Financial Services

Credit Control and Accounts Assistant

Major Recruitment is seeking a part-time Credit Control and Accounts Assistant to join our industry-leading client accounts team. This role is for approximately 25 hours per week, spread over five days.

Key Responsibilities:

Sales Ledger & Credit Control

  • Manage day-to-day sales ledger activities, including generating and uploading invoices and credit notes, posting daily receipts, reconciling accounts, and sending out statements of account
  • Collaborate with colleagues to resolve customer account queries and process proforma payments
  • Respond promptly to customer enquiries by phone and email
  • Set up new customer accounts and maintain accurate records for existing clients
  • Prepare and distribute weekly debtor reports to the team
  • Monitor credit limits, taking appropriate action if exceeded
  • Ensure timely payments in line with agreed terms, proactively chasing outstanding debts by phone or email, maintaining and updating the ‘stop list’, and occasionally initiating county court claims if necessary
  • Process credit account applications, obtain and review credit reports, monitor credit ratings, and arrange credit insurance as required
  • Obtain letters of credit when needed
  • Produce regular and ad hoc reports, such as customer turnover, unresolved queries, and top customer accounts
  • Support general accounts administration as required

Purchase Ledger

  • Provide basic support for purchase ledger tasks during staff absence, including invoice posting and matching invoices to purchase orders and delivery notes

Payroll

  • Assist with basic payroll functions, such as recording clock-in times and tracking absences

Systems & Skills

  • Experience using Sage 50 and strong proficiency in Microsoft Office are essential

Benefits

  • Company pension
  • Bonus scheme
  • Health & wellbeing programme
  • Life insurance
  • On-site parking

This is an excellent opportunity to join a supportive and high-performing team, where your skills in accounts administration and credit control will be highly valued.

INDAC

Head of Finance

We’re on the lookout for an experienced Financial Controller / Site Accountant to join a high-performing site leadership team within a leading FMCG business. This is a fantastic opportunity for a commercially minded finance professional to step into a pivotal leadership role where your insights, initiative, and expertise will have a direct impact on performance and strategic direction.

As a key member of the Site Leadership Team, you’ll be the driving force behind delivering accurate, timely, and actionable financial insight that supports operational excellence and drives decision-making across the business.

🔍 What you’ll be doing:

  • Taking ownership of financial controls, and site-level reporting
  • Leading the coordination of month-end and year-end processes within agreed timetables
  • Managing the rolling monthly forecast process, highlighting key variances, risks, and opportunities
  • Partnering closely with Finance Directors, IT, and other cross-functional teams to design and implement standardised, scalable reporting processes across the European business
  • Analysing legacy structures and transitioning the business to a more aligned and streamlined financial reporting approach
  • Embedding best-practice controls within systems such as SAP and Innova
  • Acting as a strategic voice on site, influencing decisions and leading change initiatives with confidence and clarity
  • Promoting a continuous improvement mindset in all aspects of financial reporting and performance measurement

🌟 What you’ll bring:

  • Proven experience leading an operational finance team within a manufacturing or FMCG environment
  • A CIMA or ACCA qualification (essential)
  • Confidence working with stakeholders across multiple departments and business units
  • A natural curiosity and passion for improvement, always looking for smarter, more effective ways of working
  • Experience with SOX (preferred) and a solid understanding of internal control frameworks
  • Familiarity with SAP and Innova (or similar platforms)
  • A hands-on approach to team development, performance coaching, and leadership
  • Ability to set direction, inspire others, and build a high-performing, engaged finance function

🎯 The ideal candidate will:

  • Be a strategic thinker who thrives on solving complex problems
  • Lead with empathy, clarity, and purpose
  • Build strong cross-functional relationships and foster a collaborative culture
  • Empower their team to think commercially and drive performance as if it were their own business
  • Act as a champion for talent development, recognition, and success across the team

This is more than a numbers role – it’s about shaping the future of how finance supports operational excellence in a fast-paced, evolving FMCG environment.

If you’re ready to step into a role where your voice is heard, your ideas make a difference, and your leadership inspires others – we’d love to hear from you.

  • Seniority Level

    Mid-Senior level

  • Industry

    • Food and Beverage Services
    • Food and Beverage Manufacturing
  • Employment Type

    Full-time

  • Job Functions

    • Accounting/Auditing
    • Finance
    • General Business
  • Skills

    • Financial Analysis
    • Performance Measurement
    • Finance
    • Financial

Head of Finance

We’re on the lookout for an experienced Financial Controller / Site Accountant to join a high-performing site leadership team within a leading FMCG business. This is a fantastic opportunity for a commercially minded finance professional to step into a pivotal leadership role where your insights, initiative, and expertise will have a direct impact on performance and strategic direction.

As a key member of the Site Leadership Team, you’ll be the driving force behind delivering accurate, timely, and actionable financial insight that supports operational excellence and drives decision-making across the business.

🔍 What you’ll be doing:

  • Taking ownership of financial controls, and site-level reporting
  • Leading the coordination of month-end and year-end processes within agreed timetables
  • Managing the rolling monthly forecast process, highlighting key variances, risks, and opportunities
  • Partnering closely with Finance Directors, IT, and other cross-functional teams to design and implement standardised, scalable reporting processes across the European business
  • Analysing legacy structures and transitioning the business to a more aligned and streamlined financial reporting approach
  • Embedding best-practice controls within systems such as SAP and Innova
  • Acting as a strategic voice on site, influencing decisions and leading change initiatives with confidence and clarity
  • Promoting a continuous improvement mindset in all aspects of financial reporting and performance measurement

🌟 What you’ll bring:

  • Proven experience leading an operational finance team within a manufacturing or FMCG environment
  • A CIMA or ACCA qualification (essential)
  • Confidence working with stakeholders across multiple departments and business units
  • A natural curiosity and passion for improvement, always looking for smarter, more effective ways of working
  • Experience with SOX (preferred) and a solid understanding of internal control frameworks
  • Familiarity with SAP and Innova (or similar platforms)
  • A hands-on approach to team development, performance coaching, and leadership
  • Ability to set direction, inspire others, and build a high-performing, engaged finance function

🎯 The ideal candidate will:

  • Be a strategic thinker who thrives on solving complex problems
  • Lead with empathy, clarity, and purpose
  • Build strong cross-functional relationships and foster a collaborative culture
  • Empower their team to think commercially and drive performance as if it were their own business
  • Act as a champion for talent development, recognition, and success across the team

This is more than a numbers role – it’s about shaping the future of how finance supports operational excellence in a fast-paced, evolving FMCG environment.

If you’re ready to step into a role where your voice is heard, your ideas make a difference, and your leadership inspires others – we’d love to hear from you.

  • Seniority Level

    Mid-Senior level

  • Industry

    • Food and Beverage Services
    • Food and Beverage Manufacturing
  • Employment Type

    Full-time

  • Job Functions

    • Accounting/Auditing
    • Finance
    • General Business
  • Skills

    • Financial Analysis
    • Performance Measurement
    • Finance
    • Financial