Management Accountant

Forza Foods Ltd; Wakefield; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic food company in Wakefield is seeking a Specialist - Management Accountant to join their Finance Team. This role offers hybrid working and requires strong analytical skills, a resilient attitude, and a commitment to process improvement. Responsibilities include managing costs, preparing management accounts, and collaborating with various teams. The ideal candidate will be a qualified accountant with experience in a fast-paced finance environment. Benefits include a 15% store discount and enhanced pension scheme.

Benefits

15% Asda In-store Discount

Paid Annual Leave Allowance

Enhanced pension scheme

Life Assurance

Help@hand health service

Electric Vehicle Scheme

Asda Mobile Discount

Discounted health assessments

Asda Pet Insurance discount

Mortgage Advice Bureau

Exclusive Exchange Rates

Ride-to-work scheme

Care Concierge

Qualifications

• Proven ability to manage and organize workload.
• Experience in a fast-paced finance environment.
• Excellent communicator with strong stakeholder influencing skills.

Responsibilities

• Ensure all appropriate costs have been allocated to the correct revenue stream.
• Prepare and submit allocated Balance sheet GL accounts.
• Complete ad-hoc information and processing requests.
• Preparation and reconciliation of management accounts.

Skills

Resilient attitude

Strategic thinking

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving

Self-starter

Organizational skills

Experience in finance

Education

Qualified/Close to fully qualified accountant (CIMA / ACA / ACCA)

Tools

MS Excel

Job description

About The Role

Join Our Dynamic Finance Team at Forza!

We are thrilled to announce an exciting opportunity for a Specialist - Management Accountant to become a vital part of our Finance Team, based at our protein packaging facility in Normanton. If you are passionate about Finance, and are eager to contribute to a dynamic team, this role is perfect for you!

Position Details

• Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:30am - 5:00pm
• Location: Forza, Leeds - Normanton Hybrid working (1 day per week from home)
• Contract Type: Permanent

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Ensure all appropriate costs have been allocated to the correct revenue stream, allowing the Senior Management Team to evaluate the profitability of the different business activities.
• Combine and reconcile multiple sources of ERP and spreadsheet information.
• Prepare and submit allocated Balance sheet GL accounts to a strict timetable in an agreed standard format.
• Complete ad-hoc information and processing requests.
• Preparation and reconciliation of weekly and period management accounts.
• Weekly inventory reconciliation, valuation and revaluation.
• Periodic inventory reconciliation, valuation and revaluation at 3rd party frozen cold stores within the UK.
• Reconciliation of logistics, losses and disposals, including Asda depot losses.
• Review and analysis of purchase price variances against forecast and budget.
• Critical review of all trends and variances.
• Business partnering with operational and functional managers, preparation and presentation of full weekly P&L review.
• Ongoing improvement of accounting processes, analysis and reporting.

What are we looking for?

• Resilient attitude and desire to see things through to completion.
• Strategic thinker with ability to build and develop collaborative relationships.
• Excellent communicator with strong stakeholder influencing skills.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Right‑first‑time ethos, strong problem solver and passionate about root cause analysis.
• Self‑starter with a high level of motivation.
• Proven ability to manage and organise workload.
• Experience in a fast‑paced finance environment.
• Qualified/Close to fully qualified accountant (CIMA / ACA / ACCA).
• Strong analytical skills (MS Excel).

What's in it for you?

• 🛒 15% Asda In‑store Discount
• 🌴 Paid Annual Leave Allowance – varies depending on shift pattern
• 💼 Enhanced pension scheme
• 🛡️ Life Assurance – All our colleagues benefit from life assurance of 4 × their annual base salary
• 🩺 Help@hand – Free, direct access to health and wellbeing support service, including unlimited video consultations with a UK‑based GP 24/7, physiotherapy, and mental health support
• 🤝 Grocery Aid – We’ve partnered with Grocery Aid to provide our colleagues and their families with a wide range of emotional, practical, and financial support services
• 🚗 Electric Vehicle Scheme*
• 📱 Asda Mobile Discount – 30% off a wide range of Asda Mobile bundles and add‑ons for our colleagues and one of their family members
• 🩺 Discounted health assessments – We have exclusively negotiated rates on Self‑Pay BUPA Health Assessments for you and members of your household
• 🐾 Asda Pet Insurance discount – Up to 10% Discount
• 🏠 Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) – MAB can provide fee‑free, no‑obligation mortgage and protection advice
• 💱 Exclusive Exchange Rates via Asda Money – better exchange rate for travel money when buying currency through Asda Travel Money (TravelEx)
• 🚴 Ride‑to‑work scheme – We work with Evans to provide great savings on bikes, clothing, and equipment
• 🧑⚕️ Care Concierge – The Care Experts. Talk to us – we’re listening – Legal & General’s Care Concierge resource
• Plus, lots more! Depending on job band, other fantastic benefits are also available including private healthcare, car allowances, and long‑term incentive schemes.

Like what you’ve read? Then do your research, update your CV, and once you’re ready, hit the apply button. Don’t delay, apply today! 🚀

About Us

Our purpose here at IPL, Forza & Kober is simple, we are one team who creates exceptional value for our customers and our mission is to support Asda on their journey to becoming #2 in the marketplace.

Through our people we live and breathe our values and we play to our strengths, but we also support each other’s development. We are a community of passionate individuals who possess a wide variety of skills and expertise, who work collectively to form a high performing team and a company to be proud of.

We are committed to a fully inclusive business that is representative of our customers, locations and the communities we serve. We recognise the value in diversity and welcome applications from all candidates regardless of sex, age, race, religion, gender or sexual identity and socio‑economic background. We are committed to making IPL, Forza and Kober a place where everyone can enjoy a successful career and have systems in place to support all our colleagues. We are seeking applications from candidates who share our values, culture and celebrate diversity in all its forms.

Our culture is our people and our people are our culture!