Management Accountant

The management accountant is essential to the finance team.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage monthly reporting processes for stock and stock-related balances across multiple brands within the group.
• Ensure accuracy and completeness of stockholding costs, including warehousing, carrier, packaging, freight, duty, and handling costs.
• Prepare detailed monthly cost analyses with variance reports against budgets and prior years, providing operational commentary in collaboration with budget holders.
• Prepare weekly sales, COGS, and commission reconciliations to ensure accurate reporting into the accounting system.
• Handle reconciliations for accounts such as accruals, prepayments, and capitalised freight costs.
• Assist the finance team during statutory audits by addressing audit queries and compliance requests.
• Collaborate with logistics, retail operations, and commercial finance teams to provide financial insights that support business decisions.
• Contribute to annual budgeting and quarterly forecasting processes as needed.
• Work with IT to ensure ERP system integrations are functioning effectively.

The Successful Candiate Will Be:

• Part-qualified CIMA/ACCA
• Advanced Excel skills (e.g., Sumifs, Pivot tables, VLOOKUP).
• Have strong attention to detail with excellent organisational skills and be resilient in managing deadlines independently.
• Retail or multi-site operations experience is preferred but not essential.
• Have a flexible and positive approach to new tasks/projects.
• Be a collaborative team player with strong professional communication skills.

Robert Walters Operations Limited is an employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates