Management Accountant

We are currently looking for a Commercial Management Accountant to join our Finance team at our EMEA Head Office in Chadderton, Oldham. This role has a hybrid working pattern with 3 days office and 2 working from home.

In this role you will support our Finance Lead with insight and analysis to ensure that our financial commitments are met or exceeded and ensure optimal business performance. You will also support completeness of all financial reporting and ensure strong financial and business controls are in place and adhered to in line with company policies. 

Ideally, we are looking for candidates that are part qualified or newly qualified in either CIMA/ACCA and have experience working in a similar role in a commercial environment.

JOB DUTIES:

• Responsible for the business analysis of UK & Ireland income statements 

• Perform monthly revenue and operating income variance analysis to understand business performance 
• Conduct financial analysis to help drive the business including growth and financial profitability through qualitative and quantitative analysis. (Monthly, quarterly variance analysis, Product line, vendor & customer margin analysis, cost analysis, and working capital and cash flow)
• Work with regional finance leaders to support key finance tasks – vendor and customer rebates, IOS reporting, sales reporting, supplementary schedules
• Partnering with the internal sales team to provide financial analysis and support on promotional activity
• Contribute to continuous improvement of the FP&A organisation to allow a faster response and a deeper level of analytical capability within the finance organisation
• Supporting the design and development of reporting, to enhance management information and analysis of the EMEA operations
• Assistance with the budgeting and forecasting processes
• Develop relationships with key functional leaders to assist in the validation of data analyses and drive accurate reporting
• Presentation of Financial data into easily understood graphical formats
• Support with analysis of cost performance, headcount and capital expenditure
• Provide finance support for the business functional leaders as required

YOU MUST HAVE:

• Advanced excel and PowerPoint skills
• Highly analytical with excellent attention to detail
• Ability to build relationships (most notably outside of finance function), actively engage coworkers and motivate them to achieve common goals.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong internal and external customer and finance service orientation.
• Must be a team player with intercultural skills 
• Demonstrate creative thinking to resolve problems and develop succinct and concise reports, as directed by finance management.
• Energetic, open-minded, and enthusiastic to contribute to improvement of company goals and employee advancement.
• Must be fluent English speaker.

WE VALUE:

• Candidates that are part-qualified, finalist or newly qualified in either CIMA/ACCA
• University degree in Finance or Business or relevant qualifications
• Experience using SAP is an advantage
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office (including Access) is a plus, as is data extraction from core Enterprise Reporting Systems (Oracle, SAP, Hyperion). 

What's In It For You:

• Hybrid working model - 3 days in the office and 2 from home
• Competitive salary and benefits 
• Supportive team with the opportunity to progress
• Opportunity to work for a global business 
• High quality office environment with free gym, free parking and located in an easily accessible part of Oldham

• Access to LinkedIn Learning with thousands of expert-led courses to support your professional development

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