Commercial Management Accountant

STADA Arzneimittel AG; Huddersfield; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Join STADA Thornton & Ross as a Commercial Management Accountant in Huddersfield, supporting our healthcare division. This role focuses on financial accuracy, driving business excellence, and collaborative stakeholder engagement while harnessing advanced reporting tools such as PowerBI. Enjoy a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits, including hybrid working options.

Benefits

Competitive salary and annual bonus scheme

Salary Sacrifice Pension Scheme

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Health benefits through Vitality Private Health Insurance

Wellbeing support through Employee Assistance Programme

Electric Car Scheme with free on-site EV charging

Enhanced Family Leave

Celebration events and employee benefits

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Management Accountant in medium-large organizations.
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills.
• Well-established competency with ERP systems, particularly SAP.

Responsibilities

• Complete monthly balance sheet reconciliations for key rebate controls.
• Support the development of business cases for new products.
• Generate finance reporting and insights using PowerBI.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Project management

Education

CIMA or ACCA qualified

Tools

SAP

PowerBI

Microsoft Excel

Job description

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STADA Thornton & Ross is on an exciting growth journey with more than 700 employees being fully committed to our purpose of Caring for People’s Health as a Trusted Partner. Together we are shaping the future of Thornton & Ross by living our values of Integrity, Entrepreneurship, Agility and One STADA. If you want to work in an open culture where your uniqueness is valued, join our UK Finance team!

Huddersfield | U.K.| Full-time | Permanent

Join the STADA Thornton & Ross FP&A team as our Commercial Management Accountant supporting our consumer healthcare division, working with some of the UK’s most trusted brands such as brands such as Covonia, Savlon, Hedrin, Nizoral, Cetraben and Zoflora.

This role supports the business as we embrace technological developments to enhance reporting, planning tools & insight whilst supporting the Finance functions to drive Excellence to improve long-term performance. Focus of the role will be generating reports & insight across all business functions utilising the technology at the disposal of STADA, creating a semi-automated environment.

You will act as a business partner to the Pharmaceutical Hub within the UK to challenge performance & support strategic business planning. Supporting the business planning process with our Hub teams ensuring tools work & key drivers of change & growth are understood to be monitored.

A core element within the Pharmaceutical hub is rebates and pricing so an eye for detail and strong process controls will be beneficial

This is an exciting opportunity to join a successful organisation intent on significant growth over the coming years, creating a centre of excellence using best in class tools.

How You Will Make an Impact

Our finance team plays an integral role in supporting & challenging business performance, on a daily basis the focus of this role will be:

• Complete monthly balance sheet reconciliations for key Rebate controls including Government rebate schemes, ensuring financial accuracy and integrity.
• Support the development of business cases for New Product Development, driving innovation and growth.
• Support the Financial Accounting team with audit controls and external reporting requirements
• Support Business Partnering our Pharmaceutical hub, supporting decisions and understanding & articulating performance.
• Support the budget & forecast process, contributing to our financial planning and stability.
• Generate Finance reporting & insight, utilizing and developing PowerBI skills to support the UK FP&A Controller, and engage in cross-functional teamworking within Commercial, Operations, Insights & IT.

What We Are Looking For

• Proven experience as a Management Accountant or similar role within medium-large commercial organisations, preferably within Consumer Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals or FMCG.
• Professionally qualified through CIMA or ACCA.
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to engage and quickly develop rapport with others.
• Experience in managing internal stakeholder expectations particularly during periods of high-volume work.
• Well-established competency with ERP systems, namely SAP, and are proficient in the use/knowledge of PowerBI and Microsoft Excel.
• Robust organizational and project management skills, adept at multitasking and prioritizing effectively to meet deadlines.
• Ability to work unsupervised, taking your own initiative when required, and demonstrate good time management & organisational skills, balancing day-to-day requirements with projects.
• A champion of ethics who promotes integrity, confidentiality, and professionalism consistently.

How we care for you

At Thornton & Ross our purpose “Caring for people’s health as a trusted partner” motivates us every day. And what would be a better place than starting with our own employees. Which is why we give much in return:

Competitive salary and annual bonus scheme.

Salary Sacrifice Pension Scheme offering 8% employer contribution rates.

Hybrid working – we spend three days of your choice in the office, with the remaining days working at home.

25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays with the potential to buy up to 5 additional days.

Health benefits provided through our Vitality Private Health Insurance.

Wellbeing support through our Employee Assistance Programme and KYAN Wellbeing – offering free coaching and counselling services for you and your family.

Electric Car Scheme through Octopus Energy, plus free on-site EV charging.

Enhanced Family Leave.

Plus, many more employee benefits & celebration events.

STADA Group values and promotes its diverse culture, regardless of gender, age, social or ethnic origin, disabilities, religion, ideology, or sexual orientation. We use the strength of our uniqueness to develop creative ideas, expand our experience and increase innovative strength. Our focus is on equal opportunities, respectful cooperation, and the promotion of an inclusive working environment. We are looking forward to your application and welcome applications without a pharmaceutical background.