Site Accountant

Location: Milton Keynes

Salary: up to £45,000 per annum

Adelie Foods is the UK’s leading Food to Go business, supplying the UK retail and foodservice sectors with an unrivalled portfolio of consumer insight-led chilled food product. From its four manufacturing locations and seven distribution centres across the country, Adelie supplies a diverse range of retail and foodservice customers with over 3,000,000 fresh sandwiches and 250,000 salad packs every single week.

We are currently recruiting for a Site Accountant to be based in our Manufacturing site in Milton Keynes.  

As a Site Accountant you will be responsible for managing the financial reporting and analysis for the site and business partner the Site General Manager and his team.

Key responsibilities:

• Prepare and analyse weekly material usage and labour performance for the site and make recommendations for improvements
• Review and analyse daily material usage and labour performance for the site and make recommendations for improvements
• Prepare month-end results and analyse performance versus budget
• Lead reviews of overhead with site management to ensure accountability is in place
• Ownership of the financial control processes on site and ensure adherence to these processes by the site team
• Ownership of the site balance sheet accounts and preparation of monthly reconciliations
• Lead the budgeting and forecasting processes for the site and assist the Site Manager in building, reviewing, analysing and approving the site budgets and forecasts
• Manage, develop and coach one direct report

This role is a full-time, working 40 hours per week.  The shift pattern is Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 5pm however some flexibility would be required during peak periods.

The ideal candidate:

• Experience working in a manufacturing environment, preferably FMCG;
• Newly qualified or part qualified accountant (ACA, CIMA, ACCA);
• Very good understanding of all elements of financials in the operation (manufacturing) part of the business (desireable)
• Strong financial accounting and analysis skills;
• Very good understanding of financial systems and controls;
• Experience providing financial support to senior management;
• Experience reporting into a group structure

In return for your time & hard work

• Salary, up to £45,000 per annum
• 33 Days annual leave (including bank holidays)
• Pension scheme
• Life Assurance
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Free parking on site

Interested? Apply Now!

Adelie Foods confirms its commitment to equality of opportunity in all areas of its work. All individuals will be treated in a fair and equal manner and in accordance with the law regardless of gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation.