Senior Management Accountant – Blackburn

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly management accounts for various business units within GAP.
• Reconcile, analyse, and interpret large data sets, including sales, cost of sales, margin, stock, debtors, and creditors.
• Manage reconciliations of significant stock transactions and resolve any discrepancies and multiple systems and multiply physical sights.
• Manage group stock reconciliations and intercompany stock movements.
• Collaborate with different departments to communicate financial results and enhance operational efficiencies.
• Conduct in-depth margin analyses and review profit and loss statements with supporting commentary.
• Execute full balance sheet reconciliations backed by comprehensive working papers.
• Assess balance sheet items and make necessary provisions as required.
• Mentor trainee accountants in established accounting processes.
• Support the Financial Controller as needed.

Requirements

• CIMA/ACCA Qualified or qualified by relevant experience (QBE).
• Proven track record as a Management Accountant, preferably within the manufacturing sector.
• Experience in preparing management accounts for businesses with a turnover of £100 million or more.
• Proficiency in handling and analysing large data sets with strong skills in reconciling high transaction volumes.
• Capability to investigate and resolve stock reconciliation challenges effectively.
• Strong analytical skills focused on financial improvement and operational efficiencies.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including pivot tables, VLOOKUP, and complex formulas.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Experience producing management accounts for a £100mill+ business
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including pivot tables, VLOOKUP, and complex formulas
• Experience working large number of stock transactions, preferably across multiple systems and physical sites
• Experience working with large data sets and financial modelling.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to analyse complex financial data and derive insights.
• Excellent communication skills, capable of presenting financial information to both finance and non-finance stakeholders.
• Detail-oriented, with strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities effectively.

Benefits

• Competitive salary ranging up to £65,000 per annum for the right experience.
• Opportunities for professional development and career progression.
• Opportunity for the role into a management role and become the right-hand person to the FC.
• Supportive and collaborative work environment.

We are an equal-opportunity employer

Diversity and inclusion are essential to us at GAP and we encourage a culture where everyone can be themselves at work. We value and actively seek out a richly diverse range of talent. Our policies ensure that every job applicant and employee is treated fairly and with equal opportunity to succeed.