Management Accountant

Inspired Pet Nutrition; Overstone; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading pet food manufacturer in the UK is seeking a Management Accountant for a 6-month project. The successful candidate will support month-end reporting, external audit delivery, and drive automation in financial processes. With core responsibilities around accurate reporting and stakeholder management, candidates should possess ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualifications and excellent communication skills. This role offers a competitive salary and benefits in an agile, fast-paced work environment.

Benefits

Competitive salary

10% annual company bonus

25 days holidays + Bank Holidays

Employee contribution pension scheme

Medicash Plan

Heavily discounted pet food

Free parking

Subsidised canteen & free hot drinks

Qualifications

• Demonstrates attention to detail and processes with accuracy.
• Flexible and able to deliver to deadline.
• Can self motivate and wants to develop and succeed.

Responsibilities

• Part of management accounts team for accurate month-end reporting.
• Deliver to external audit and assist in financial statement production.
• Drive automation and tech development in management accounts.

Skills

ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualification

Technical proficiency

Strong communication skills

Strong organisation and planning skills

Very good excel skills

Job description

Overview

We’re excited to be recruiting for a Management Accountant to join our team on a 6 months basis to support during a project. The Management Accountant role is to be part of the team that takes responsibility for INSPIRED Management Accounts focusing on stakeholder delivery, timeliness accuracy, integrity, understanding of performance and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Be part of the management accounts team responsible for delivery of accurate and timely month end reporting for IPN. Liaise with site business partners to ensure delivered results correspond with wider site and operational understanding. Ensure balance sheet control and reconciliation. Assist in the production of primary financial statements, using the agreed template, to submit to Group within agreed timeframe
• Delivery to the external audit team including year end disclosure packs and management accounts analysis for tax purposes.
• Help drive automation and technological development of the general ledger and management accounts function, spot opportunities for continuous improvement and help deliver on improvements for the benefit of the wider team
• Deliver monthly capital accounting, reporting and tracking vs. business case, budget and forecast.
• Support members of the wider finance team with management accounts information necessary for them to deliver in line with their roles.
• Take responsibility for completion of other deliverables that require management accounts information i.e. National Statistics returns.
• Assistance with other ad hoc tasks and projects as necessary.

Qualifications

• ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualification
• Able to demonstrate technical proficiency
• Experience of working in a manufacturing environment desirable but not essential
• Strong communication skills
• Strong organisation and planning skills
• Strong concept of customer service
• Flexible and able to deliver to deadline
• Demonstrates attention to detail and processes with accuracy, but able to see the high level view
• Positive approach to work and problem solving
• Very good excel skills
• While the business supports some hybrid working, has the vision to appreciate that teams and critical workloads/deadlines are managed, supported and developed most effectively face to face
• Can self motivate and wants to develop and succeed in an agile, fast paced private equity environment

Company

INSPIRED Pet Nutrition is an innovative, well-established, and award-winning pet food manufacturer employing over 1,200 colleagues across the UK and Europe. Our family of brands includes Harringtons, Wagg, Barking Heads & Meowing Heads, AATU, Blink, Butcher's, Classic, Pro-Nutrition, and Ultra Premium Direct, along with a number of partner brands that trust us to produce food on their behalf. Our kitchens in Thirsk, Kinmel, and Crick produce a wide range of dry, wet, and baked foods enjoyed by dogs and cats all over the world. Our ambition is simple: to become a global leader in pet nutrition.

Our Purpose

To create happiness. We’re on a mission to set a new standard of workplace happiness within the pet nutrition industry-one that looks like no other and feels like no other. Our culture is built on INSPIRED’s unique behaviours and colleague experience, creating an environment that excites, empowers, and puts people and pets at the heart of everything we do.

Benefits

• Salary: Competitive
• 10% annual company bonus scheme
• Hours: 37.5 hours per week - Monday to Friday
• Pension: Employee contributions 3% / Employer contribution 8% (salary sacrifice company pension scheme)
• Holidays: 25 days + Bank Holidays
• Medicash Plan
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/pawternity/bereavement/pawreavement
• Other Benefits: Free parking, tasty treats, electric charging, bring your dog to work, subsidised canteen & free hot drinks
• Choice of a series of non-contractual flexible benefits across health, wealth and lifestyle - including cycle to work, workplace nurseries and dental insurance.
• Heavily discounted pet food.