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<dt class="rm-fieldTitle">Description</dt><dd class="rm-fieldData"><p style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Management Accountant (Retail) | Cheshire | Competitive base salary, 25 days holiday, wide range of discounts and benefits | FMCG and Retail</strong></p><p style="font-weight: 400;">This is a large, well-known UK retailer with a strong brand and nationwide presence. Finance plays a central role in driving both operational efficiency and commercial decision-making, giving you visibility and impact across the business. The culture is fast-paced, collaborative, and entrepreneurial, ideal for someone who enjoys variety and being close to the action, rather than stuck in a back-office role.</p><p style="font-weight: 400;">It's an opportunity to develop in a complex, consumer-facing environment where your work has a clear link to business performance.</p><p style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>The Role:</strong></p><p style="font-weight: 400;">We are looking for a proactive and detail-driven Management Accountant to join a collaborative finance team. Reporting to the Finance Manager, you'll provide accurate, timely, and insightful reporting that supports decision-making across the wider business.</p><p style="font-weight: 400;" data-start="494" data-end="658">This role has a strong focus on labour cost analysis, helping operational leaders understand performance drivers and identify opportunities to improve efficiency.</p><p style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Key Responsibilities:</strong></p><ul style="font-weight: 400;"><li>Deliver accurate weekly reporting on wages and variance analysis.</li><li>Produce detailed breakdowns of wage costs across regions, areas, and stores, highlighting and explaining variances to budget.</li><li>Analyse the cost of servicing different sales channels (e.g. in-store and home delivery) from a labour cost perspective.</li><li>Carry out trend analysis on indirect wage lines, proactively identifying risks and opportunities.</li><li>Support the production of budgets and forecasts, including building the group wage budget from the bottom up and reporting weekly performance from the top down.</li><li>Reconcile wage control balance sheets, ensuring weekly pay postings align with monthly payroll.</li><li>Partner with workforce management and IT teams to analyse wage performance and drive improvements in reporting.</li></ul><p style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>About You:</strong></p><ul style="font-weight: 400;"><li>Qualified or part-qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).</li><li>Strong analytical skills and natural curiosity for problem-solving.</li><li>Advanced Excel skills; SQL/Azure knowledge desirable.</li><li>Experience with Microsoft D365 would be advantageous.</li><li>Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.</li><li>Commercial awareness with the ability to identify opportunities and add value.</li><li>Process-focused, with a drive to improve and streamline ways of working.</li><li>Self-motivated, responsible, and able to prioritise workload effectively.</li></ul><p style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>What's on Offer:</strong><strong> </strong></p><ul style="font-weight: 400;"><li>£45,000 - £55,000 + Package</li><li>25 days holiday + BH</li><li>Private Healthcare</li><li>Hybrid working</li></ul><p style="font-weight: 400;">Zachary Daniels and our client are both equal opportunity employers. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.</p><p>Zachary Daniels is a Niche, National & International Recruitment Consultancy. </p><p>Specialising in Buying, Merchandising & Ecommerce | Design, Technical, Wholesale & Production | Finance | HR & Talent | H&S & Compliance | Marketing, Digital & Technology | Property & Centre Management | Retail, Trade, Leisure & Wholesale Operations | Senior Appointments & Exec | Sales | Supply Chain & Logistics</p><p><strong>BBBH34431</strong></p></dd>
