Management Accountant

FoodExperts; Deutschland; Hybrid; EUR 60.000 - 90.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A leading company in the food industry is seeking a Finance professional to ensure the integrity of financial reporting and provide analysis for the business unit. The successful candidate will engage with senior management and contribute to the team's financial goals, ensuring adherence to policies and delivering timely reports. Ideal candidates should possess an accounting qualification, high analytical skills, and be proficient in English. This hybrid role requires some travel and the ability to work under pressure to meet tight deadlines.

Qualifikationen

• High proficiency in English (business level).
• Demonstrated ability to deliver high quality results under a strict reporting schedule.
• Self-driven initiative, able to instigate and manage change.

Aufgaben

• Ensure all month end, quarter end and year end transactions are properly recorded.
• Play an active role in the business unit team and engage with employees.
• Lead the coordination of quarterly forecasts for submission.

Kenntnisse

Analytical thinking

Communication

Problem-solving

Attention to detail

Team building

Ausbildung

Accounting qualification (degree or Professional Accounting qualification e.g. CIMA)

Tools

IFRS knowledge

Jobbeschreibung

Reporting to the business unit leader, this role is responsible for ensuring the integrity of all financial information and reporting for the business unit as well as providing financial information, analysis and meaningful business information that will facilitate the achievement of the financial goals.

The individual will be expected to be an active member of the business unit team building relationships with senior management and operational employees.

Responsibilities

Finance & reporting

• Ensure all month end, quarter end and year end transactions are properly recorded and entered into the accounting system in accordance to Volaris policies.
• Prepare variance gap analysis with commentary comparing actuals to forecast.
• Ensure adherence to corporate finance policies & Company approval matrix.
• Reconciliation of control accounts.
• Working capital management.
• Deliver accurate monthly and quarterly corporate reporting on time according to internal Portfolio and Volaris deadlines.
• Prepare monthly management pack reporting to be issued to the business.

Forecasting

• Take a lead role in co-ordinating with the business unit team to produce the quarterly forecast for submission including preparation of analysis and commentary to present to senior management.

Business unit team member

• Play an active role as part of the business unit team, engaging with employees across cost centres.
• Work with the business unit leadership team to develop and deliver the financial plans as agreed.
• Produce revenue analysis and P&L monitoring, attrition, pricing analysis and performance monitoring to aid planning and forecasting.
• Play a key role in training and supporting all employees within the VBU to improve their understanding of key metrics and how these can impact the business.
• Anticipate business requirements, trends, and variances and develop action plans to measure and analyse results.
• Review business performance against forecasts and agree on corrective action with the business unit management teams.
• Initiative and / or participate in ad hoc projects within the VBU and add value by providing financial direction.
• Create and implement processes to drive sustainable improvements in the efficiency of business processes and the Finance function.
• Evaluate operational expenditure, propose and implement suggestions to improve cost efficiencies for the business.

Line Management

• Responsible for the line management, training and mentorship of one Finance team member

Knowledge & Skills

We are looking for an experienced Finance professional with high integrity and energy, who is driven and self-motivated to succeed and deliver for the business. You will have a high level of diligence, will be highly analytical, have excellent communication skills and be able to work with stakeholders across the company.

• Accounting qualification (degree or Professional Accounting qualification e.g. CIMA) and Relevant experience in the areas listed on the job description.
• High proficiency in English (business level).
• Strong functional and technical knowledge of IFRS.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver high quality results under a strict reporting schedule.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and team building skills, comfortable interacting with and motivating people at all levels.
• Committed to delivering continuous improvement.
• Ability to recognise and solve problems as they arise.
• Ability to influence the decisions of senior business leaders through effective verbal and written communication, logical reasoning, and the presentation of appropriate solutions.
• Organized and able to work under pressure with experience of working to tight deadlines.
• Self-driven initiative, able to instigate and manage change.
• An elevated level of analytical and critical thinking skills.
• Highly computer literate.
• Broad knowledge of software and information technology markets an advantage.

Role Requirements

• The role will be hybrid based at the Madrid city centre office and at home. Expect to work from the office 2 days a week.
• The job holder will be required to travel (25%) to our existing offices. International travel will also be required but on a much less frequent basis.
• Part of a global company, the job holder may be required to work unsocial hours to meet contractual and Group reporting demands.

FoodExperts

Food Experts, a CULTURA Technologies company under VOLARIS GROUP (Constellation Software Inc), was created to address the complexity of due diligence in fresh produce supply chains. Initially offering pesticide residue analysis, Food Experts now provides a platform that streamlines all aspects of produce compliance and risk management.

We deliver transparency for retailers and manufacturers while making compliance straightforward for suppliers through our 'One Stop Shop' approach.

Our aim is to make supply chain access easy for growers and apply our 'Simplifying Complexity' philosophy to areas like sustainability by offering simple access to different footprinting models.

At FoodExperts, we believe that a strong team foundation is key to achieving great things.

Together, we're moving forward in the same direction, driven by our shared passion for simplifying complexity in the food industry and create a better service each day.