Creating original and innovative luxury soft toys, Jellycat combines luxurious fabrics with quirky and cute designs and sells its products online and via stockists throughout the UK, Europe and the rest of the world.
We are currently seeking a Senior Management Accountant to join our Finance team. Reporting directly to the Financial Controller,the Senior Management Accountant will play a key role in providing financial insights to various departments within the company and ensuring that the month-end accounts are prepared each month, adding insight and efficiencies along the way. The successful candidate will be a key contributor to our company's financial success and will have the opportunity to make a significant impact on our growth and profitability.
You'll be:
Preparation of Management Accounts
• Working closely with the Financial Controller and the financial accounting team at month-end to close the books within 5 working days.
• Leading the preparation of the monthly profit and loss statement, including variance analysis, ensuring that balances are reviewed for accuracy.
• Reviewing departmental P&Ls and spend, analysing actuals against budget/forecast, and providing insightful commentary on variances to the FC/FD and senior leadership.
• Analysing financial data to identify trends, discrepancies, and opportunities for cost optimisation.
• Working closely with FP&A to ensure accurate budgeting and forecasting processes, providing useful insights into actuals.
• Preparing the monthly reporting pack on a timely and accurate basis, providing insightful analysis and commentary on Jellycat for FC/FD review.
Financial Analysis and Reporting
• Supporting the commercial finance and FP&A teams with ad hoc financial analysis to support departments or key projects, ensuring good cost control practices and enabling operational decision-making.
• Conducting in-depth variance analysis to provide actionable insights to management.
• Overseeing the reconciliation of sales reporting to BI reports and investigating discrepancies.
• Providing insights and recommendations for cost reduction, revenue enhancement, and profit optimisation.
Management and Coaching
• Mentoring and guiding your direct reports, fostering their professional development.
• Coaching the junior accounting team on the preparation of monthly accruals, prepayments, and similar accounting entries.
• Educating more junior accountants in performing commercial analysis on the numbers and helping them understand how their work fits into the 'bigger picture'.
• Reviewing work done by more junior members of the team to ensure accuracy.
• Identifying areas for streamlining processes and ways of working.
Team Management and Collaboration
• Leading, managing, and mentoring the management accounting team, fostering their development and growth within the company.
• Collaborating closely with FP&A, Commercial Finance, Accounts Payable, Credit Control, and other departments to deliver seamless financial operations and insights.
Other Areas
• Supporting the financial accounting team with the audit process, providing necessary support or documentation.
• Getting involved with various projects and ad hoc work as requested by senior management or other departments to assist the wider business.
• Supporting the financial accounting team in maintaining and improving internal controls and ensuring compliance with relevant accounting standards and local laws/regulations.
• Ensuring compliance with financial regulations and accounting standards, keeping up to date with changes in legislation or best practices.
• Continuously improving financial processes and reporting systems to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and the overall effectiveness of financial operations.
You'll have:
• Previous experience in management accounting and financial analysis.
• At least 3+ years PQE in management accounting, financial analysis, or related roles, and be either qualified or part-qualified.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to develop robust relationships across the business at all levels.
• Experience in managing people and demonstrate a willingness and desire to mentor, guide, and develop your team.
• The ability to work proactively andeffectively in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience in international wholesale (B2B) and e-commerce business models.
• A detail-oriented mindset with a focus on accuracy and efficiency in managing financial data and transactions.
• Strong commercial awareness, be analytical, and possess a high degree of numeracy.
• Post-qualification experience as a fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CPA, CIMA).
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