Technical Accountant

Manpower are currently seeking an interim Technical Accountant, to work with our global FMCG client The Magnum Ice Cream Company, renowned for brands such as Magnum, Ben & Jerry's, Cornetto and Wall's, and become an integral part of their fast-paced FMCG environment.

The position is based in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey. This is a full-time temporary until December 2026, requiring 36.25 hours per week, Monday to Friday. Compensation for this role is competitive, paying up to £62,500 per annum, pro rata, depending upon experience.

The role currently offers a mix of remote and onsite working, subject to adjustment based on business requirements.

The Magnum Ice Cream Company is now a standalone, independent, EUR 7.9 billion publicly listed company. We’re on a mission to create the ultimate snacking company. A place where growth, innovation, founder and ownership mentality, and performance are cultivated and rewarded. And where we craft extraordinary ice cream experiences - transforming ordinary moments into lasting memories. Because we know, life tastes better with ice cream.

The successful applicant will play a key role in the finance transformation project, supporting the transition from SAP to the SAP S/4

HANA ERP system and evaluating additional tools that integrate with S/4

HANA.

The Technical Accountant plays a critical role in this project, ensuring that global finance process designs are successfully adapted, validated, and deployed within the local statutory and regulatory environment. This role serves as the primary liaison between local finance subject matter experts and the global design teams, ensuring that all compliance, statutory, and controllership requirements are accurately captured and incorporated.

• Provide expert guidance on local statutory and regulatory requirements affecting core Finance processes, including revenue recognition, tax, accounts receivable, and accounts payable.
• Act as the single point of contact for all finance related localisation requests, ensuring appropriate routing and escalation of exceptions to the global design team.
• Coordinate with local SMEs to validate that all compliance needs are fully understood and aligned with the global process design.
• Participate in User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for statutory and controllership processes, ensuring local requirements are met and supporting issue resolution during Hypercare.
• Collaborate closely with the Wave Finance team to support statutory decision making and ensure alignment across deployment activities.

• Qualified accountant or equivalent experience with deep knowledge of local statutory and regulatory finance frameworks (e.g., revenue recognition, tax compliance, AR/AP).
• Strong ability to assess global fit to standard designs against local statutory requirements and elevate finance specific exceptions when necessary.
• Demonstrated experience consolidating inputs from GTM Finance and other finance SMEs to ensure accurate representation of compliance requirements.
• Familiarity with SAP and local finance systems; prior experience in finance transformation or large scale system deployments is highly desirable.