Management Accountant

Impact Food Group; England; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food services company in the UK is seeking a detail-oriented Management Accountant to join their team on a 6-month FTC. Responsibilities include preparing financial reports, ensuring balance sheet integrity, and supporting strategic business decisions. Candidates should have experience at a similar level and hold or pursue qualifications such as ACA, CIMA, or ACCA. Join a collaborative team focused on making a positive impact through food.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience at Management Accountant level or similar roles.
• Technically strong with a high level of financial and management accounting expertise.
• Experience in dealing with external auditors.

Responsibilities

• Preparation of accurate and timely financial and management reports.
• Balance Sheet reconciliations to ensure integrity.
• Business partnering to ensure key business drivers are understood.

Skills

Financial accounting expertise

Analytical thinking

Strong communication

Problem-solving abilities

Excel proficiency

Education

On-going study or Qualification ACA, CIMA, ACCA

Tools

Sage200

Job description

Overview

Management Accountant (6 Month FTC)

Impact Food Group

At Impact Food Group, we re more than just a school caterer. We re on a mission to create a positive food culture and help more students enjoy healthier, better-quality food. Making a positive social impact is at the heart of everything we do. We re constantly learning, evolving, and improving every way, every day.

Through our industry-leading brands Innovate, Hutchison, Cucina, and Chapter One we cater for over 550,000 students and operate in more than 900 schools nationwide, growing every year.

We re now looking for a talented and highly organised Management Accountant to join and play a vital role in supporting our business.

Guided by our values, integrity, bold, impactful, empathy and community; you will help us shape a workplace and culture we can all be proud of.

What you ll be doing

We re seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Management Accountant to join our team on an initial 6-month FTC. As the management accountant you will be responsible for providing financial information and analysis that helps IFG plan, control, and make strategic decisions. The successful candidate will combine excellent administrative skills with technical confidence, strong communication, and problem-solving abilities.

Key Responsibilities

• Preparation of accurate and timely financial and management reports, to include, but not limited to:
• Monthly management accounts at company and cost centre level
• Half year, Full year, Monthly and Quarterly reporting packs in line with company and group requirements
• Annual and Interim audit preparation, audit requests and statutory accounts, and confident communication with Auditors.
• Balance Sheet reconciliations, to ensure integrity and a thorough understanding.
• Monthly intercompany reconciliation, invoicing and accounting.
• Implementing effective controls and continuous process reviews/improvements
• Strong financial accounting skills to oversee monthly balance sheet reconciliations.
• Ensure transactions are correctly posted within the balance sheet and P&Ls in accordance with the correct accounting treatment and standards.
• Business partnering to ensure key business drivers are understood by the wider business and actions taken to improve business performance.

Skills & Experience

• On-going studier or Qualified Accountant ACA, CIMA, ACCA
• Extensive experience at Management Accountant level or similar roles
• Technically strong, with a high level of financial and management accounting expertise is essential.
• Multi-site accounting experience desirable but not essential
• Systems proficiency in general accounting (Sage200 preferable), reporting software and having strong Excel skills.
• Experience of strong controls while providing commercial and financial support to a senior management team
• Multi years experience in dealing with external auditors.

If you re a collaborative, solution-focused administrator who thrives in a busy and purposeful environment, we d love to hear from you. Join us and be part of a team that is transforming lives through the power of food, making a genuine difference for students across the UK.