Management Accountant

Management Accountant
Up to £45,500 pro rata plus excellent benefits (Work Level 6A)
Permanent & 12-month secondment/FTC opportunities available
Manchester City Centre (Hybrid)

We’re looking for two management accountants to join us in Manchester to help enable critical commercial decision-making that’ll drive the performance of Co-op Food Retail. The role come with an attractive salary and benefits package.

In this role, you’ll support the delivery of high-profile, continuous improvement projects, and provide valuable insights drawn from historical financial data to spot potential risks and opportunities.

To give you an idea of how this management accountant role will look and feel, here are some of the things you can expect to do:

• provide financial support to business budget owners, helping to ensure the accuracy of performance results that directly impact decision making
• provide robust financial control over the monthly management accounts, making sure that deadlines are met and delivered to a high standard
• utilise the appropriate balance sheet accounts to support forecasting and ensure that risks are understood and managed effectively

To apply for this management accountant role, you’ll need an ACA, CIMA, or ACCA qualification, or equivalent. You’ll also need:

• previous experience in preparing and/or reviewing balance sheet reconciliations and improving financial processes
• good communication skills, with the ability to engage with colleagues of all levels of seniority
• strong Microsoft Excel skills (e.g. VLOOKUPs and Pivot Tables)
• familiarity with accountancy systems such as SAP, Cedar and Cognos

Here you’ll do work that matters. We can offer you a competitive salary and great benefits package which includes 30% off Co-op branded products in our food stores (as well as other discounts on Co-op products and services), the Wagestream app – giving you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn it, and the YuLife app – rewarding you for exercising with discounts and vouchers for your favourite brands. You’ll also get:

• 28 days holiday pro rata (rising to 32 with service) plus bank holidays
• a pension with up to 10% employer contributions
• access to a subsidised onsite gym (at our Manchester HQ)
• coaching and training to support your career development

At Co-op, we’re proud to do things a different way. As one of the world’s largest co-operatives, owned by millions of members, community is at the heart of what we do. Since our Co-op was founded in 1844, we’ve had a clear social purpose, and everything we do as a business helps to build a fairer world for our members, customers, colleagues, and communities.

We’re actively building diverse teams and we welcome applications from everyone. If you have a disability, we can make reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process according to your needs. We're also part of the Disability Confident scheme, meaning we'll always offer an interview to disabled candidates who apply through the scheme if they meet the minimum criteria for a job.

We'll ask whether you’d like to be considered under the Disability Confident scheme when you apply.

If we invite you to take part in the recruitment process for any of our jobs, we’ll ask you if you need any reasonable adjustments to enable you to participate.

You can find out more about our recruitment process at jobs.coop.co.uk/apply-process

You can find out more about the Disability Confident scheme and all our commitments to diversity and inclusion at colleagues.coop.co.uk/diversity-inclusion-and-wellbeing

Please be aware that we may close applications for this role early