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Anglian Water Services • Huntingdon | United Kingdom

Assistant Financial Accountant

Salary:  £30,000 per annum
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Job Description

Circa £30,000 per annum

Fixed Term Contract - 12 months

We are open to considering applicants looking for full time or part time employment with a minimum of 26 hours per week required.

Location: Lancaster House & Hybrid Working

Anglian Water offers a flexible approach, this role provides you the flexibility to work from home and from an Anglian Water office. Your base location will be Lancaster House in Huntingdon with 2-3 days in the office.

Make every drop of your potential count. Join our team!

Join our team to provide vital accountancy support for our Group Reporting team. You will play a key role in maintaining a robust control environment by completing month-end processes and conducting balance sheet review and control.

Additionally, you'll assist in the preparation of statutory and regulatory accounts and help drive efficiency through system improvements, including automating controls and reconciliation processes.

This position offers a unique opportunity to contribute to the financial stability and operational excellence of the Pension Trustee Company while growing your skills in a dynamic environment.

What you’ll be doing:

- Complete accountancy support for Pension Trustee Company

- Perform central finance balance sheet accounts reconciliations in accordance within the timetable set.

- Posting of SAP journals as required including bank postings

- Complete month end reporting.

- Complete Office National Statistics surveys

- Assist with production of the statutory accounts and regulatory accounts.

- Liaise with Internal and External Auditors as Required

As a valued employee you’ll be entitled to:

-Competitive pension scheme – Anglian Water double-matches your contributions up to 6%

-Personal private health care

-Annual bonus scheme

-Opportunity to volunteer do unpaid work in the community

-26 days leave, rising with service + Bank Holidays, with the option to swap Christmas and Easter holidays for those celebrated by your religion

-Life Cover at 8x your salary

-Personal Accident cover – up to 5x your salary

-Flexible benefits to support your wellbeing and lifestyle

-Paid time off when you’re physically and mentally unwell

-Lots of great benefits including 20% off new EE mobile contracts, discounted cinema tickets and a Cycle2Work scheme

-Free parking at all offices, site and leisure parks

-Excellent family friendly policies, such as 26 weeks full pay for maternity / adoption leave, as well as 4 weeks paternity / partner pay. Opportunity for shared parental pay.

What does it take to be successful?

- Experience using SAP.

- AAT qualified accountant or working towards a qualification.

- Experience of reporting and working to deadlines.

- Good communication skills (verbal and written).

- Ability to challenge / analytical approach.

- Close attention to detail.

- Good understanding of business context and impact of financial issues on the business.

- High level PC literacy (Excel, Word, Powerpoint).

Inclusion at Anglian Water:

Inclusion is for everyone and we are an equal opportunity employer, which means we’ll consider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disability status or any other protected characteristic. We recruit and develop our people based on merit and their passion for creating better outcomes, and we’re committed to creating an environment where all our colleagues feel they belong.

Closing date: 17th July 2025

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Company benefits

Eye Care Support – Free eye tests for visual display unit (VDU) users, along with free/discounts on glasses
Health insurance – Private Healthcare scheme including cover for pre-existing conditions
Mental health platform access
Health assessment
Family health insurance – Discounted family health insurance. Available to select annually.
Private GP service – 24/7, unlimited remote GP appointments for you and your household
Critical Illness Insurance – Personal Accident cover - providing a lump sum in the case of an accident leading to injury, death or disablement at any time, whether you are on company business or not
Compassionate leave
Bank holiday swaps
Religious celebration leave
Time off in-lieu
25-30 days annual leave + bank holidays
Buy or sell annual leave – 5 days (pro rata'd if part time)
Optional unpaid leave
Enhanced maternity leave – 26 weeks full pay
Shared parental leave – 26 weeks full pay
Enhanced paternity leave – 4 weeks full pay
Pregnancy loss leave
Adoption leave – 26 weeks full pay
Fertility treatment leave
Neo-natal leave
Bike parking – Secure bike parks at main offices
Faith rooms
Cycle to work scheme
Salary sacrifice
Life insurance – 8 times your basic annual salary
Electric Car Salary Sacrifice – 2 schemes available
Income protection – Should you be unwell and unable to work for a period of time, the Income Replacement scheme may provide you with income for two years combined with sickness absence
Enhanced pension match/contribution – Double the contribution you make up to 6% - you pay in 6%, we pay in 12%
Annual bonus
Annual pay rises
Mentoring
Learning platform
Employee discounts
Volunteer days
Teambuilding days
Lunch and learns
Professional subscriptions
Meditation space
Interest free loans
Cinema discounts
Theme park discounts
Loyalty programme – Awards for long service, along with increase in annual leave allowance
Hackathons
In house training
Further education support
Open to part-time employees
Open to job sharing
Open to part time work for some roles
Enhanced sick pay
Gym membership – Discounted gym membership
Employee assistance programme
Sabbaticals
Company car

Working at Anglian Water Services

Company employees

6500

Gender diversity (male:female:non-binary)

66:33:1

Currently Hiring Countries

United Kingdom

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