Management Accountant

As a Management Accountant, you will be responsible in performing month end accounting processes, prepare balance sheet reconciliations and be responsible for the delivery of high-quality outputs and manage and interact with various stakeholders across the business. Working collaboratively with various teams across the business to deliver accurate and timely month end closes.

Join us at Greene King the country's leading pub company and brewer, where our mission is to pour happiness into lives and become the pride of great British hospitality. We have something special, deeply rooted in our 220-year brewing and pub history, creating the business we are proudly known for today. Still today our 39,000 strong team are the guardians of what’s wholly British, the pub experience.  

We’re all about rewarding our team’s hard work, that’s why…

You’ll receive a competitive salary, pension contribution as well as:

• The chance to further your career across our well-known brands – as one of the industry's top apprenticeship providers, we can provide training and development at each level of your career. 
• Discount of 33% for you and 15% for your loved ones on all of our brands – so you enjoy your favourite food and drink at a discount.
• Free employee assistance program – mental health, well-being, financial, and legal support because you matter!
• Discount of 50% for you and 25% for your loved ones at our Greene King Inns and hotels. – so you can enjoy a weekend away without breaking the bank.
• Refer a friend – who do you know who could be interested in a new role? When they are placed, you could earn £1,500 for referring them!
• Wagestream – access your wage before payday for when life happens.
• Retail discounts – Receive up to 30% off at Superdrug, exclusive discounts with three mobile along with many more…

Your role as Management Accountant 

• Ensure compliance with accounting standards and company policies.
• Handle ad-hoc projects and reports as required.
• Perform month end accounting processes, ensuring the accuracy, integrity and completeness of financial information.
• Prepare balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring that all balances are supported, highlighting any risks or opportunities and actioning all differences in the control accounts promptly.
• Responsible for the delivery of high-quality reports, information and commentary to provide insights to enable the business to make effective strategic and operational decisions.
• Ensure that all processes and procedures are implemented in accordance with GAAP principles and comprehensively documented to establish a robust controls environment.
• Support the internal and external audit processes
• Maintain a detailed knowledge of source data, and the structure and use of financial information from core systems which feeds into the financial statements.
• Understand the impact of operational changes to procedures and core business systems to ensure correct accounting treatment and up to date posting books.
• Provide support to R2R Managers on ad-hoc reporting and analysis.
• Help deliver change through support on refining and improving existing processes.

What you’ll bring… 

• Qualified accountant (ACCA / CIMA / ACA).
• Advanced Excel skills.
• Knowledge of Cognos-based tools desirable.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to prioritise workload to meet deadlines.
• Ability to influence behaviours and build rapport at all levels of the business.
• Experience in a medium/large company.