Management Accountant (Operations)

Role: Management Accountant (Operations)

Career Step Level: Step level 3

Location: Blyth, Worksop (Hybrid: 3 days in office, 2 from home)

📣 A bit about the role.

We’re looking for a hard-working, ambitious and skilled Management Accountant to join our fantastic Operations Finance team based at our Fresh pet food production & fulfilment site in Blyth, Doncaster.

The Operations Finance Team is responsible for the numbers coming out of the facility, and oversees the controls around core cost inputs such as stock movements, direct labour utilisation and factory overheads whilst also helping to ensure the appropriate return on investment on CAPEX. Success here means consistently bringing about incremental improvement in our numbers by spotlighting sources of slippage, unlocking insight-backed opportunities and surfacing potential risks that may derail the site’s numbers from hitting plan so they can be effectively mitigated.

This role will report directly into the Finance Manager (operations) and is responsible for management accounting and reporting activities relating to the site, and will partner closely with both the other members of the Finance team across our Group and International teams, as well as site Management.

In this role, you can expect to:

• Demonstrate foundational excellence in day-to-day accounting and period end activities, across the P&L and balance sheet
• Own production the of weekly KPI reporting, providing valuable insight to Operations & Procurement teams to drive consistent improvement in our production processes and unit economics
• Play a key role in role in maintaining highly accurate stock accounting and reporting, in partnership with supply chain
• Investigate and report on variances to budget in site running costs and overheads
• Drive technology and systems improvement projects, in an AI enabled environment
• Implement robust controls around key processes and cost inputs, and ensure they are adhered to
• Collaborate with International manufacturing and fulfilment sites to ensure consistency in processes and reporting

👋 A bit about you.

• Qualified CIMA / ACCA / ACA or equivalent with 2 years PQE (or equivalent)
• Solid experience within Manufacturing, Retail or FMCG will be hugely beneficial
• SAP/SAP B1 experience desirable
• Strong communicator & collaborator
• Have a deeply curious mindset and thrive in a fast- paced, high growth environment
• A self-starter with a 'can do’ attitude and exceptional attention to detail
• Love of pets!

🐶 A bit about us.

At Butternut, we put the food back into dog food. We believe dogs deserve to eat the healthiest, most natural and tastiest food with none of the nasties. That’s why we make freshly prepared dog food. Cooked like you would at home. Delivered in perfect portions.

As a B-Corp certified company; you can be sure you are joining a sustainable company who care about our people, product and our impact on the environment.

Our goal is to help dogs live healthier, happier and longer lives whilst leaving humans smiling after every interaction. We’ve come a long way since our co-founders (Kev & Dave) hand-delivered the first Butternut Box, we now feed a lot of dogs across the UK - but we want to feed dogs everywhere. And to do this, we need a team of brilliant people who share that ambition to come and work with us.

🥳What's In It For You?🥳

• Enjoy 257.5 hours of holiday per year (equivalent to 33 days holiday)*
• Plus an extra day for each year of service (up to 5 days).*
• 39 hours of pre-booked paws days to support good wellbeing and self care.* (equivalent to 5 days)
• Unlock a £500 annual budget for personal learning and development.
• Get discounted Private Medical Insurance with Axa Healthcare.
• Enhanced parental leave
• Get discounted Private Medical Insurance with Axa Healthcare.
• Discounted Gym membership with “MyGymDiscounts” helping you stay fit and healthy
• Satisfy your taste buds with subsidised food from a variety of street food vans, and of course, pay day pizza!
• Treat your furry friend with an employee discount on Butternut Box.
• Say goodbye to parking woes with free parking and electric car charging.
• Team socials & events
• Prepare for adorable office dog overload—meet Cleo, Paxo, Cali, Ronnie, Harvey, Milo, and many more!

*Holidays and Paws days are pro-rata for those working part time or job share

❗️A few things to note:

This is a full-time, Monday to Friday position. The role follows a hybrid (3 days in office and 2 days remote) standard office hours 9am-5pm with some flexibility when needed.

Butternut Box is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity and inclusion. We welcome people of different nationalities, backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives.

As our business has grown so has our responsibility to our community, our planet and our business. We are not perfect, but we are committed to doing business the right way and continually improving our social and environmental performance.

We're not afraid of putting extra weight on candidates from underrepresented groups. We want strong, diverse teams built from different backgrounds, experiences, and identities. We're ready for the ongoing work that goes into building an inclusive, supportive place for you to do the best work of your career, if it makes your application easier for you please feel free to complete the application form in your native language, we are really happy to translate it afterwards.

We are not looking for external agency support with this role.

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