Management Accountant

Iceland Foods Ltd.; Wales; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A retail company in the UK is seeking a qualified Management Accountant to support financial reporting and analysis. Responsibilities include weekly wage reporting, trend analysis, and contributing to group budgets. Candidates should possess strong analytical skills and proficiency in Excel, with knowledge of SQL and relevant accounting experience being advantageous. Join a dynamic team where your contributions will add significant value.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical skills and an inquisitive nature.
• Competent in use of Excel for data analysis.
• Commercial awareness and ability to highlight opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Accurate weekly reporting on wages and variance analysis.
• Trend analysis on indirect wage lines.
• Weekly reconciliation of wage control balance sheets.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Excel for data analysis

Commercial awareness

Education

Qualified (or part) accountant

Tools

Excel

SQL

Microsoft D365

Azure

Job description

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 a 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.

What's involved:

• 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.

What’s needed:

• 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