Management Accountant - Supply Chain

McBride; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

McBride, a leading FMCG company, is seeking a finance professional to assist in supply chain reporting and budget management. The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering timely financial information, ensuring adherence to reporting requirements, and supporting decision-making processes. This role offers opportunities for professional growth in a dynamic environment and comes with a competitive salary and hybrid working options.

Benefits

Hybrid working

Holidays

Pension

Qualifications

• Fluent in English (verbal and written).
• Experience in Financial Reporting within International FMCG.
• Experience with month-end close and governance processes.

Responsibilities

• Assist in Group Supply Chain reporting and budget processes.
• Ensure timely and accurate financial reporting and stakeholder satisfaction.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives in finance processes.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Collaboration

Communication

Numerical Competence

Time Management

Education

Part-Qualified to Qualified Accountant (CIMA, ACCA, ACA)

Tools

MS Excel

ERP System (ideally SAP)

Job description

If you are ambitious, self-motivated, hardworking and a team player and interested in growing your career with an International FMCG business, please read through our job opportunity.

Key Responsibilites:

• Assist in the Group Supply Chain reporting processes ensuring accurate and timely submission for group consolidation each month.
• Provide support to the Central Finance Supply Chain Reporting team, Executive Leadership Team (when required), Divisions, Senior Management and Central Budget Holders aiding the decision-making process.
• Delivery of timely and accurate Management information to drive efficiencies throughout the business.
• Assist in the accurate delivery of the Supply Chain and Central Service Budget and Forecast process throughout the year.
• Responsible for adhering to key business controls in order to minimise the risk of the provision of inaccurate financial information.
• Maintain current service levels of reporting (daily, weekly and month end activities) and continually improve to meet increasing business demands and stakeholder expectations.
• Enabling and supporting Continuous improvement and the standardisation of relative finance processes.
• Manage expectations of key stakeholders ensuring clear communication as to responsibilities, timescales and output.
• Ensure confidentiality is maintained at all times due to the nature and sensitivity of data reported.
• Assist in the Half Year and Year End External Audit reporting requests.

Key Result Areas:

• Adherence to Financial Reporting requirements both timely and accuracy:
• Accurate completion of daily, weekly and monthly Supply Chain reporting, activities and processes ensuring accurate consolidation of group results.
• Completion of month end reporting and activities within group reporting timetable.
• Assisting in all Budgets and Forecasts in the year accurately delivered on time.
• No significant errors.
• Key stakeholder satisfaction:
  • Supporting Effective Business Partnering.
  • Strong working relationships.
• Contribution to achievement of team KPI's.

Relevant & Quantifiable Measures:

No direct/indirect reports or full budget responsibility.

Responsible to assisting in the delivery of Group Supply Chain and Central Service budget.

Behavioural Competencies & Personal Characteristics:

• Ability to understand and analyse sensitive and complex information.
• Effective at collaborating at all levels in an organisation ensuring fluent and concise.
• Strength of personality to exist in a role which must withstand detailed challenge from both internal and external sources.
• Ability to adapt to change and to enable and facilitate change in others.
• Must strive to achieve best practice performance levels.
• Understanding of the importance of identifying and meeting the needs of external and internal stakeholders.
• Ability to work within a multi-national matrix structure.
• Proactive style of work, willing and able to improve processes and achieve high standards of service within the business.
• Ability to organise and prioritise work both individually and within the team.
• A high level of numerical competence with attention to detail - a completer/finisher.
• Highly computer literate including experience of a fully integrated ERP system (ideally SAP) and highly proficient in MS Excel.
• Excellent time management skills.

Technical Competencies & Qualifications:

• Part-Qualified to Qualified Accountant (CIMA, ACCA, ACA).
• Fluent in English (verbal and written).
• Financial Reporting experience in an International FMCG Manufacturing environment.
• Experience of the month end close including relative transactions, activities and processes.
• Experience in supporting Finance Business Partnering.
• Experience in the supporting and developing implementation of Continuous Improvement and Change Management.
• Experience in supporting effective Governance and Control.
• Experience in preparing Management information to both Finance and Non-Finance stakeholders.
• Knowledge of accounting and financial reporting processes linked to Group Supply Chain and Central Service.
• Understanding of statutory, legal and fiscal requirements relating to the reporting of Group Supply Chain and Central Services.

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• £55000 - £65000 per annum + Hybrid working, holidays, pension
• Salford Quays, Central London, Staines, UK/Hybrid
• £55,000 per annum (Dependent on experience)
• £55000 - £65000 per annum + Hybrid working, holidays, pension
• Salford Quays, Central London, Staines, UK/Hybrid
• £55,000 per annum (Dependent on experience)