Management Accountant

Portmeirion Group PLC; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Portmeirion Group PLC is seeking an experienced Management Accountant to lead a small finance team and ensure accurate monthly management accounts, revenue reporting and statutory information.

You will prepare KPI reports, analyze margins, oversee VAT filings, and manage intercompany postings to support profitability and performance across the group's brands.

Qualifications

• Experience leading a small finance team.
• Strong monthly management accounts production and reconciliation experience.
• Proficient in KPI reporting and financial analysis.
• Knowledge of VAT compliance and reporting requirements.
• Experience with intercompany transactions and FX adjustments.

Responsibilities

• Prepare accurate, timely management information including KPI reports and monthly management accounts.
• Prepare PGUK accounts information for external auditors.
• Manage company royalty obligations.
• Oversee fixed asset system and account reconciliations.
• Filing of VAT return for PGUK.
• Prepare monthly sales reconciliations and reporting.
• Conduct department cost centre reviews with budget holders.
• Review retail accounts and margin analysis.
• Prepare manual revenue adjustments and accruals/prepayments.

Skills

Management accounting

Team leadership

Financial analysis

VAT reporting

Intercompany transactions

Job description

We are looking for an experienced Management Accountant to manage a small finance team. The Management Accountant is responsible for preparation of accurate and timely information to enable management to enhance Company profitability and performance. The role ensures the timely production of accurate monthly management accounts, revenue reporting and statutory accounts information and accurate reporting of company assets and liabilities through the sales and purchase ledgers.

Key responsibilities

• Preparation of accurate, timely and relevant management information to include KPI reports, monthly management accounts and sales analyses.
• Preparation of PGUK accounts information for review by the external auditors.
• Management of the company royalty obligations.
• Oversee the fixed asset system and account reconciliations.
• Filing of the VAT return for PGUK.
• Preparation of the monthly sales reconciliations and reporting.
• Departmental cost centre reviews with budget holders.
• Review of retail accounts and margin analysis.
• Preparation of manual revenue adjustments e.g. credit note provisions, cash discounts and retrospective rebates.
• Prepare the prepayment and accrual schedules.
• Calculation of advertising allowances.
• Responsible for checking and analysing royalties' receivable.
• Processing intercompany transactions.
• Reconciliation and close of AR and AP including FX adjustments.
• Ad-hoc queries as requested by other departments.

Why work for us

We believe that our people are our greatest asset and the Group's success is directly related to the effectiveness of our people. We want people to join our team who are as passionate as we are about our six wonderful brands, our products, and our heritage and share the same values.

Portmeirion Group has heritageand familyat our core. We have a responsibility to our employees, customers, communities and the people that bring our products into their homes, and we work hard to reflect this in everything we do.

Our business and brands have a global footprint and strong history. They are grounded in family values, craft, and a commitment to making beautiful products that bring people together and are passed from generation to generation. We operate with integrity, decency, honesty, positivity and inclusion. We use our talent for innovation and creativity to solve challenges and explore how we can become custodians of the future.

We build our global business in a way that evolves this heritage to safeguard the next generation; Combining the best of the past with today’s innovations and designs to make our business as good as it possibly can be and create a positive legacy for the future. For our employees, communities, customers and the planet.