Management Accountant
- Recruiter
- Global Appointments Limited
- Location
- Harrogate
- Salary
- + see job description
- Posted
- 19 May 2017
- Closes
- 27 May 2017
- Sectors
- Accountancy
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Overview:
Opportunity for an experienced and qualified Management Accountant to join this prestigious local business. The position is ideally suited to a candidate from the food manufacturing, production, bakery or retail sectors.
Main responsibilities:
* To be the commercial "eyes and ears" of the Bakery with a view to guiding it to longer term financial profitability
* To deliver the Bakery's financial and commercial reporting in an accurate and timely manner
* To support the Head of Bakery as well as the Finance department in delivering true commercial insight to drive financial performance both ongoing and through the Bakery transformation project
* To be responsible for the Bakery's financial control environment
* To manage a team on a day to day basis (as required)
* Assist the Head of Bakery or Finance department wherever necessary to deliver performance KPIs or ad-hoc analysis
* To manage the forecasting and budgeting process for the Bakery
* To manage the month end process for the Bakery, including month end accruals, reconciliations, banking etc. reporting into the Head of Finance
* To represent the Bakery commercially at any required meetings or projects
* To develop and evolve current reporting duties to continuously improve commercial insight and performance within the Bakery
* To support the wider Bakery or Finance team as and when required
Specific Duties:
* Weekly reporting - sales/despatches, category reports, profitability, labour, stock, waste as required
* Month end duties such as accruals, prepayments, banking, balance sheet reconciliations where necessary
* Month end reporting and variance analysis for the Bakery and follow through with explanations and actions
* Overhead analysis and control
* Budgeting and forecasting in line with the Finance calendar and team requirements
* To understand and deliver insight on the function's cost-base, including representing the function from a commercial perspective through the NPD and EPD process, costings, range and category insight
* Other ad-hoc reporting, analysis or project work as requested by the Head of Bakery or as required to deliver commercial guidance and insight, such as Marketing proposals, Master data management etc.
Person Specification - Management Accountant:
* Experience within the Food manufacturing sector in a finance capacity, including the management of the month end process and providing commercial guidance
* Proficient in Excel - Pivots, Vlookups etc.
* Systems experience - System 21, Microsoft Dynamics AX, Khaos, Hamilton Grant, COGNOS amongst others
* Experience of managing a team
* Experience of the Bakery industry
* Budgeting experience
* Transformation/project experience
* LEAN awareness
Qualifications:
* CIMA, ACA, ACCA or other equivalent qualified
* Educated to degree level or equivalent on the job training and/or experience
Skills:
* Comfortable managing an array of stakeholders i.e. not afraid to hold their ground in order to achieve the right outcome for the business
* Ability to manage and motivate teams
* Strong commercial thinking and business acumen
* Clear written and verbal communication skills, at all levels, both internal and externally
* Ability to work in a collaboratively peer-based environment and quickly build strong robust relationships
* Ability to prioritise, work with fixed deadlines and manage peaks of workload
* High level of attention to detail and accuracy, awake to potential errors / issues
* Able to work as part of a team and alone
Personal Qualities:
* Approachable, amenable and dedicated to the job
* Willing to go above and beyond to get results and be hands on if necessary
* Open to change and new ways of working. Able to think 'out the box'
* Self-motivated, energetic and want to make a difference attitude.
* Happy to work in a fast-paced environment and thrive off of new challenges and stretch
* Knows how to get on with all types of people but also not afraid to hold their ground in order to achieve the right outcome
Working Arrangements and Personal Availability:
* Normal office hours are 8.30-5.30pm Monday - Friday
* Flexible in working hours to meet the needs of the business
Competitive salary and package to be discussed
Opportunity for an experienced and qualified Management Accountant to join this prestigious local business. The position is ideally suited to a candidate from the food manufacturing, production, bakery or retail sectors.
Main responsibilities:
* To be the commercial "eyes and ears" of the Bakery with a view to guiding it to longer term financial profitability
* To deliver the Bakery's financial and commercial reporting in an accurate and timely manner
* To support the Head of Bakery as well as the Finance department in delivering true commercial insight to drive financial performance both ongoing and through the Bakery transformation project
* To be responsible for the Bakery's financial control environment
* To manage a team on a day to day basis (as required)
* Assist the Head of Bakery or Finance department wherever necessary to deliver performance KPIs or ad-hoc analysis
* To manage the forecasting and budgeting process for the Bakery
* To manage the month end process for the Bakery, including month end accruals, reconciliations, banking etc. reporting into the Head of Finance
* To represent the Bakery commercially at any required meetings or projects
* To develop and evolve current reporting duties to continuously improve commercial insight and performance within the Bakery
* To support the wider Bakery or Finance team as and when required
Specific Duties:
* Weekly reporting - sales/despatches, category reports, profitability, labour, stock, waste as required
* Month end duties such as accruals, prepayments, banking, balance sheet reconciliations where necessary
* Month end reporting and variance analysis for the Bakery and follow through with explanations and actions
* Overhead analysis and control
* Budgeting and forecasting in line with the Finance calendar and team requirements
* To understand and deliver insight on the function's cost-base, including representing the function from a commercial perspective through the NPD and EPD process, costings, range and category insight
* Other ad-hoc reporting, analysis or project work as requested by the Head of Bakery or as required to deliver commercial guidance and insight, such as Marketing proposals, Master data management etc.
Person Specification - Management Accountant:
* Experience within the Food manufacturing sector in a finance capacity, including the management of the month end process and providing commercial guidance
* Proficient in Excel - Pivots, Vlookups etc.
* Systems experience - System 21, Microsoft Dynamics AX, Khaos, Hamilton Grant, COGNOS amongst others
* Experience of managing a team
* Experience of the Bakery industry
* Budgeting experience
* Transformation/project experience
* LEAN awareness
Qualifications:
* CIMA, ACA, ACCA or other equivalent qualified
* Educated to degree level or equivalent on the job training and/or experience
Skills:
* Comfortable managing an array of stakeholders i.e. not afraid to hold their ground in order to achieve the right outcome for the business
* Ability to manage and motivate teams
* Strong commercial thinking and business acumen
* Clear written and verbal communication skills, at all levels, both internal and externally
* Ability to work in a collaboratively peer-based environment and quickly build strong robust relationships
* Ability to prioritise, work with fixed deadlines and manage peaks of workload
* High level of attention to detail and accuracy, awake to potential errors / issues
* Able to work as part of a team and alone
Personal Qualities:
* Approachable, amenable and dedicated to the job
* Willing to go above and beyond to get results and be hands on if necessary
* Open to change and new ways of working. Able to think 'out the box'
* Self-motivated, energetic and want to make a difference attitude.
* Happy to work in a fast-paced environment and thrive off of new challenges and stretch
* Knows how to get on with all types of people but also not afraid to hold their ground in order to achieve the right outcome
Working Arrangements and Personal Availability:
* Normal office hours are 8.30-5.30pm Monday - Friday
* Flexible in working hours to meet the needs of the business
Competitive salary and package to be discussed