Accounting Manager in Richmond

A little bit about Lindt. We are a premium chocolate manufacturer established in 1845 operating in over 86 countries around the World. Guided by our Global purpose to Enchant the World with Chocolate and UK vision of Creating Moments to Make Everyone Feel Special, we have around 400 team members in the UK across our Head Office, Retail, and Field Sales divisions. We are a Top 20 Great Place to Work and are proud of our incredible people, our unique values-led culture and our iconic market leading brands such as LINDOR & GOLD BUNNY. We’re also proud of being one of the few bean-to-bar chocolate makers in the world, where we control every step of our chocolate production.

How you could help us to Enchant the World with Chocolate. This role is central to maintaining financial integrity and enabling business performance. It offers the opportunity to lead process improvements, strengthen governance, and influence best practice across the organisation. The Accounting Manager will lead the integrity and efficiency of core accounting processes, ensuring accurate financial reporting and robust controls across the P&L and balance sheet. This role is pivotal in managing accounting transactions, cost centre accounting, and processes with scalability in mind as the business grows, while driving efficiency and compliance to support future transformation. The position requires strong collaboration across Finance and the wider business, providing timely and accurate financial information to commercial business partners and ensuring seamless integration of operational processes such as payables and purchase order management. It combines technical excellence with stakeholder engagement, making it an exciting opportunity for a forward-thinking finance professional. For a finance professional seeking impact and visibility, this is a challenging and highly rewarding position.

Where you’ll be based. This role could initially be based in Feltham, London (Hybrid Working: in the office 60% and WFH 40%). From March 2026, our Head Office will be based in Richmond Upon Thames.

Key Responsibilities

• Financial Accounting Leadership: Oversee all accounting transactions and processes, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and compliance with internal policies and external regulations. Maintain integrity of the P&L and balance sheet, ensuring materiality thresholds are applied appropriately.
• Cost Centre Accounting: Manage cost centre accounting processes, ensuring accurate allocation of costs and alignment with business reporting requirements. Partner with budget holders to provide clarity and insight on cost centre performance.
• Month-End Close & Reporting: Lead the month-end close process, delivering timely and accurate financial statements. Ensure reconciliations are complete and aged items are resolved promptly.
• Audit & Compliance: Manage audit requirements, ensuring full compliance with statutory and internal audit standards. Maintain robust documentation and controls to support audit readiness.
• Process Efficiency & Scalability: Drive continuous improvement in accounting processes to enhance efficiency and scalability. Embed best practices that enable future automation and alignment with global standards.
• Business Partnering: Collaborate with commercial finance teams to provide accurate and timely financial information for decision-making. Act as a trusted partner to operational teams, ensuring accounting processes support business performance.
• Balance Sheet Management: Work closely with all areas of Finance to manage balance sheet accounts, including payables, accruals, and provisions. Partner with the payables team to uphold processes that streamline accounting, including purchase orders (POs) and goods receipts (GRs).
• Systems Expertise: Ensure effective use of Lindt’s key accounting systems, including SAP S/4 for transactional integrity and Tagetik for consolidation and reporting. Champion system best practices and support enhancements to improve efficiency and accuracy.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Build strong relationships across Finance, IT, Procurement, and Operations to ensure alignment and process integrity. Communicate effectively with senior stakeholders, providing insight and recommendations.
• Team Leadership & Development: Lead and develop the accounting team, fostering a culture of accountability and continuous improvement. Support capability building to meet future business needs.

Qualifications, Knowledge and Experience Preferred

• ACA, ACCA, or CIMA qualified accountant.
• Strong post-qualification experience in financial accounting and reporting.
• Proven track record in managing accounting operations within a mid-to-large, complex organisation.
• Experience with SAP S/4 and Tagetik essential; familiarity with BI tools advantageous.
• Advanced Excel and strong proficiency in Word and PowerPoint for stakeholder communication.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Ability to influence and collaborate across functions.
• Hands-on leader with resilience and a continuous improvement mindset.

How you will be rewarded financially

For the Accounting Manager position you will receive a benefits package including; bonus, pension, life cover, chocolate allowance; chocolate give-aways, chocolate discount, £100 personal incentive, birthday day off and so much more!

Being yourself every day

We want everyone at Lindt feel safe to be themselves, ensuring they are empowered, represented, celebrated and included in our workplace. You’ll notice this throughout the recruitment process; in our ‘dress for your day’ policy and through our proactive DE&I strategy.

Living our values everyday

At Lindt UK, our values guide us in everything we do. Being Passionately Lindt, Always Evolving, Building Real Relationships, Acting Responsibly and Making An Impact are an integral part of life here at Lindt.

What you can expect from us

In return for everything that you’ll bring, we can offer you an exciting role in a fast-growing organisation, where we’ll provide an environment where you will thrive, feel supported and fulfil your career aspirations, all while supporting your physical and mental wellbeing.