Management Accountant

FUEL THE FUTURE: MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANT (OPERATIONS)

Location: Tea Building, Shoreditch High Street, London (5 days/week in-office)

Reports to: Head of Finance / Financial Controller

Employment Eligibility: Must have full right to work in the UK

About the Business

PerfectTed is on a mission to spread positive energy and help people feel their best: energised, focused, and ready to take on the day, without compromise. We’re the UK’s fastest-growing energy drink brand and Europe’s leading matcha company, redefining what energy should feel like: no crashes, no junk, just matcha’s clean caffeine to fuel your best self.

At PerfectTed, we believe in PRICE—our core virtues that shape everything we do:

Progress – We embrace growth, learning, and continuous improvement.

Resilience – Challenges don’t stop us; they push us to be better.

Intensity – We move fast and execute with passion and purpose.

Consistency – Greatness comes from showing up every day.

Entrepreneurialism – We take ownership, think outside the box, and find solutions.

About the Role

We're looking for a detail-driven Management Accountant (Operations) to work closely with our Operations and Supply-Chain teams, keeping the business running as efficiently and effectively as possible and driving real value and decision‑critical insights across the supply chain.

You’ll also build out inventory, cost and gross margin reporting, becoming our go‑to person for what’s driving gross margin, and putting the reporting, processes and controls in place as we scale, rather than just running what’s already there. This plays a key role in month‑end close and group consolidation, and your output will form the foundation of the management information reviewed by the Founders and Senior Management. The role will be highly visible from day one.

Build & Own Cost & Margin Reporting

• Business partner with the Operations and Supply teams to drive value and insight.
• Build robust COGS analysis and cost variance reporting by SKU and channel, feeding into business‑critical decision making.
• Design and maintain a landed cost (freight, duty) methodology and standard costs that reflect how the business actually operates
• Build a reliable monthly inventory reconciliation process, tying physical and perpetual stock to the general ledger
• Build out and maintain bill of material discipline as recipes, pack formats and suppliers change, keeping standard costs aligned to how products are actually made
• Verify supplier invoice costs against expected landed cost
• Build gross margin reporting by product and channel that explains the key drivers behind period‑on‑period movement

What You’ll Be Involved In

• Month‑end close, including balance sheet reconciliations, FX revaluations etc.
• Intercompany accounting as our group structure grows
• Supporting our first‑year audit, ERP implementation, and ad hoc reporting
• New product and market launch costing and margin modelling for new SKUs, formats and countries as the range and our footprint grow
• Choosing and rolling out the systems and tools beyond the ERP that will power reporting, forecasting and automation as we scale
• Forecasting and scenario planning that feeds directly into commercial and supply‑chain decisions
• Direct exposure to the Founders and Senior Leadership team, with your analysis shaping real strategic calls
• ACA or ACCA qualified (Or equivalent)
• 4–6 years’ accounting experience (including time training), ideally in consumer goods or another inventory‑based environment, familiar with bill‑of‑material, manufacturing accounting and international shipping.
• Strong knowledge of accounting principles and practices
• Proficient in Excel, with experience using a broad range of accounting tools.
• Comfortable working with large datasets, and confident using tools such as Power Query, Excel automation (e.g. macros/Power Automate) and AI tools to speed up reporting and analysis
• Excellent organisational and time‑management skills with the ability to work to deadlines
• Strong attention to detail and ability to maintain accuracy under pressure
• Good communication skills (both written and verbal)

The Ideal Candidate Is

• Experience in FMCG, D2C, or a fast‑scaling business is a bonus, along with exposure to multi‑entity accounting, or a first‑year audit
• Calm, collected, and impossible to fluster
• Obsessed with details and getting things done
• Comfortable with ambiguity, as processes and controls are still being built rather than simply followed

Why This Role

This role exists to serve a real need that the business has for insight. By filling that role you become a key player from day one. Expansion, system and process changes, ERP implementation, and our first‑year audit are all landing at once.

This role sits at the centre of that, offering real ownership, technical breadth, and the chance to grow as the finance function scales. You’ll also be joining a small, high‑trust finance team which means outsized impact and visibility from day one, with nothing you build here getting lost in a big hierarchy.

What We Offer

• EMI options scheme (real equity upside in the UK’s fastest‑growing brand)
• Cycle to Work scheme
• A stunning office space shared with inspiring, high‑performing people you’ll learn from daily
• Unlimited Matcha