinema tickets
- Discounted high street and online retailer benefits portal
- Discounted gym membership
- And there's more!
Interested?
If you’d like to talk to us, click “apply” – we’re looking forward to hearing from you.