Management Accountant

Hays Senior Finance; Ledbury; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading agricultural group is seeking a dynamic Management Accountant for their Ledbury site. This role offers career development with remote/office hybrid working. The successful candidate will assist in preparing management accounts, financial reports, and support budgeting processes. Ideal for a driven individual looking to advance their accounting career.

Benefits

Study package for CIMA/ACCA/ACA

Contributed pension scheme

On-site parking

Development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar accounting position.
• AAT-qualified and part-qualified, studying for CIMA/ACA/ACCA.

Responsibilities

• Production and review of management accounts.
• Support annual budgeting and quarterly forecasting.
• Involved in process/system improvement projects.

Skills

Communication

Team Player

Detail-focused

Commercial Awareness

MS Excel

Education

AAT-qualified

CIMA

ACA

ACCA

Tools

BC 365

Job description

Your new company

Hays Accountancy & Finance are partnering exclusively with a leading and well-established agricultural group to recruit a dynamic and hands-on Management Accountant for their Ledbury, Herefordshire site. Reporting into the Senior Finance Business Partner, this is a varied and progressive accounting role offering career development with remote/office hybrid working. You will assist in the preparation of management accounts, along with related analysis, support finance business partnering, balance sheet processes and reporting. This permanent position will offer a study package for ACCA/CIMA/ACA and is most suited to a driven Management Accountant or an Assistant Accountant looking for a step-up in their career.

Your new role

Your key duties will involve the production and review of management accounts for various entities within the group, preparing month/end and year-end files, ensuring all balance sheet accounts are reconciled. You will support the preparation of various financial reports, accruals, prepayments, intercompany reconciliations, along with stock processes. You will be involved in process/system improvement projects, ad-hoc financial analysis, along with business partnering with operational management to assist in explaining monthly financial reports. You will support the Finance Business Partner in annual budgeting processes and quarterly forecasting. You will cover ad-hoc additional team members in purchase ledger and payroll support. This is a progressive position and with the opportunity to be involved in additional duties as you develop within the organisation and your career.

What you'll need to succeed

To be considered for this progressive Management Accountant role, you will need some experience in a similar position, willing to learn and develop within your accounting career. Ideally, you will be AAT-qualified and part-qualified, studying for CIMA/ACA/ACCA. You will be a team player with an energetic and enthusiastic approach, detail-focussed with a positive mind-set, along with being commercially aware. You will have strong communication skills to build relationships at all levels both internally/externally, key MS Excel skills, with knowledge of financial systems. You will be used to managing workloads and meeting deadlines. Experience within the FMCG or Agricultural sectors would be advantageous but not essential along with knowledge of BC 365.

What you'll get in return

This permanent Management Accountant role offers a salary between £30,000 - £40,000 per annum, dependable on experience, based in Ledbury, Herefordshire. Remote/office hybrid working offered, study package for CIMA/ACCA/ACA, contributed pension scheme, on-site parking, development opportunities and further group benefits. This is a great opportunity for a progressive finance professional looking to really add value to a successful agricultural group with lots of exposure to senior management.

What you need to do now

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