Management Accountant

Merry Hill Group; Castleton; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Footasylum is seeking a Management Accountant to join the Finance Team in a fast-paced retailer environment. You will support monthly management accounts, balance sheet control, and overhead analysis while contributing to board reporting and costing insights.

The role requires strong technical accounting knowledge, cross-department communication, and a proactive, detail-oriented mindset. The position is hybrid with Head Office in Greater Manchester and opportunities to influence finance

Qualifications

• Part-qualified or fully qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) or equivalent qualification.
• Experience in a Management Accountant or similar role.
• Strong technical accounting knowledge with a focus on overheads and balance sheet control.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving and financial modelling skills.
• Strong communication across departments translating financial data into insight.
• Attention to detail and a continuous improvement mindset.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and produce monthly management accounts
• Complete balance sheet reconciliations and resolve discrepancies
• Report and analyse overhead and cost variances with clear commentary at month end
• Contribute analysis and commentary to Board pack preparation
• Perform cost analysis and profitability reporting
• Monitor and control cost centre coding
• Support the annual budgeting process and quarterly forecasting
• Align budgeting/forecasting outputs with organisational goals
• Manage accruals, prepayments, and designated overhead accounts
• Ensure costs are captured within the P&L liaising with cross-functional teams
• Support internal and external audit requirements for items within the Management Accounts remit
• Maintain accurate financial records and documentation, ensuring compliance with company policies and financial regulations
• Identify and contribute to process improvements within finance and overhead reporting systems
• Collaborate with other departments to ensure timely, accurate financial information
• Prepare ad-hoc reports and analysis as required
• Prepare and submit statistical surveys (e.g. ONS returns)
• Manage competing priorities and deadlines effectively

Skills

ACA/ACCA/CIMA

Management accounting

Overheads & balance sheet control

Analytical skills

Financial modelling

Cross-department communication

Education

Part-qualified or fully qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) or equivalent

Tools

Cognos

Job description

Description

Footasylum is a leading UK-based retailer specialising in streetwear and sportswear, committed to delivering innovative and trend-setting products to our customers, with a strong focus on digital transformation and data-driven decision-making.

We are looking for a Management Accountant to join our Finance Team. This role will support the delivery of accurate and timely financial reporting, providing insight that helps drive informed decision-making across a fast-paced and growing retailer.

The Team

You will play a key part in a large Finance Team, reporting directly to the Head of Management Accounts and FP&A. You will be working alongside and closely with two other Management Accountants and an FP&A Manager.

About You

We are looking for someone who embodies the Footasylum values – Community, Collaborate and Challenge.

You will be familiar with month-end process, budgeting and forecasting activities.

Along with;

• Partnering with stakeholders to understand performance


• Identifying opportunities


• Ensuring strong financial control across a fast-paced and growing organisation

Skills & Experience

• You are a part-qualified or fully qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA) or hold an equivalent qualification


• You have proven experience in a Management Accountant or similar role


• You have strong technical accounting knowledge, with a particular focus on overheads and balance sheet control


• You have excellent analytical, problem-solving, and financial modelling skills


• You communicate effectively across departments, translating financial data into meaningful insight


• You have strong attention to detail and a continuous improvement mindset

Desirable Skills & Experience

• You are proficient in Cognos or similar reporting tools


• Experience in a fast-paced, commercially focused retail environment

Responsibilities

Financial Reporting & Analysis

• Prepare and produce accurate monthly management accounts


• Complete balance sheet reconciliations and resolve discrepancies


• Report and analyse overhead and cost variances, providing clear commentary at month end


• Contribute analysis and commentary to Board pack preparation


• Perform cost analysis and profitability reporting


• Monitor and control cost centre coding

Budgeting & Forecasting

• Support the annual budgeting process and quarterly forecasting


• Align budgeting/forecasting outputs with organisational goals

Overheads & Controls

• Manage accruals, prepayments, and ownership of designated overhead accounts


• Ensure costs are accurately captured within the P&L, liaising with cross-functional teams

Audit, Compliance & Governance

• Support internal and external audit requirements for items within the Management Accounts remit


• Maintain accurate financial records and documentation, ensuring compliance with company policies and financial regulations

Process & Collaboration

• Identify and contribute to process improvements within finance and overhead reporting systems


• Collaborate with other departments to ensure timely, accurate financial information


• Prepare ad-hoc reports and analysis as required


• Prepare and submit statistical surveys (e.g. ONS returns)


• Manage competing priorities and deadlines effectively

Why Footasylum?

We are one of the UK’s leading omni channel retailers, but as well as that, we’re a genuinely great place to work. We value you and your development. Our people across the business have taken on new opportunities, whether that’s stepping into a new role, moving into a different department, or building new skills through the support and training we offer. Our goal is to create a fun, supportive environment where your success matters just as much as ours, and where you have the tools, encouragement, and opportunities to achieve your goals.

Diversity

We recognise and value the importance of diversity to help make sure we have lots of different perspectives when we are building services to customers and the wider business. This is great news for our business. Diversity for us is also, importantly, about building happy teams full of people that want to learn and want to be inspired by each other and our different experiences and backgrounds.

Recruitment Process

We review applications on an individual basis, and if we feel you would be a good fit we’ll invite you for a call or Teams video for an informal chat about the role, and to see if we’re a good fit for you.

We value open and honest conversations and collaboration, giving you a chance to learn about what we are doing in an informal and friendly environment. We want to know about you and why you feel that this is the opportunity for you. Please note, this is not a remote role and our expectation is that you will be able to attend Head Office in a hybrid way, in Greater Manchester.