Management Accountant
Company Overview: The Airedale Group are the leading market design, installation, and maintenance provider for commercial kitchens in the UK hospitality and food service industry. We work alongside clients from the initial designs through to bespoke fabrication and installation. Coupled with the largest body of professional maintenance engineers in the country, we offer the complete end-to-end solution to our extensive client base. We have long-standing relationships with many of the biggest multi-site brands in the UK.
Job Overview: We are seeking a Management / Financial Accountant to lead financial accounting and reporting activities for two of our key business units. This role will play a critical part in maintaining robust financial control while supporting a system migration from Exchequer to Sage.
The successful candidate will demonstrate technical accounting expertise with strong stakeholder engagement skills. This role will take ownership of the month-end process, produce accurate and timely management accounts, and maintaining full responsibility for the P&L and balance sheet.
In addition, you will proactively identify opportunities to enhance financial reporting, improve insight, and support better decision-making across the business.
Key Responsibilities:
- Carry out data cleansing activities to ensure the accuracy and integrity of financial data ahead of ERP migration
- Ensure continuity of financial data during system transition
- Lead all financial accounting and reporting activities for the Airedale Catering and Caterform business units
- Manage month-end close, including journals, accruals, and reconciliations
- Produce accurate and timely management accounts and financial reports
- Provide variance analysis and insightful commentary on financial performance
- Assist operational stakeholders to support key decision-making
- Contribute to process improvements and strengthen financial controls
- Support project accounting activities, including cost tracking and reporting
- Working with and supporting the accounts payable
Experience Required:
- Strong technical accounting background (essential)
- Fully or part-qualified accountant (e.g. ACCA, CIMA, ACA)
- Proven experience in financial accounting and reporting roles
- Experience in project accounting environments is desirable
- Demonstrated ability to manage month-end processes independently
- Experience with ERP systems; exposure to Exchequer ERP and/or Sage Intacct desirable
- Strong Excel and financial systems skills
- Excellent communication skills with ability to engage stakeholders
- Previous experience within manufacturing or project led industries would be highly advantageous.
The Airedale Group is expanding rapidly, employing circa 750 people across multiple locations in the UK. This is a fantastic time to be joining the business with opportunities for career progression.