Management Accountant

itsu; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Company Pension Scheme

Hybrid Working

Free lunch

Employee discount

Salary sacrifice schemes

Job summary

itsu is seeking a Management Accountant to join our finance team in the UK. You will deliver accurate management accounts, P&L and balance sheet reporting, and provide commercial insight to drive business performance.

The role requires a detail-oriented, commercially minded professional with strong Excel skills and experience in fast-paced environments. You will partner with department managers, support budgeting and forecasting, and help the Transactional Finance team as needed.

Qualifications

• Qualified finance professional with CIMA/ACCA/ACA.
• Experience in product-led or FMCG businesses beneficial.
• Advanced Excel skills essential.

Responsibilities

• Input into budget and forecast processes.
• Prepare budget, forecast, and variance analyses.
• Support cost centre analysis and reporting for leadership.
• Cross-train on all other management accounting areas.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Financial analysis

Stakeholder management

Process-driven

Education

CIMA/ACCA/ACA qualified

Tools

Sage 200

Job description

About UsAt

About Us

At itsu, we're passionate about making healthy eating exciting, accessible, and affordable. As an Asian-inspired food brand, we’ve grown to over 80 restaurants across the UK and Belgium, while building a thriving grocery business that reaches customers across Europe and beyond. Known for our fresh, high-quality food prepared daily in every shop, we're on an ambitious growth journey. With plans to expand our store estate, accelerate our grocery presence, and continue investing in innovation, technology, and our people, we're shaping the future of healthy fast food. itsu [ grocery ], where this role sits, extends the much-loved itsu brand beyond our shops and into supermarkets, health food retailers, online channels, wholesale partners, and international markets. Our growing product range includes customer favourites such as crispy seaweed thins, frozen gyoza and bao, brilliant'broth, rice'noodles, and miso'easy, bringing the taste and quality of itsu into homes around the world. Joining itsu means becoming part of a fast-paced, innovative business with big ambitions, a strong culture, and a shared mission to help people eat beautifully every day.

About The Role

As a Management Accountant, you will be a detail-oriented and commercially minded finance professional, playing a key role in delivering accurate financial reporting, insightful analysis, and strategic support to drive business performance.

• The preparation of Management Accounts, P&L, Balance Sheet, and other reports for senior leadership and stakeholders, including cost centre analysis and reporting
• COGS, Waste, Inlogs & Outlogs (including Temp P&L) - P&L & BS analysis
• Liaising with department managers to provide financial support and interpret financial data for non-financial personnel

Key Role Responsibilities

• Input into budget and forecast processes
• Identifying and assessing business risks, ensuring compliance with financial regulations, and maintaining financial controls
• Cross-train on all other areas of management accounts
• Help the Transactional Finance team as and when the business requires

The Ideal Candidate Will Have

• An experienced, qualified CIMA / ACCA / ACA, finance professional, ideally from a product-led or FMCG business
• Technically strong, process-driven, and passionate about systems, automation, and efficiency
• Comfortable in a fast-paced, high-growth environment, able to build structure and controls under pressure
• Detail-oriented and collaborative, with the confidence to influence senior stakeholders
• Confident communicator who can influence across all levels of the business
• Advanced Excel skills are essential
• Ability to work under pressure and within tight timeframes
• Sage 200 experience preferable

What We Offer

• Competitive Salary
• Competitive Bonus Scheme
• 25 days holiday + Bank holidays (two bank holidays are interchangeable for other religious holidays)
• Health Insurance
• Company Pension Scheme
• Hybrid Working model: This can vary by department, with some operating on a 3-day onsite/2-day WFH model and others on a 4-day onsite/1-day WFH. Opportunity to work from abroad 2 weeks of the year.
• 50% employeediscount in itsu shops
• Free itsu lunch every day
• Discounts at major retailers
• Salary sacrifice cycle and electric vehicle schemes
• Development & Growth opportunities

At itsu [grocery], everyone’s taste matters, and so does who’s behind it. We celebrate diversity and are an equal opportunities employer. Applications from all backgrounds are encouraged. If you need support or adjustments to apply, we’ll happily accommodate.