Management Accountant

Management Accountant £40,000 - £48,000 Clitheroe & Hybrid Study Support Progression Opportunities

Axon Moore are pleased to be working on behalf of a successful manufacturing business based in Clitheroe who are looking to add a Management Accountant to their small finance team.

This role has responsibility for financial reporting, compliance and commercial analysis across e-commerce, retail and manufacturing. The role offers a fantastic opportunity for someone to come and make their mark and continue to develop their finance career in a rapidly growing business.

This role would be best suited to candidates who are keen to progress and are currently studying either their ACCA or CIMA qualifications with full study support on offer.

Key Responsibilities and Duties:

• Presentation of monthly management accounts to the Finance Director, ensuring the timely reporting and accuracy of the P&L, balance sheet and cash flow
• Ownership for month-end procedures and tasks to the agreed reporting deadlines ensuring the accuracy and integrity of the general ledger
• Business partner with commercial and operations teams to help prepare and monitor sales & expenditure for each budget holder
• Analyse margin and profitability by product line, channel and region
• Ownership cash flow reporting including variance analysis
• Maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders ensuring finance related tasks are dealt with effectively
• Maintain internal controls and ensure systems and processes scale appropriately as the business grows
• Line manage the small finance team to ensure the departments deliverables are achieved and provide mentorship and support as required
• Responsibility for accounting transactions ensuring independent review and corrections where necessary

Required Skills and Experience:

• Previous experience working with management accounts
• Studying towards a professional qualification (ACCA or CIMA)
• Technical knowledge of accounting, financial controls and compliance
• Proficient user of accounting software such as Xero, Quickbooks or Sage
• Experience within an SME or manufacturing environment desirable
• Strong communication skills, excellent organisational skills and resilient in adapting to change
• Advanced Excel skills

Benefits & Package:

• Starting salary up to £48,000 (depending on experience
• Full study support for ACCA/CIMA
• Hybrid and flexible working arrangements
• 33 days holiday
• Monday- Friday: 8:30am-5:00pm
• Employee discounts
• Annual staff wellness day- fully paid
• Heavily discounted gym membership
• Company pension scheme
• Monthly staff socials

"Our local Lancashire Axon Moore team recruit all accounting and finance roles from CFO to transactional finance on both a temporary and permanent basis. For more information about this role or our wider team, please see our website at INDFIN