Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Candy Kittens is a confectionery company creating gourmet sweets with no nasties. The Management Accountant partners with graze’s factory and supply chain functions, owning monthly performance reporting, forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis while providing financial insight and supporting strategic decision-making.
Responsibilities
- You prepare and deliver monthly financial performance reports for the factory and supply chain, highlighting risks, opportunities and the key trends of COGs and factory costs
- You run the monthly and quarterly forecasting process for factory and supply chain costs with the supply chain operations teams, and support budgeting and long-range planning across the business
- You analyse variances against budget and forecast, working with the team to understand drivers and providing clear recommendations and corrective actions
- You partner with Supply Chain, Operations and Product Development, acting as a trusted advisor to both finance and non-finance stakeholders
Skills
- A part qualified accountant (or equivalent) with experience in a factory or manufacturing finance role
- Strong analytical and financial modelling skills, ideally within FMCG, manufacturing or consumer goods
- A proactive, solutions-focused person with excellent attention to detail
- Confident building relationships and influencing stakeholders, both financial and non-financial
- ★Part qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA), or equivalent experience
- ★Strong analytical and financial modelling skills
- ★Excellent communication skills, able to present financial information in a simple and engaging way
- ★Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and experience using financial reporting systems
- ★Strong stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to challenge and influence senior leaders
- ★Previous experience in a factory finance or manufacturing finance role desirable
Benefits
- A dedicated diversity and inclusion employee resource group that you’re welcome to join
- Free healthy yummy snacks
- 25 days holiday, plus Bank Holidays
- One volunteering day and one health day each year on top of your annual leave allowance
- A pension
- A yearly discretionary bonus
- Private health insurance
- Access to Bippit, an all-in-one financial wellbeing platform, including personalized 1:1 coaching from a finance professional
- Learning sessions and support for formal qualifications
- Enhanced family-friendly policies including Maternity & Paternity Leave, Parental Leave, Undergoing IVF Treatment, Pregnancy Loss & Bereavement
- A flexible working policy allowing most employees to work from home, a sofa, a cafe, or anywhere with Wi-Fi for 3 days a week
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