Role: Management Accountant
Location: Leeds (LS15) (with hybrid working after completion of training)
Salary: £40,000 - £50,000 Per annum, DOE, plus extensive benefits
Contract type: Permanent
Employment type: Full time
Working hours: Monday - Friday 37.5 hours per week, 08:30 - 17:00
Do you want to work for the nation's largest online pharmacy ensuring excellence for all our patients? We're a market leader in the pharmacy world, with 25 years' experience, helping over 1.6 million patients in England manage their NHS prescriptions from request through to delivery. We are Great Place to Work certified as we consider colleague experience a top priority every day. Our people are fundamental to our success and ensuring we achieve our vision to be a world leading, patient-centric digital healthcare provider. We are committed to continuing to develop a positive, open and honest working environment for all.
As a Management Accountant, you will oversee four assistant accountants and two assistant management accountants, whilst being responsible for stock accounting and stock valuation across several divisions of our business. This is an ideal opportunity to play an instrumental role in shaping the finance team and improving processes and control throughout a period of significant growth.
What's in it for you?
Occupational sick pay
Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
Contributory pension
Discounted insurance (Aviva)
Employee discount site
Discounted gyms (via our blue light card and benefits schemes)
Employee assistance programme
In-house mental health support
Free onsite parking
Health and wellbeing initiatives
Social events throughout the year
Cycle to work scheme
Green car scheme*(subject to minimum earnings)
Registration fees paid (GPhC, NMC, CIPD etc)
Long service bonus
Refer a friend bonus
Blue light card
Hybrid working
Commitment to CPD/training
25 days annual leave increasing with service
Annual leave buy and sell scheme
Discounts & Exclusive offers at The Springs, Leeds
25% Discount & health & beauty purchases
25% Discount on Pharmacy2U Private Online Doctor Services
What you'll be doing?
- Leading a team of four assistant accountants and two assistant management accountants to ensure all daily, weekly and month-end tasks are completed accurately and to agreed deadlines
- Responsibility for reporting two of the most significant numbers within our business; the value of stock on our balance sheet and the value of cost of sales in our profit and loss statement
- Ensuring, with the assistance of the team, that stock control, stock visibility and stock accuracy are consistently maintained and accounted for
- Completing and reviewing monthly balance sheet and control account reconciliations
- Partnering with the purchasing and operations teams to ensure robust processes are being adhered to in order to protect stock integrity/control whilst benefiting working capital and cash flow
- Completing, analysing, circulating and commentating regular reports to key stakeholders across the business to provide visibility of stock, spend, risk and other key metrics in stock accounting alongside our Senior Commercial Accountant
- Assisting with financial year end and annual audit alongside our Group Financial Accountant
- Maximising continuous improvement opportunities for you, your team and the wider business and being involved in business projects where necessary
Who are we looking for?
- Qualified (or soon to be qualified) ACCA, CIMA, or ACA
- Demonstrable experience in a similar role involving stock and the ability to confidently manipulate and investigate large, complex sets of data within Microsoft Excel
- Established experience of managing a team and driving process adherence and continuous performance improvement
- Experience of working in a pressurised environment without compromising quality of work
- Ability to communicate strongly and effectively with key stakeholders across the business and establish trusting relationships with them and challenging stakeholders where necessary
- Commercially focussed with strong personal drive, high attention to detail and deadline driven
- Advanced Excel ability and familiarity with MS office suite
What happens next?
Please click apply and if we think you are a good match, we will be in touch to arrange an interview.
Applicants must prove they have the right to live in the UK.
All successful applicants will be required to undergo a DBS check.
Unsolicited agency applications will be treated as a gift.
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