Overview
Assistant Financial Accountant – Warrington
Assistant Financial Accountant
Location: Hinton House, Warrington (Hybrid: min. 2 days/week in office)
Reports to: Financial Accounting Manager
Department: Finance
Purpose of the Role
As Assistant Financial Accountant, you’ll play a key role in delivering accurate, timely, and insightful financial reporting across all three NTS legal entities—INS, DRS, and PNTL. You’ll be a trusted partner in supporting audits, compliance, and transformation, helping shape the future of finance at NTS.
What You’ll Be Doing
You’ll be hands-on with financial data, collaborating across teams, and contributing to a high-performing finance function. Your key accountabilities include:
Financial Reporting & Compliance
- Assist in preparing monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements, including statutory accounts and NDA reporting.
- Support month-end and year-end close processes to ensure accuracy and timeliness.
- Provide key data and documentation for external audits.
- Assist with VAT returns and other tax filings.
Technical Accounting & Controls
- Support IFRS16 lease calculations (depreciation, interest, payments).
- Maintain monthly balance sheet reconciliations and resolve discrepancies.
- Ensure internal controls and policy documents are current and compliant.
Transformation & Culture
- Actively contribute to the finance transformation project.
- Ensure LMS requirements are up to date.
- Champion NTS cultural principles:
- Freedom – Empower people to perform.
- Helpfulness – Collaborate and support.
- Drive – Be curious, confident, and innovative.
- Promote equality, diversity, and inclusion across the Finance team.
What You’ll Bring
Qualifications
- Part-qualified and actively studying towards AAT, ACA, CIMA, or ACCA (Essential)
Experience
- Year-end audit support or management (Essential)
- Comfortable working with stakeholders at all levels (Essential)
- Intermediate Excel skills and data management (Essential)
- Experience with Sage X3 (Desirable)
Knowledge
- IFRS16 lease accounting (Desirable)
- Internal controls and procedures (Desirable)
- Accounting standards and best practice (Desirable)
️ Skills & Attributes
- High confidentiality and integrity (Essential)
- Strong organisational and time management skills (Essential)
- Deadline-driven and detail-oriented (Essential)
- Customer-focused with strong interpersonal skills (Desirable)
Special Features
- Hybrid working model (min. 2 days/week in office)
- Occasional travel to other NTS locations
- No direct reports
- No budget responsibility
Key Relationships
- External Auditors
- HMRC
- NTS Finance Team
- Wider NTS colleagues
Final Word
This is a fantastic opportunity to grow your finance career in a dynamic, purpose-driven organisation. If you’re passionate about numbers, compliance, and continuous improvement—and want to be part of a team that values curiosity, collaboration, and impact—this role is for you.
The company
We are the leading global provider of safe, secure and reliable nuclear transport solutions that make the world safer and more sustainable.
As part of the UK’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, we support the largest environmental restoration programme in Europe, and we use our specialist transport and logistics expertise to help customers and partners around the world solve their own complex challenges.
