Management Accountant - Supply & Trading

Acu-IT.net; Market Drayton; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Acu-IT.net, a leading finance company within Müller UK, is seeking a Management Accountant-Milk Supply. This role involves leadership in financial reporting and analysis, team management, and driving process improvements within the dairy sector. Attractive benefits include bonuses, insurance, and career progression opportunities.

Benefits

10% annual bonus

Private Medical Insurance

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Leave

Career Progression Opportunities

Free parking

Qualifications

• Qualified CIMA/ACCA with strong leadership skills.
• Experience in providing detailed variance analysis.
• Ability to manage a team effectively.

Responsibilities

• Lead the team to ensure accurate financial reporting in SAP.
• Manage farmer payments and month-end processes.
• Support budgeting and forecasting for the Milk Supply area.

Skills

Leadership

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Detail-oriented

Process-oriented

Education

CIMA/ACCA certification

Tools

SAP

Excel

Job description

Company description:

Müller UK & Ireland is wholly owned by the Unternehmensgruppe Theo Müller which employs over 24,000 people throughout Europe. In the UK, Müller develops, manufactures and markets a wide range of branded and private label dairy products made with milk from more than 1,700 British farmers. The Müller brand is ranked at No.7 in The Grocer’s Top 100 list of Britain’s Biggest Brands, and is also the 7th most chosen brand in the UK.

Job description:

We’re recruiting … Management Accountant-Milk Supply

Are you ready to unleash your potential and build an exciting career in finance with Britian’s most chosen dairy brand? Müller UK & Ireland, part of the renowned Unternehmensgruppe Theo Müller, invites you to apply for our Management Accountant-Milk Supply. With over 26,000 employees across Europe and a long-standing commitment to excellence, Müller is a family-owned business known for its dedication to quality, innovation, and growth. In the UK alone, we produce a wide range of leading branded and private-label dairy products, from yogurts and desserts to butter and flavoured milk.

As Management Accountant-Milk Supply, you will be the Team Lead to ensure farmer payments, trading activity and overheads are recorded correctly within SAP and month end processes and analysis are completed properly. You will provide support to the Financial Controller on forecasting and budgeting process. You will drive improvements in processes and controls and manage a team of four.

The role is located at Market Drayton, Western Way with a hybrid’ working model-3 days per week on site.

Your challenge for the Management Accountant-Milk Supply: -
•Responsible for the Milk Supply P&L and Balance sheet in SAP - to include maintaining the integrity of data into SAP, challenging results and anomalies with the rest of the team when required.
•Ensuring accurate and timely financial data and supporting information to enable review of monthly reporting and future outlook (budgets, quarterly forecasting and mid month forecasts); this will include management of the month end process for farmer payments, trading activity and overheads, ensuring all transactions are recorded accurately by the team and month end analysis complete.
•Review the monthly farmer payment and the reporting to the business for approval.
•Detailed monitoring of all actual cost movements against forecasted ppl to fully understand all movements (e.g. base, butterfat, profile, hygiene related).
•Support the Financial Controller in maintaining overall financial control and managing the risks within the Milk Supply area.
•Ensure the balance sheet reconciliation is completed in accordance with Group timetable and all variances fully investigated and explained.
•Introduce appropriate checks to ensure accurate reporting.
•Responsible for accuracy of financial data within systems.
•Become the SAP 'go to' person for the Milk Supply team.
•Preparation of monthly reporting for the Milk Supply area in accordance with Group timetable, including:
?Review accruals prepared by the team to ensure accurately reflect the true cost in each month.
?Prepare variance analysis of actuals vs forecast/budget clearly explaining any major variance.
•Preparation of weekly reporting for the Milk Supply area in accordance with Group timetable.
•Support the budget and forecasting process and influence assumptions.
•Seek to identify improvements in the month end process and weekly reporting with the aim to improve accuracy and/or efficiency & to identify improvements in the farmer payment process by working with the Farmer payment Assistant Accountant and Farm Services Team.
•Simplify the milk creditor balance sheet reconciliation spreadsheet/process further.
•Develop effective cross functional working relationships at all levels within the business e.g. sites, Group Finance, Inbound Logistics team.
•Support the Head of Milk Supply and Ingredients to ensure a high service provided to the farmers and with analysis for the business.
•Support the Financial Controller in business partnering the Milk Supply Director and Commercial Director-Ingredients and Agriculture team.
•Cover for others in the Milk Supply Controlling team.
•Support the Financial Controller in ad-hoc projects, acting as backup in times of absence.
•Lead system development projects and accuracy of information maintained in the system.
•Manage 4 direct reports-coach, lead and support.

Key skills & experience for the Management Accountant-Milk Supply:-
•Qualified CIMA/ACCA.
•Experience of providing detailed and high-level variance analysis.
•Strong leadership skills.
•Previous experience of managing a team.
•Experience in the dairy industry would be beneficial.
•Strong IT & Systems knowledge and experience, including Excel. SAP experience preferred.
•Detailed orientated and able to self-review complex data.
•Process and analytical orientated.
•Good communication skills.
•Ability to visualise the whole picture and understand the importance of their role both within the department and also within the whole company.
•Knowledge of journal postings, balance sheet reconciliations and month end accruals.

Benefits for the role: Up to 10% annual bonus, 4x Life Assurance policy, Private Medical Insurance, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (rising with service), Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Family Leave, Enhanced Bereavement Leave, Pension Employer Contribution Scheme (matched up to 8%), Exclusive access to Müller Rewards, offering a variety of online and in-store discounts, Business Supplied IT Equipment, Career Progression and Development Opportunities and Free parking

The Process
If you have the skills and experience in the above areas and would like to be considered for this role, please apply at www.mullercareers.co.uk

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