Management Accountant

Key responsibilities include:

• Prepare monthly management accounts, including journals, accruals, prepayments and balance sheet reconciliations
• Produce detailed variance analysis and commentary against budget, forecast and prior-year performance
• Support month-end, quarter-end and year-end reporting processes
• Partner with budget holders to review performance, forecasts, risks and opportunities
• Support quarterly forecasting and annual budgeting processes
• Track spend and provide financial analysis across key commercial and operational areas
• Provide commercial insight and challenge to stakeholders to support effective decision-making and cost management
• Support cash flow forecasting and wider financial reporting requirements
• Maintain and improve forecasting models, reporting tools and dashboards
• Contribute to finance transformation, process improvement and automation initiatives
• Ensure reporting is completed in line with internal controls, accounting standards and audit requirements

About You

You will be a proactive and commercially minded Management Accountant who is comfortable operating in a fast-paced FMCG or consumer-facing environment and partnering with stakeholders outside of finance.

You will be:

• ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified
• At least 1 year of post-qualified experience
• Strong management accounting and month-end experience
• Experience of budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis
• Strong analytical skills with excellent attention to detail
• Confident communication and stakeholder management skills
• A proactive approach to improving processes and ways of working