At a Glance
- Tasks: Prepare monthly management accounts and provide insightful financial analysis.
- Company: Join a successful FMCG group in Stonehouse, Gloucestershire.
- Benefits: Enjoy hybrid working, study packages, and competitive salary.
- Other info: Great career development opportunities and supportive team environment.
- Why this job: Make a real impact as a trusted finance partner in a growing business.
- Qualifications: Part-qualified/qualified CIMA/ACCA/ACA or qualified by experience.
Your new company is partnering with a successful & growing FMCG group based in Stonehouse, Gloucestershire to recruit a dynamic & experienced Management Accountant for their site. A varied permanent role reporting directly to the FP&A Manager. The role will provide financial reporting, analysis & business partnering to the operational leadership team. A great opportunity to really own the management accounting processes to support strategic management decisions. The position is open to part-qualified/qualified CIMA/ACCA/ACA Accountants; qualified by experience applicants will also be considered. Opportunity to develop further as the business continues to grow, study package for financial qualifications if applicable, and remote/office hybrid working (3 days on-site, 2 days remote) once settled in.
Your key duties will involve:
- Preparation of accurate monthly management accounts, including profit and loss, balance sheet reconciliations, fixed assets, accruals, prepayments, journals and supporting schedules.
- Managing the month-end close process, ensuring deadlines are met, and financial information is complete.
- Producing monthly reporting packs with clear commentary on performance, variances, risks, and opportunities.
- Analysing actual performance against budget, forecast and prior year, identifying key drivers of movement versus budget and prior year.
- Acting as a trusted finance business partner to operational & supply chain teams, driving business improvements.
- Attending weekly site performance reviews, explaining variances to management, along with supporting the team through the capex approval processes.
- Posting accruals/prepayments, monthly control account reconciliations, maintaining the fixed asset register, along with assisting in year-end accounts preparation.
- Supporting junior members of the finance team, including supporting the trainee accountant with their development, along with being involved in various process improvement projects.
To be considered for this hands-on & varied Management Accountant role, you will need:
- Experience in a similar position.
- Part-qualified/qualified CIMA/ACCA/ACA or qualified by experience.
- Strong management accounting, budgeting/forecasting & variance analysis experience.
- Key MS Excel skills, trained in a range of financial systems, with a proactive mindset that is willing to challenge existing processes.
- Resilience & deadline focus with the ability to manage competing priorities.
- Strong communication skills to build relationships at all levels, able to communicate financial analysis to non-financial & operational management.
- Ideally, experience within the FMCG or Manufacturing sectors; other sectors will be considered.
- Experience with ERP/MRP systems, SAP Business One & SQL would be advantageous but not essential.
This permanent Management Accountant role offers a salary of £45,000 - £50,000 per annum, dependent on experience based in Stonehouse, Gloucestershire. Benefits include remote/office hybrid working (3 days on-site, 2 days remote), a study package for finance qualification, product discounts, free parking on-site, future development opportunities, a contributed pension scheme, along with further company benefits.
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Management Accountant in Stonehouse employer: Hays Senior Finance
Join a thriving FMCG group in Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, where you will play a pivotal role as a Management Accountant, contributing to strategic management decisions and financial reporting. With a supportive work culture that values employee growth, you will benefit from a hybrid working model, a study package for further qualifications, and opportunities for career advancement within a rapidly expanding business. This is an excellent opportunity to make a meaningful impact while enjoying competitive benefits and a collaborative environment.
