Management Accountant

Overview

We’re looking for a commercially minded Management Accountant to play a hands-on role in the day-to-day performance of this multi-site, Hospitality business. This position sits close to operations, partnering with site leaders and the wider support team to drive insight, control costs, and improve decision-making.

The role goes beyond month-end — you’ll be involved in analysing trading performance, supporting budgets and forecasts, and helping translate numbers into clear, practical actions for non-finance stakeholders. It’s well-suited to someone who enjoys being embedded in the business, building relationships, and having real influence on operational outcomes.

• End-to-end management accounting.
• Produce and review the management accounts for 6 legal entities, ensuring accuracy and completeness, with variance analysis vs plan and prior year, including commentary on performance.
• Perform month-end GL journal postings.
• Reconcile balance sheet accounts and prepare balance sheet reconciliations.
• Reconcile sales against relevant systems to ensure accuracy.
• Review and approve the weekly payment run and manage cash flow reporting and forecasting.
• Produce weekly reports.
• Review overheads with Senior Operations management periodically.
• Support the business in forecasting and budgeting processes as required.
• Assist the Financial Manager with financial analysis and the annual audit process as needed.
• Review 4-weekly payroll reports and prepare detailed journals for posting/accruals.
• Liaise with store and operations teams as required.

• Experience preparing management accounts, posting month-end journals and reconciling the balance sheet.
• Experience in a Hospitality, Leisure, or FMCG setting, ideally multi-site.
• Ability to resolve problems using own initiative and an eye for financial opportunities.
• Strong organisational skills and able to work independently, manage and prioritise a busy and varied personal workload, often working to challenging deadlines.
• A team player with a flexible, "can-do" attitude, taking initiative to solve problems.
• Experience with SAGE
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