Management Accountant

Job description

We are Europe’s biggest and best golf retailer. From a single store in Ashton in Makerfield, we now have over 95 retail stores and leisure sites across the UK and Ireland and we’re still growing with the continued acquisition and development of our state-of-the-art leisure and golf complexes.

At American Golf our teams are unique, consisting of people that are passionate about our products and dedicated to providing the best possible service to our customers.

Responsibilities:

• Ownership of Overheads ledger ensuring General Ledger is maintained appropriately, including invoicing and expenses
• Liaise with the Management Accounts team to ensure all accruals/prepayments are posted by the 4th working day
• Prepare the monthly Group P &L file with commentary, as well as detailed variance analysis by business stream
• Prepare the monthly Management Accounts pack including P&L, Balance Sheet and Cashflow
• Review the P&L and Balance sheet and provide commentary for the monthly board pack issued to shareholders
• Completion of Month-end Balance sheet reconciliations (Prepayments, Debtors, Creditors)
• Review departmental costs to budget and provide commentary on variances to the relevant budget holders (specifically Marketing and IT)
• Provide business support to the Head of Marketing on the Marketing costs forecast.
• Review actual and planned to spend with the H of M and other departmental budget holders within the Marketing team to ensure alignment of this significant business cost
• Assist Head of Finance with the year-end audit, including providing information and answering queries from external auditors
• Assist Head of FPA in production of annual budgets as well as H2 forecasts. Bottom-up budgeting and development of models covering Store Costs, Distribution and Ecommerce
• Monthly Shrinkage accrual calculation and production of business shrinkage report for Loss Prevention Manager
• Ad hoc reporting requests including analysis of various business costs and performance analysis
• Use and develop BI to support business analysis
• Extensive use of Excel including formula’s (Sumifs, index’s) in order to develop business models

About you:

• Experience of prepayments/accruals and production of monthly management accounts
• Excellent organisational skills and the ability to prioritise own workload
• Ability to present data/information in an organised and logical manner
• Strong IT literacy, including knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel and proficient use of an ERP system
• Highly proactive and positive with a ’can do’ attitude

What will you receive:

• 25 days holiday excluding bank holidays
• Company bonus applicable
• A competitive salary with an uncapped commission scheme
• An extra day off to celebrate your birthday!
• Holiday purchase scheme
• Employee discount for you, your family and your friends
• Company incentives
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Life Assurance
• Company Pension Scheme
• Other fantastic benefits include Reward scheme, Denplan, Cycle to work and more.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join Europe’s Largest golf retailer and support our ongoing growth as a market leader. If you are interested in this position apply today!