Company Overview
Greene King is a leading pub and brewing company with a proud heritage. We started as a small brewing business in 1799, based in the Suffolk market- town of Bury St Edmunds and have been brewing award-winning ales ever since. We brew some of the best-known and best-loved beers in the UK, including Greene King IPA, Old Speckled Hen and Abbot Ale. Over the last 200+ years we have continued to develop and expand significantly and have successfully acquired other brands and companies such as Old English Inns, Belhaven, Loch Fyne and most recently Spirit. Greene King now runs over 2,600 managed, tenanted, leased and franchised pubs, restaurants and hotels. You will find us in cities, towns and villages across England, Scotland and Wales. We operate three main business sectors: • Retail (Managed Pubs), including Hungry Horse, Farmhouse Inns, Chef & Brewer, Flaming Grill, Old English Inns, Belhaven and Local Pubs. • Pub Partners (Tenanted and Leased Pubs) • Brewing & Brands (Cask Ale & Premium Ale Brewing) We are focussed on delivering exceptional value, genuine service and consistent quality to all of our customers and this drives everything we do. Essentially, we want them to experience authentic hospitality and come away thinking that their time with us has been well spent.
About the job
Company Description
As a Management Accountant your role will be based from our Bury St Edmunds offices on an agile working basis (50%). Your role will be to perform month end accounting processes, prepare balance sheet reconciliations and be responsible for the deliver of high quality outputs and manage and interact with various stakeholders across the business.
Join us at Greene King the country’s leading pub company and brewer, where our mission is to pour happiness into lives and become the pride of great British hospitality. We have something special, deeply rooted in our 220-year brewing and pub history, creating the business we are proudly known for today. Still today our 39,000 strong team are the guardians of what’s wholly British, the pub experience.
Additional Information
We’re all about rewarding our team’s hard work, that’s why…
You’ll receive a competitive salary, pension contribution as well as:
- The chance to further your career across our well-known brands – as one of the industry’s top apprenticeship providers, we can provide training and development at each level of your career.
- Discount of 33% for you and 15% for your loved ones on all of our brands – so you enjoy your favourite food and drink at a discount.
- Free employee assistance program – mental health, well-being, financial, and legal support because you matter!
- Discount of 50% for you and 25% for your loved ones at our Greene King Inns and hotels. – so you can enjoy a weekend away without breaking the bank.
- Refer a friend – who do you know who could be interested in a new role? When they are placed, you could receive £1,500 for referring them!
- Wagestream – access your wage before payday for when life happens.
- Retail discounts – Receive up to 30% off at Superdrug, exclusive discounts with three mobile along with many more…
Job Description
This Advert will close on 17th January 2025
Your role as a Management Accountant…
- Perform month end accounting processes, ensuring the accuracy, integrity and completeness of financial information.
- Prepare balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring that all balances are supported, highlighting any risks or opportunities and actioning all differences in the control accounts promptly.
- Responsible for the delivery of high-quality reports, information and commentary to provide insights to enable the business to make effective strategic and operational decisions.
- Ensure that all processes and procedures are implemented in accordance with GAAP principles and comprehensively documented to establish a robust controls environment.
- Support the internal and external audit processes
- Maintain a detailed knowledge of source data, and the structure and use of financial information from core systems which feeds into the financial statements.
- Understand the impact of operational changes to procedures and core business systems to ensure correct accounting treatment and up to date posting books.
- Provide support to the Senior R2R Manager and COE Financial Controller on ad-hoc reporting and analysis.
What You’ll Bring…
- An inquisitive and curious nature that wants to learn and understand
- Ambitious proactive approach with a passion to develop personally and support company growth
- Professional in demeanour and able to demonstrate excellent attention to detail
- An effective communicator able to build strong and collaborative working relationships
- Have a flexible working ethos to meet the demands of the job & be adaptable to business change
- Able to make informed suggestions for improvements to processes and systems
- Problem solving skills, including taking ownership of problems through to resolution
- Highly motivated – able to work using own initiative or as part of a team
- Excellent planning and organisational skills to prioritise work and meet deadlines
- An excellent approach to customer service with the ability to manage expectations and conflicting priorities of key stakeholders
- Strong customer service ethos
Qualifications
- Qualified with a professional accounting qualification such as CIMA, ACCA or ACA is preferable. QBE will be considered.
- Experienced with finance and ERP software together with a strong knowledge of reporting tools such as Excel and PowerPoint (Power BI would be an advantage but not an essential)
- Experience with Cognos tools beneficial but not essential
- Large company experience is an essential
- Knowledge of the retail and hospitality industry is an advantage.
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