Senior Management Accountant

Description:

Company Description

Culina Group Limited, through its subsidiaries, provides logistics, warehousing, distribution, and other services for the food and drink industry in United Kingdom and Ireland. It provides chilled, ambient, contract packaging, and bonded logistics services, as well as value-added services, such as online visibility and systems integration, pallet management, and supply chain management.

Part of the Culina Group, Great Bear is the flexible, agile ambient 3PL alternative. We have built a strong reputation within the industry by fostering long-term relationships based on the core principal of customer service excellence. Our scale and capability allow us to deliver valuable solutions to our customers meeting their requirements and in turn, those of their customers.

Job Description

Due to continued growth, we are now seeking a Senior Management Accountant to join our Finance team at our Crick (DC420) site.  This role will cover multiple sites, Rugby And Crick, travel between the 2 sites will be needed.

The successful candidate will report to the Financial Controller and be responsible for the financial reporting for a number of client operations. Working closely with the operational teams and other key stakeholders, they will analyse the performance of the P&L, prepare budgets, forecasts and provide key financial information.

This is a full time, permanent position working Monday to Friday 8.30am to 5pm, offering a competitive salary and package with a forward thinking market leader.

Job responsibilities of Senior Management Accountant include:

Support and Manage a small team of finance colleagues
Oversee the weekly production P&L reporting for sites
Review weekly costings and KPI information to operational teams and head office
Creation and maintenance of accurate MI for the operational team
Supporting role in the preparation or review of monthly management accounts
Produce monthly review pack of financial and operational management information for discussion with customers at review meetings
Produce annual budgets and periodic forecasts
Ensuring customers are invoiced accurately, supporting role in receiving of cash to terms
Supporting role in site self-bill, subcontract and purchase ordering processes
Numerous finance related ad-hoc reports and project tasks as required
Travel between Great Bear Lutterworth and Great Bear Rugby with ad hoc travel to other Culina sites

Qualifications

As Senior Management Accountant you will possess the following skill, experiences and qualifications:

Experience in the logistics industry
Proven management experience
Qualified Accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) or QBE
Advanced Excel skills
Financial modeling experience
Attention to detail and analytical approach
Clear and succinct communicator at all levels
Experienced in accounts preparation, including journals, accruals, prepayments, depreciation and income deferral.
Questioning and enquiring approach with a real desire to seek out new methods that will allow more efficient provision of accurate financial data.
Comfortable working individually and as part of a team, sharing knowledge and improvement ideas for the benefit of the Company and its staff.
Hard working and flexible, with a strong commitment to meeting deadlines.
Ability to coach and mentor at different levels within the Company, to provide an understanding of finance to non –finance staff.

Additional Information

As part of our drive to make Great Bear a great place to work. We are proud to be an inclusive and diverse organisation where we are committed to employee development and recognising success for hard working performers.

Our dedicated learning and development programmes are open to every employee to give you the opportunity to shape your own future within logistics and continue to work in an environment where team culture thrives.

Our People are the driving force behind our success, which is why we offer a wide range of benefits which include:

Annual Leave – Competitive holiday entitlement of 25 days + 8 bank holidays
Company Bonus  – We do our best work to succeed together. When we achieve our goals you'll be rewarded through our bonus scheme
Private Medical Cover– This gives you peace of mind, you have choice, flexibility and speed of access to the most clinically appropriate care via Bupa
Pension scheme – we want colleagues to enjoy a comfortable retirements so we offer a great contribution of 5% employee and 8% employer
Life Assurance -  x4 your annual salary
Wellness – Via our Employee Assistance Programme we offer immediate access to a confidential telephone counselling and legal information service that operates 24 hours a days, 365 days a year
Eye Care Vouchers – We can provide you with substantial savings with free eye tests and discounts on prescription glasses
Reward & Recognition – We recognise that employees have gone the extra mile via Employee of the month and year, special recognition and long service awards.
Everyday discounts - via our benefit platform you will have access to over 50 retailer discounts for everyday savings!If you meet the requirements for the above role and are looking for your next career opportunity please apply now and become a part of our #WinningTeam