Assistant Accountant
Who We Are
On July 1, 2025, IPL Plastics merged with Schoeller Allibert to form IPL Schoeller (the ‘company’). The Company’s operations are split across North America (11 manufacturing plants) and Europe (16 manufacturing plants).
The company is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland. IPL Schoeller is a leading manufacturer of sustainable rigid packaging solutions across a range of end market segments including returnable transit packaging, consumer and industrial packaging, environmental containers and agricultural packaging. The company employs c.4,100 employees across North America (1,600 employees) and Europe (2,500 employees.)
We're looking for an analytical Assistant Accountant who can proactively support and contribute to our finance team at our recycling plant, Brightgreen.
Key Responsibilities include the following:
Sales ledger credit control and daily/weekly reporting
Weekly Sales report
Assist in Management Accounting data collection
Daily cashbook update, posting and weekly Bank reconciliation
Assist with year-end preparation and audit information preparation
Month end journal preparation and posting
Assist Balance sheet reconciliations and signoff
Maintain Fixed Asset register
Assist with quarterly MTD VAT return submission backup
Assistance with preparation of Bank payment runs
Participate in Internal improvement initiatives
Monthly payroll preparation
Other adhoc duties as defined by Finance Director
Adherence to corporate reporting procedures and standards
Qualifications and Experience Required
AAT qualified /early stage of CIMA/ACCA studies
Good large/medium ERP system experience
High level of Excel experience
Ability to communicate effectively with external and internal customers of the finance dept.
A self-starter, ability to take initiative, work well under pressure and manage key priorities.
Attention to detail and high level of accuracy
Focus on achieving tight reporting deadlines
Ideally manufacturing experience together with a strong transactional background
Demonstrate a continuous improvement mindset
- Department
- Finance- General
- Role
- Plant Accountant
- Locations
- Castleford, England
- Employment type
- Full-time