Management Accountant

Iceland; Newbridge; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK retailer is seeking a Management Accountant to work alongside the Finance Manager. The role involves providing insightful financial reporting, focusing on labor costs, and includes responsibilities like variance analysis and wage reconciliation. The ideal candidate will have strong analytical skills, be a qualified accountant or part-qualified, and possess excellent Excel and communication skills.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical skills and an inquisitive nature.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to prioritize workload.

Responsibilities

• Accurate weekly reporting on wages and variance analysis.
• Understanding and analyzing labor costs for sales channels.
• Weekly reconciliation of wage control balance sheets.

Skills

Analytical skills

Excel for data analysis

SQL / Azure knowledge

Communication skills

Commercial awareness

Education

Qualified (or part) accountant

Tools

Microsoft D365

Job description

Overview

Here at Iceland we're different. We care. We're not a dull stuffy corporate. We're one big team. A diverse group of people who get stuck in and work together.

An opportunity has arisen for the Management Accountant to work alongside their Finance Manager and the rest of the Finance team to provide accurate, timely and insightful financial reporting to the wider business.

This role will focus on supporting the retail business on understanding the labour costs of our operation.

Responsibilities

• Accurate weekly reporting on wages and variance analysis
• Wage detail broken down into regions, area and stores - highlighting and understanding variances to budget
• Understanding and analysing the cost of servicing our sales channels (instore, delivered sales) from a labour cost perspective
• Trend analysis on indirect wage lines - pro actively highlighting any risks and opportunities
• Assisting in the production of group budgets and forecasts - building the group store wage budget from the bottom up and then reporting on the weekly performance top down
• Weekly reconciliation of our wage control balance sheets - reconciling weekly pay postings against monthly payroll
• Working alongside our workforce management and IT department to analyse wage performance and improve wage reporting

Requirements

• Qualified (or part) accountant
• Strong analytical skills and a inquisitive nature
• Competent in use of excel for data analysis
• SQL / Azure knowledge preferable
• Microsoft D365 experience would be advantageous
• Excellent communication skills.
• Commercial awareness and the ability to highlight opportunities and add value.
• Seeks to implement and improve processes
• Takes responsibility for own actions and results
• Ability to prioritise workload