Senior Management Accountant

Magnet; Magnet; Hybride; EUR 76 000 - 105 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

10% company bonus

Private medical insurance

Staff discounts on kitchen ranges

Retail Trust access

Holiday purchase scheme

Wellbeing support (virtual GP & EAP)

Cycle to work scheme

Benefits app with brand savings

Résumé du poste

Magnet is seeking a Senior Management Accountant to join our Finance team, reporting to the Head of Reporting. Based in the Leeds or Darlington office with hybrid working (2/3 days in the office), you will oversee a small team and deliver high-quality management accounts on tight deadlines.

You will strengthen financial controls, support compliance, and drive efficiency across financial processes while benefiting from a competitive salary, bonus scheme, and private medical insurance.

Qualifications

• Fully qualified accountant with relevant professional membership.
• Demonstrated management experience leading a team.
• Strong financial acumen with meticulous attention to detail.

Responsabilités

• Lead and manage the finance team.
• Run month-end close for UK entities and supply chain.
• Prepare UK management accounts with journals and reconciliations.
• Oversee assets, accruals, prepayments, staff costs and VAT analysis.
• Coordinate statutory reporting and external audits.
• Review tax filings and ensure regulatory compliance.
• Partner with IT to monitor spend and budgeting.
• Review balance sheet reconciliations and resolve issues.
• Support process improvements and ad hoc projects.

Connaissances

Management experience

Advanced Excel

Strong communication

Formation

Fully qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA)

Outils

SAP

Description du poste

Reports to: Head of Reporting

Location: Based in the Leeds or Darlington office, hybrid working (2/3 days in the office)

Hours: 39 hours per week

Salary: Competitive salary with company bonus scheme and private medical insurance

We’re seeking a Senior Management Accountant to join our Finance team and play a pivotal role in delivering high-quality financial reporting. You’ll manage a small team, produce timely and accurate management accounts, ensuring information is aligned with internal deadlines and organisational standards. Alongside this, you’ll strengthen financial controls, safeguard data integrity, support compliance, and contribute to improving the efficiency and effectiveness of our financial processes.

Role: Senior Management Accountant Reports to: Head of Reporting Location: Based in the Leeds or Darlington office, hybrid working (2/3 days in the office) Hours: 39 hours per week Salary: Competitive salary with company bonus scheme and private medical insurance We’re seeking a Senior Management Accountant to join our Finance team and play a pivotal role in delivering high-quality financial reporting. You’ll manage a small team, produce timely and accurate management accounts, ensuring information is aligned with internal deadlines and organisational standards. Alongside this, you’ll strengthen financial controls, safeguard data integrity, support compliance, and contribute to improving the efficiency and effectiveness of our financial processes.

What’s in it for you?

• 10% company bonus
• Private medical insurance
• Fantastic company discounts: Up to 80% off our stylish kitchen ranges and products
• Access to Retail Trust
• Flexible holidays: Buy up to five extra days with our holiday purchase scheme
• Wellbeing support: Access to our virtual GP service and employee assistance platform 24/7
• Lifestyle perks: Cycle to work scheme and savings on hundreds of top brands via our benefits app
• A collaborative culture built on care, inclusion, and continuous improvement

What You’ll Be Doing

• Manage a small team and oversee daily operations
• Lead month-end close activities for Supply Chain and central business units, ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting.
• Prepare and consolidate UK management accounts, including journals, reconciliations, and reporting packs.
• Oversee key accounting areas such as fixed assets, accruals, prepayments, staff costs, property costs, IT costs, FX, and VAT analysis.
• Manage annual statutory reporting and external audit/tax requirements.
• Review and complete ONS returns, VAT, PSA, and other tax filings to ensure compliance.
• Partner with the IT Director to monitor and control spend, ensuring costs are accurately processed and aligned to budget.
• Review balance sheet reconciliations and drive timely resolution of outstanding queries and issues.
• Support process improvement initiatives, strengthen team procedures, and assist the Head of Reporting with ad hoc projects.

Who We’re Looking For

• Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, or CIMA)
• Proven management experience
• Strong financial awareness with excellent attention to detail
• Proven ability to work effectively under strict deadlines
• Strong communication skills, able to engage with stakeholders at all levels internally and externally
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint; knowledge of SAP is advantageous
• Flexible and adaptable, with the ability to manage changing priorities and support continuous process improvements
• Self-motivated, proactive, and able to work independently

Why choose Magnet?

At Magnet, we bring over 100 years of heritage, but our focus is firmly on the future.

As the UK’s leading kitchen specialist, our success is driven by the expertise, insight and innovation of our people.

We’re in the middle of an exciting transformation, with a real opportunity to shape how we work, grow and deliver for our customers. We’re always open to fresh thinking and new perspectives, so even if your experience doesn’t perfectly match, we’d still love to hear from you.

We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know.

Magnet was founded by Tom Duxbury in 1918, as a joinery business in Bingley, Yorkshire. Tom named his business after his beloved horse, Magnet, and believed in a considered approach and a commitment to quality. This simple premise still drives Magnet today.

Tom believed in a considered approach, enabling him to offer better products and services to his customers. This simple premise still drives Magnet today.

We’ve come a long way from our humble Yorkshire roots, growing to be both leaders and pioneers in the industry as we paved the way for all the kitchen retailers in the UK.