Management Accountant

Management Accountant Leicester Full Time / Permanent £45,000 - £50,000 SF Recruitment are working with an instantly recognisable business who are looking for a Management Accountant to join their team on a full time, permanent basis. As the Management Accountant you will be responsible for analysing and presenting key financial & operational data, in an accurate and timely manner, to assist senior management in making critical business decisions in order to ensure business growth and long-term success. As the Management Accountant you will report directly to the Head Of Finance. The ideal Management Accountant will be a qualified accountant & ideally have experience within FMCG/Manufacturing. Key Responsibilities of the Management Accountant: - Business partnering with the operations team to obtain operational awareness and to influence business decisions. - Analysing operational performance, identifying areas for improvement - Responsible for reporting the weekly results including commentary to the senior leadership team in a timely manner. - Meetings with the Finance Director, Head of Finance and Finance Manager to discuss weekly results and any operational concerns. - Presenting the weekly results to the senior management team. - Reconciling material costs at month end, identifying and reporting on key variances in detail. - Establishing operational standards using both historic actual data and time and motion study. - Supporting the Finance Manager with the preparation of budgets and forecasts. - Adhoc tasks required buy the business. The Ideal Management Accountant will be: - ACCA/CIMA Qualified - Experience within Manufacturing / FMCG - Competent in producing accurate financial reports whilst meeting strict deadlines. - Highly numerate, with excellent attention to detail. - Excellent communication skills, demonstrating ability to communicate in a professional and effective manner at all levels. - Ability to manage, maintain and build effective business partner/stakeholder relationships. - ERP systems knowledge and advanced working knowledge of Microsoft Excel (Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP, SUMIF, INDEX/MATCH, VBA / Macro functions)