Senior Management Accountant

Stark Danmark A/S; Coventry; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Retirement savings plan

Life assurance

Enhanced parental leave

Employee discounts

Job summary

STARK Building Materials UK seeks a Senior Management Accountant to support the UK Finance team. You will analyse customer rebate data, manage settlements and provide insight to drive commercial decisions across a £2bn business.

You will work with Finance, Operations and Commercial teams to ensure rebates are well controlled and add value. The role involves line managing a rebate analyst, delivering timely settlements, and contributing to process improvements and audits.

Qualifications

• Experience in Finance Analyst, Management Accountant, or similar role.
• Ability to manage, develop and motivate a small team.
• Studying towards or qualified in ACCA, CIMA, ACA.

Responsibilities

• Ensure accuracy of customer rebate accruals and settlements with robust controls.
• Produce regular reporting on accruals and detailed balance sheet reconciliations.
• Line management of a customer rebate analyst.
• Calculate detailed customer rebate settlements from large data sets.
• Collaborate with operations and cash teams to process settlements.

Skills

Finance analysis

Management accounting

Advanced Excel

Stakeholder engagement

Audits

Education

ACCA/CIMA/ACA in progress

Tools

Pivot tables

LOOKUP functions

Job description

We’re proud to be part of STARK Building Materials UK and dedicated to providing top-quality products and exceptional service to our customers. We’re a friendly and collaborative team, passionate about what we do and committed to doing it well. We are seeking a detail-oriented, process-minded and commercially-focused Senior Management Accountant to support the STARK UK Finance team. The successful candidate will play a key role in analysing customer rebate data, managing settlements and providing insight to support commercial decision-making across a £2bn business. Working with stakeholders across Finance, Operations and Commercial teams, they will help ensure that customer rebate processes are well controlled, accurate and deliver the intended commercial value to the business.

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure the accuracy and completeness of customer rebate accruals and settlements, maintaining robust financial controls throughout the process.
• Produce regular reporting on accrued customer rebates in line with agreed customer deals, including detailed balance sheet reconciliations.
• Line management of a customer rebate analyst reporting into Brand Financial Controllers.
• Calculate detailed customer rebate settlements using large volumes of complex data reliably and in a timely manner.
• Work closely with operational and cash teams to process customer rebate settlements through the financial year.
• Analyse customer rebate performance, identifying trends, risks and opportunities across key customer groups, deals and brands.
• Take ownership of the customer rebate reporting framework, identifying opportunities to improve data quality, controls, efficiency and automation including system implementation.
• Support in audits, compliance checks, and process improvement initiatives.
• Prepare ad hoc reports and presentations for senior management.

Key Skills & Experience:

• Previous experience in Finance Analyst, Management Accountant, or similar role, ideally within the construction supply, retail, or distribution sectors.
• Experience of managing, developing and motivating a small team.
• Studying towards or qualified in a professional accounting qualification (e.g., ACCA, CIMA, ACA).
• Advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, lookups).
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
• Strong analytical and commercial acumen.
• Experience working with external audit processes.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills – able to work with non-finance colleagues across multiple functions.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines in a fast‑paced environment.

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive Base salary
• Hybrid Working – 4 days at our Binley, Coventry office and 1 day WFH.
• Discretionary bonus
• Retirement savings plan
• Life assurance
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave for anyone expecting or adopting a child
• A wide range of voluntary benefits including holiday buying, discounted gym membership, car salary sacrifice scheme, Cycle2Work, Benenden Healthcare and more.
• Access to a wealth of health and wellbeing services including access to online GP appointments and mental health support.
• WorkPerks – A platform home to hundreds of all your favourite high street and online discounts via the provider Reward Gateway.

Why Choose Us?

• Quality - We’re unwavering in our commitment to providing outstanding products and service that exceed our customers’ expectations.
• Supportive Environment - Join a culture that prioritises your growth, with the resources and support you need to excel.
• We listen and learn – we know we haven’t always got all the answers – listening and learning with you is what helps provide the best service to our customers.
• You have a real chance to progress- the only limits are your own Explore our apprenticeships, training, and mentoring programs designed to elevate your career.
• Great Benefits – Enjoy a compelling package that includes a competitive salary, bonuses, pension schemes, and life assurance, among many other perks!
• Work-Life Balance – We value your well-being and offer flexible working hours and a hybrid working model to help you find your ideal rhythm

We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments to ensure you can perform at your best throughout the application and interview process.

#SBMUK - STARK Building Materials UK comprises 14 brands, including one of the UK’s leading builders’ merchants Jewson, along with JP Corry and Normans, specialist brands Minster and Jewson Civils Frazer, as well as major timber importer and distributor, International Timber.

With over 600 dedicated builders merchant branches and distribution centres, this makes us one of the UK’s largest retailers and distributors of building and construction materials.

However, more importantly, our dedicated team and the high-quality products we offer make us trusted, expert partners to the industry. Together, we give our customers hassle‑free access to the market‑leading, sustainable solutions they need to build responsibly for the future.

At STARK Building Materials UK, we are known for our building distribution, but in reality, it is our colleagues that drive our business forward. All around the UK, in our branches, warehouses and offices, our team give everything to make building better for our customers.

We value our customers, the communities we work in and the colleagues in our team, who collectively build our business to ever greater heights every day.

We strive to create a workplace where all colleagues feel safe and empowered to do their best and are comfortable to bring their true selves to work every day.

We are proud that we offer all our colleagues a great place to work.