Management Accountant - London

We have an exciting opportunity for a Management Accountant to join the UK’s largest specialist wine retailer!

Who are we?

Majestic is the UK’s largest specialist wine retailer, operating a network of over 200 stores nationwide. Founded in 1980, the company recently passed back into private ownership following the acquisition of Fortress Investment Group and has undergone an ambitious transformation and turnaround programme. The results of which are now being seen, with record market share growth, a new and improved product range, a new website and six new stores – with a pipeline for future expansion over the next five years. With no minimum purchase, the Majestic range includes over 1,100 different wines, spirits and beers both online and in-store. Majestic’s key strength is over 1,000 WSET-trained colleagues offering knowledgeable, friendly service across all channels.

The Role:

Responsible for a preparation of the management accounts for the Majestic Group entities. You will be part of a talented and committed finance team, employing your first class technical and communication skills to drive a high-performance culture: doing the basics brilliantly and adding value to your business partners through developing strong working relationships, great storytelling, innovative ways of serving customers and supporting data-led, commercial decision-making

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the budget and  reforecast process, ensuring they are completed to a high level of accuracy, ensuring results are fully explained and all deadlines are achieved
• Analyse, monitor, and drive awareness of expenses, generating opportunities to manage these down when needed
• Create compelling ways to communicate financial performance to the wider business, driving engagement & profitable growth
• Provide routine and ad-hoc analysis to support all areas of the business
• Work collaboratively with counterparts across the Business to share methods of best practice and identify areas for improvement.
• Responsible for month end close activities and reporting within business deadlines. WD4.
• Maintaining balance sheet accounts, reconciled and clean within reporting deadline and with supporting data.
• All income statement accounts analysed and explained for business areas using SEI reporting.
• Compile monthly results, financial & non-financial KPIs across the Business.
• Update business areas on Board Pack by WD4.
• Provide support for annual statutory audit and  tax process.
• Provide cover and support for counterparts within the Financial Reporting team.
• Any other activities required to complete role.

Knowledge & Skills Required:

• Qualified accountant or studying for a  recognised accountancy qualification (such as AAT/ACA/ACCA/CIMA etc.) with ideally 3-4 years experience in the UK.
• Sage/SEI experience desirable
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to summarise and explain processes clearly and concisely
• Excellent attention to detail and high degree of accuracy
• Well organised and effective person with good time management and prioritisation skills
• A self-starter and motivated person, who can demonstrate initiative and able to work independently when needed
• Eager to take responsibilities and take initiative
• Ability to demonstrate what good looks like and maintain robust balance sheet reconciliations
• High level of spreadsheet modelling ability (e.g. lookup functions, pivot tables) desirable.
• Good communication skills with the confidence and credibility to interact with senior management.

What’s in it for you:

• A competitive salary & performance related bonus
• Up to 20% Staff Discount
• 33 days holiday, including public and bank holidays and we also have a Holiday Purchase Scheme
• Life Assurance (Worth 3 times your annual salary)
• A contributory Company Pension Plan
• Career development opportunities – we are passionate about nurturing our internal talent, offering career progression supported by our excellent in-house training schemes!
• Fantastic incentives that take you around the world to explore our different vineyards.
• Free parking on site with electric charging points
• Access to Retail Trust which includes: Retail Rewards including Instant savings with discounted e-vouchers, discounted reloadable shopping cards, gift vouchers and gift cards, Discounts of up to 30%, Access to free counselling and support phone line
• Company maternity, paternity and adoption leave after 26 weeks
• Long service rewards.
• Company sick pay scheme

Job Specifics:

• Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract
• Location: Watford and Hemel Hempstead. Our Head Office is based in Watford, just 20 minutes from London Euston. From Watford Junction, we are a 15-minute walk to our Head Office.

We are proud to offer a new Agile Working Policy for Support Centre colleagues; a blend of office and home working which will include a number of days working at the Majestic Office

We look forward to receiving your application! Together we are Majestic! #TWAM

On the occasions where we have high volumes of applicants, some roles may close earlier than the advertised end date in order for us to manage all of the applicants appropriately. We will only be able to offer individual feedback to those candidates who attend an interview