Management Accountant

Overview

Mitchell Adam are working with a well-established retail and wholesale business looking to appoint a Management Accountant to its finance team. Operating across a multi-site environment, the business offers a varied role for an accountant who wants to understand more than just the monthly numbers and get involved in the operational factors that influence financial performance.

A key part of the position will be producing monthly management accounts and providing meaningful analysis of the results. You’ll review financial performance, investigate variances, maintain accurate balance sheet reconciliations and contribute to budgeting and forecasting. With stock representing a significant part of the operation, you’ll also work closely with colleagues responsible for inventory and distribution, helping ensure financial records are accurate and identifying discrepancies.

Beyond the reporting cycle, you’ll have the opportunity to work with operational stakeholders to understand what is driving performance across the business. You’ll be encouraged to question the numbers, challenge assumptions and identify ways to improve reporting, controls and processes. It’s a strong fit for a commercially minded Management Accountant who enjoys combining technical accounting with practical business partnering in a fast-moving retail environment.

Skills Needed

• Proven experience in a Management Accountant role, including month-end reporting, balance sheet reconciliations and variance analysis.
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to investigate financial movements and turn data into useful business insight.
• Advanced Excel skills and experience using accounting or ERP systems; exposure to stock accounting, retail, wholesale or distribution would be advantageous.
• Confident communicator who can build relationships with non-finance colleagues, explain financial performance and constructively challenge discrepancies.

What You Will Receive

• A broad Management Accountant position within an established, multi-site retail and wholesale operation.
• Exposure to stock accounting, operational performance and the commercial drivers behind a complex business.
• The opportunity to work closely with stakeholders across finance and operations, developing your business partnering experience.
• Scope to contribute ideas and improve financial reporting, controls and processes as the business continues to develop.

Summary

For a Management Accountant who enjoys getting beneath the surface of the figures, this role offers an interesting mix of traditional accounting and operational analysis. You’ll help maintain the integrity of the financial information while working with colleagues to understand stock movements, investigate performance and identify opportunities to improve how the business operates.