Graduate Financial Accountant

• 📍 Airdrie, North Lanarkshire
• 🕒 Full Time | Permanent
• 🎓 Graduate Opportunity

Bring Out Your Best Side with Albert Bartlett

Albert Bartlett is the UK's leading supplier of potatoes and potato products. As a family-owned business with a proud heritage and ambitious growth plans, we are committed to developing future talent and creating rewarding long-term careers.

We are looking for a motivated and ambitious Graduate Financial Accountant to join our Finance team at our Airdrie headquarters. This is an excellent opportunity for a recent graduate to gain hands-on experience within a busy commercial finance function while working towards a professional accountancy qualification.

The Opportunity

This role will provide exposure to all areas of the finance department, helping you build a strong foundation in financial and management accounting within a dynamic manufacturing business.

You will work closely with experienced finance professionals and senior stakeholders across the business to develop your technical knowledge and commercial awareness.

Key Responsibilities

• Assisting with month-end and year-end financial reporting
• Supporting the preparation of management accounts
• Performing balance sheet reconciliations
• Assisting with budgeting and forecasting processes
• Supporting cash flow reporting and analysis
• Processing and analysing financial data
• Assisting with audit preparation and compliance requirements
• Identifying opportunities to improve financial processes and controls
• Producing reports and analysis to support business decision-making

About You

• Recently graduated, or due to graduate, with a degree in:
• Accounting & Finance
• Finance
• Economics
• Business Management
• Mathematics
• A related discipline

What We Offer

• Competitive graduate salary
• Study support towards a professional qualification
• Company pension scheme
• Employee benefits package
• Structured training and development
• Career progression opportunities
• Exposure to a large and successful UK business

Required Skills

• Strong numerical and analytical skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Eager to learn and develop professionally
• Ambitious with a desire to pursue a professional accounting qualification (ACCA, CIMA or ICAS)
• Pension Plans
• Life Assurance
• Leave Package
• Training & Development
• Employee Assistance Programme - Counselling
• Free Parking
• Long Service Awards