Senior Management Accountant

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Role:Senior Management Accountant

Location:Blackburn, BB1 2FA

Hours:Full-Time / Permanent

Salary:Negotiable

Who are EG Group?

EG Group is a leading global independent fuel station and convenience retail operator with operations at over 5,600 sites across Continental Europe, the United Kingdom, North America and Australia.

The Group has enjoyed significant growth, with 2019 revenues in excess of €20bn (surpassing €25bn including the full year impact of acquisitions). The Group provides grocery, merchandise, fuel and food service to consumers through partnerships with global brands including Starbucks, Subway, Spar, Greggs, KFC and Burger King.

What will my role look like?

Our Finance Team is expanding and we have an exciting opportunity available for a Senior Management Accountant as part of the Australian Division!

In this role you will be required to provide accounting support within the Finance team, to ensure key financial close and day to day activities are complete in a robust and timely manner. The role will also act as a key supporting role for Financial Controller but also play a key role in the development of Management Accountants and Assistant Management Accountants.

What would my main responsibilities be?

• Work with various stakeholders which are based in UK and Australia to support the development of understanding of key business processes and develop commercial and operational understanding
• Ownership of key audit deliverables for responsible areas
• Provide Financial Controller with concise, and clear updates and ensure all issues are escalated in a timely manner
• Support Financial Controller in ensuring strong month end controls and adherence to deadlines to support wider group reporting requirements
• First point of review for work performed by management accountants and assistant management accountants including monthly balance sheet reconciliations
• Lead process of process documentation and controls for all assigned areas and ensure consistency across all documented processes
• Maintain and improve standardisation of tasks and processes
• Management and development of Management Accountants and assistant Management accountants
• Supporting the understanding and investigation of variance analysis relating to actuals vs budgets and forecasts and with the commercial team in Australia
• Work closely with the Financial Controller to develop strong cross functional partnerships across various departments (Transactional Shared Services, Commercial and IT), documenting minutes and actions of key discussions
• Assisting in key stages of system implementations/upgrade programmes
• Ownership of systems testing in SAP and Envoy across responsible areas
• Other Adhoc projects
  
  

Candidate Requirements

• Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA)
• Accounting/Finance Degree
• Organisational skills
• Ability to prioritise
• Strong communication skills (verbal and written)
• Ability to adapt and respond to changing priorities
• Strong Excel Skills
  

What’s in it for me?

EG Cares is our benefits & rewards scheme, it’s our way of saying thank you to our EG family in recognition of the continued support and commitment you deliver every day.

Competitive Annual Leave- We know our employees work hard so we offer competitive annual leave allowances so you can enjoy well deserved time off work!

Work Anniversary Awards- We appreciate how loyal our employees are and to say thank you we reward colleagues when you hit milestones!

Employee Discounts -You will be entitled to 15% off our food-to-go brands and 10% our retail stores, not only this our EG Cares platform entitles you to exclusive discounts at a variety of clothing / retail stores, restaurants, cinemas and much more!

Free Parking- We have free onsite parking at our Head Office in Blackburn which is safe and secure with 24hr CCTV!

Waterside Cafe- With the opening of our new head office we are revolutionizing lunch time with a state of the art employee area for colleagues to relax, dine and unwind. In house Chefs will freshly prepare meals from a large menu incorporating a variety of different cuisines which will change daily, and meals will be provided at incredibly low prices!

Cycle to Work Scheme- We care about your health and encourage employees to cycle to work, we can help you save money on a new bicycle!

Employee Assistance Programme- Telephone counselling and confidential support for personal / legal / medical / health and wellbeing issues is now available 24/7 for our employees through our EG Cares Employee Assistance Programme!

Death in Service-At EG Group, we believe employees can be their best when they feel supported and have benefit plans that give them security and peace of mind!

Learning & Development -We are committed to helping you develop new skills to be the best version of you!

Our People -You will work alongside our amazing employees, have fun and be a part of our family!

Free Eye Test -As a valued EG Employee you will be eligible to receive a free eye examination every two years!

Progression & Career Opportunities -We look to promote and progress our employees within the business and we are very passionate about internal progression! As the business expands it opens new opportunities for growth… the opportunities really are endless with Euro Garages

Compassionate Leave -We care about our employees and offer 3 days paid compassionate leave