Senior Management Accountant - Great development opportunity to Group level role

Crosby Fields HR Limited; Greater Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading artisan food company seeks a Senior Management Accountant to provide financial leadership across its brands. In this hybrid role based in Greater Manchester, you will drive cost analysis, lead budgeting, and support reporting structures. Candidates should have over 5 years in FMCG and be fully qualified accountants. Join a respected group focusing on quality and craftsmanship, with competitive compensation and growth opportunities.

Benefits

Hybrid working flexibility

Competitive salary

Long-term progression opportunities

Qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience in FMCG or food manufacturing.
• Strong understanding of cost of goods, margins, and P&Ls.
• Proactive communicator who builds trust across functions.

Responsibilities

• Drive cost and margin analysis across diverse product lines.
• Lead group-wide budgeting and financial planning.
• Produce monthly management accounts and performance reports.

Skills

Financial analysis

Cost and margin analysis

Commercial insight

Excel

Communication

Education

Fully qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA, ACA)

Tools

Sage 200

Power BI

Job description

Overview

Senior Management Accountant – FMCG / Artisan Food Manufacturing

Hybrid (2 days/week at Bury, Greater Manchester; 3 days remote)

Type: Full-time, Permanent

As a key SeniorManagement Accountant, you'll provide financial leadership across all three core companies in the Panicium Food Group:

• Margaret Hall Limited (Margaret’s Country Kitchen) – bakery cakes, biscuits, tarts
• Binghams Food Limited – specialist potted meats and spreads
• The Bury Black Pudding Company – leading UK black pudding producer

You’ll help shape strategy and performance across this dynamic, artisan food group—delivering the cost insight, margin analysis, and financial rigor that underpin growth.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Drive cost and margin analysis across diverse product lines, brands, and channels
• Lead group-wide budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning
• Support ERP-integrated group reporting structure implementation
• Offer commercial insight to enhance pricing, margins, and profitability
• Identify and implement cost efficiencies and better finance-sales processes
• Produce monthly management accounts, KPI dashboards, and performance reports
• Partner with commercial and ops teams across all group companies

What We’re Looking For

• Fully qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA, ACA)
• 5+ years’ experience in FMCG, food manufacturing, or fast-moving consumer products—where you’ve understood how cost of goods, margins, and P&Ls operate in high-volume environments. This is essential.
• Strong commercial mindset capable of influencing beyond the numbers
• Excellent Excel and financial analysis skills
• ERP/reporting tool experience (e.g. Sage 200, Power BI) is beneficial, but not essential
• A proactive, hands-on communicator who builds trust across functions

What You’ll Get

• A senior, multi-brand role shaping financial performance across three artisan food businesses
• Hybrid working flexibility (Bury office + remote)
• Opportunity to build and enhance reporting systems and processes from scratch
• Be part of a respected, expanding UK food group with a focus on quality and craftsmanship
• Competitive salary and friendly team
• Long-term progression as the group grows into a Group level role