Management Accountant - Leicester, United Kingdom - SF Recruitment Limited t/a SF Group

    SF Recruitment Limited t/a SF Group
    SF Recruitment Limited t/a SF Group Leicester, United Kingdom

    2 weeks ago

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    Management Accountant


    Leicester


    Full Time / Permanent


    £45,000 - £50,000


    SF Recruitment are working with an instantly recognisable business who are looking for a Management Accountant to join their team on a full time, permanent basis.

    As the Management Accountant you will be responsible for analysing and presenting key financial & operational data, in an accurate and timely manner, to assist senior management in making critical business decisions in order to ensure business growth and long-term success.

    As the Management Accountant you will report directly to the Head Of Finance. The ideal Management Accountant will be a qualified accountant & ideally have experience within FMCG/Manufacturing.


    Key Responsibilities of the
    Management Accountant:

    • Business partnering with the operations team to obtain operational awareness and to influence business decisions.
    • Analysing operational performance, identifying areas for improvement
    • Responsible for reporting the weekly results including commentary to the senior leadership team in a timely manner.
    • Meetings with the Finance Director, Head of Finance and Finance Manager to discuss weekly results and any operational concerns.
    • Presenting the weekly results to the senior management team.
    • Reconciling material costs at month end, identifying and reporting on key variances in detail.
    • Establishing operational standards using both historic actual data and time and motion study.
    • Supporting the Finance Manager with the preparation of budgets and forecasts.
    • Adhoc tasks required buy the business.

    The Ideal Management Accountant will be:

    • ACCA/CIMA Qualified
    • Experience within Manufacturing / FMCG
    • Competent in producing accurate financial reports whilst meeting strict deadlines.
    • Highly numerate, with excellent attention to detail.
    • Excellent communication skills, demonstrating ability to communicate in a professional and effective manner at all levels.
    • Ability to manage, maintain and build effective business partner/stakeholder relationships.
    • ERP systems knowledge and advanced working knowledge of Microsoft Excel (Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP, SUMIF, INDEX/MATCH, VBA / Macro functions).