Financial Accountant - 15 Month Fixed Term Contract
Warwick, GB, CV34 5YA
Salary: Competitive Salary
Location: Warwick (Hybrid, 3 days a week in the office)
At Volvo Group, our purpose is simple but powerful: we shape the future of sustainable transport. Every day, our people come together across the globe to move the world we want to live in. In the UK, our Financial Control & Accounting (FCA) team plays a vital role in that mission. Ensuring we remain financially strong and compliant. You will be supporting Renault Trucks Commercials.
As a Financial Accountant, you’ll be at the heart of FCA, reporting directly to our Chief Accountant. Your role will centre on accurate period-end reporting, balance sheet reconciliation, and ensuring compliance with UK GAAP, IAS, and Volvo’s internal financial policies.
What’s in it for you?
- Company bonus: Enjoy up to a 5% yearly bonus provided by the company.
- Pension scheme: We offer a matched pension scheme of up to 7% of your salary, with incremental benefits based on length of service, including death in service cover.
- Healthcare: Benefit from access to Bupa Cover and Dental insurance.
- Employee Assistance Programme: Take advantage of wellness, mindfulness and counselling services to support your overall well-being.
- Holiday Allowance: Start with 25 days plus Bank Holidays, increasing with service, with the option to buy up to 5 additional days.
- Discounts on various purchases: Enjoy savings on shopping vouchers, cinema tickets, holidays and travel.
- Fitness perks: MyGymDiscounts and MyActiveDiscounts
For further details on our benefits, please visit: Volvo Group Employee Benefits
Who are you?
You may be a newly qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA, ACA), or a part-qualified accountant who is nearing the end of your exams and already brings solid accounting experience.
You’ll bring:
- You will have a AAT qualification
- Strong Excel skills — including pivot tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, and data analysis.
- Strong background in reconciliations and financial reporting
- Knowledge of VAT and corporate tax legislation
- SAP system proficiency
- A methodical mindset, with attention to detail and a drive to resolve issues effectively.
What you will do
You will be supporting Renault Trucks Commercials, working partnering with Business Control, the New and Used Sales teams and Dealership depots.
- Deliver accurate and timely period end accounting
- Reconcile key balance sheet accounts and prepare supporting documentation for monthly review and sign off
- Investigate and resolve balance sheet discrepancies, ensuring issues are fully understood and closed out
- Contributing to improvements in reporting, reconciliation and control processes
- Prepare financial analysis to explain variances against plan and forecast, identifying key drivers
- Support and contribute to a strong financial control environment, working collaboratively within the FCA team to improve reporting and processes
You will also be part of a well established FCA team, working alongside two experienced Financial Accountants and a Rental Accountant and the wider Financial Control and Accounting team. Together you will form a close knit team supporting the integrity of financial reporting across the business.
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Who we are and what we believe in
We are committed to shaping the future landscape of efficient, safe, and sustainable transport solutions. Fulfilling our mission creates countless career opportunities for talents across the group’s leading brands and entities.
Applying to this job offers you the opportunity to join Volvo Group. Every day, you will be working with some of the sharpest and most creative brains in our field to be able to leave our society in better shape for the next generation. We are passionate about what we do, and we thrive on teamwork. We are almost 100,000 people united around the world by a culture of care, inclusiveness, and empowerment.