Trainee Accountant
We are looking to recruit a Trainee Accountant into our 40+ person VolkerRail (VR) Finance Team reporting into the Corporate Team.
VR is part of VolkerWessels UK (VWUK), turnover £1billion, a subsidiary of a Dutch family owned global construction group, Royal VolkerWessels B.V., with a turnover of €6.6billion. The UK is an important market for VW where it operates in the rail, highways, construction, civils, and infrastructure sectors. VR operates as a group of 2 companies, 5 business units and 2 joint ventures, has a turnover of c£200m, has over 1,000 employees and provides a wide range of contracting services to the railway industry.
Key responsibilities of the role will include
- Provide support to the Corporate Finance Team in all aspects of their roles.
- Provide support to the Cash & Receivables Manager. This will involve assistance in the following areas:
- Process Cash received into the business
- Ensure the correct allocation of receipts to contracts
- Daily banking
- Maintain Cashbooks
- Posting cash
- Bank and General ledger reconciliations
- General housekeeping
- Process Cash received into the business
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- Process weekly payment runs
- Liaise with AP teams regard to proposed payments
- Processing payment runs and manual payments
- Process weekly payment runs
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- Cash forecasting
- Production of the Weekly Cash Forecast
- Attend weekly cash calls with the business and internal finance
- Interrogate the robustness of forecasts
- Cash forecasting
- Assist in the preparation of tax information as part of the group tax submissions. This will involve:
- assistance in analysing information required in producing the corporation tax returns, including analysis of capital expenditure.
- assistance in analysing information required in producing the corporation tax returns, including analysis of capital expenditure.
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- assistance in analysing information required in producing the VAT returns, including foreign transactions, GL reconciliations.
- assistance in analysing information required in producing the VAT returns, including foreign transactions, GL reconciliations.
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- assistance in producing the monthly CIS returns.
- assistance in producing the monthly CIS returns.
- Assist in producing monthly balance sheet reconciliations and files for review.
- Assist in extracting data and producing information in support of the monthly training reports for the Training Business Review meetings.
- Any other ad hoc duties as deemed to be appropriate for the role.
About you
- Qualifications
- Minimum of 5 GCSE's (Grade 5-9)
- Minimum of 5 GCSE's (Grade 5-9)
- Experience
- Any relevant experience of working in a business or accounts department woudl be beneficial but not essential
- Any relevant experience of working in a business or accounts department woudl be beneficial but not essential
- Knowledge
- Excel knowledge essential
- Any relevant business or accounting knowledge would be beneficial but not essential
- Other
- Desire to partake in further education in an accounting field
- Self starter
- Results driven
- Attention to detail
Why work with us?
VolkerRail is under the umbrella of VolkerWessels UK which is a multidisciplinary contractor that delivers innovative engineering solutions across the civil engineering and construction sectors including rail, highways, airport, marine, energy, water, and environmental infrastructure.
By utilising the specialist skills of each business unit within VolkerWessels UK, VolkerRail are able to ensure our staff provide unrivalled resources and expertise to our clients.
We offer competitive rewards and benefits, recognising the value we place on our employees.
We offer a range of benefits, including:
- Competitive salary
- Competitive annual leave and an additional day off on your birthday
- Pension
- Life Assurance
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Shopping and restaurants vouchers, rewards, and discounts
- Training and development opportunities-comprehensive skills-based training
- Family friendly polices including enhanced maternity benefits
- Flexible working opportunities
- Employee Assistance programme
- Mental health, physical health, and financial support
- 24/7 Virtual GP service
Fairness, inclusion and respect
We believe in pushing boundaries in the pursuit of fairness, inclusion and respect. So, our teams can be comfortable that, whatever their background, VolkerWessels UK is a place where they can be themselves and thrive. You can read more about our FIR Strategy as well as our partners here Fairness, Inclusion and Respect | VolkerWessels UK
If you need support with your application, please contact us at careers@volkerwessels.co.uk
Additional information
Note for Recruitment Agencies:
Our preference is to hire directly, and we will reach out to our Preferred Supplier List (PSL) agencies if this particular role qualifies for release.
We kindly request that you refrain from sending speculative CVs. In the event of speculative CV submissions, no fees will be applicable, and we kindly ask that all inquiries to be directed to careers@volkerwessels.co.uk
VolkerWessels UK is committed to maintaining healthy, safe and productive working conditions for its entire staff and therefore a drugs & alcohol screening is mandatory for all.
