Management Accountant
Elliotts is a family-owned builders merchant that’s been helping the south build since 1842. We’re in the business of doing great work with great people. Become part of our incredible team!
Job type: Full time
Hours: 40 hours per week (Monday to Friday)
Location: Head Office
About Elliotts
Elliotts is an independent builders’ merchant serving customers across the South of England. Founded in 1842, we remain family owned and focused on doing things properly.
We keep things straightforward - know our customers, work safely, deliver reliably, and support each other as a team. Decisions are made locally, close to the work.
The business is led by Tom, the great-great-great grandson of the founder. That long-term, hands-on approach shapes how we operate and how we look after our people.
Many of our team build long careers here. It’s a stable, supportive environment where people take pride in their work and back each other day to day.
About the role
We are looking for a talented Management Accountant to join our finance team as the right-hand person to the Financial Controller.
This is a broad, hands-on role at the heart of the business. You’ll own the management accounts, work closely with branches and departments to improve business performance and continuously look for ways to increase the effectiveness of the finance team.
If you’re looking to make a real impact in an ambitious business, we’d love to hear from you
Key responsibilities
Management Accounts
• Own production of the monthly accounts to tight deadlines, including consolidation of all group companies
• Provide clear analysis of performance to the senior team
• Complete balance sheet reconciliations, with discrepancies resolved promptly
• Maintain cashflow forecasting
Business Partnering & Cost Management
• Build trusted relationships with branches and other head office teams
• Deliver clear financial analysis to help the business understand and manage their costs
• Drive cost control across the business - challenge spend, identify savings opportunities and hold teams accountable to their commitments
• Support the business in all aspects of financial management, assessing what is required to run each department and evaluating the best way to procure it
• Produce business investment appraisals and analyse their impacts
• Maintain rolling forecasts of all business expenditure
Process Improvement & Systems
• Continuously look for ways to make processes more effective and efficient
• Maintain and improve the finance systems and procedures
• Implement and maintain controls to ensure all the underlying business finance systems are robust
• Maintain a deep understanding of the ERP system and how it works across the business
Regulatory Compliance
• Ensure all financial statutory requirements of the organisation are met
• Support the external audit, preparing schedules and liaising with the auditors
• Prepare and submit quarterly VAT returns and all other tax requirements
Other
• Provide support for the payroll where necessary
• Work with the operations team and branches to ensure stock counting is robust and losses are well understood and managed
• Support the Financial Controller and leadership team with any ad-hoc requests
About you
We are looking for someone who is:
• Proactive and hands-on, takes ownership and sees things through
• Confident and credible with non-finance managers and happy to challenge
• Strong analytical skills and communicator – can turn data into clear, practical insight
• Advanced Excel skills
• Well organised and comfortable managing multiple deadlines
• Solid working knowledge of all aspects of finance processes and accounting
• Experience of producing monthly accounts and balance sheets
• Familiarity with cost of sales analysis
• Experience with using finance systems
What's in it for you?
Competitive salary with regular performance reviews
Study support and paid study leave for part-qualified candidates
Annual profit share scheme
Pension scheme
24/7 wellbeing support
Enhanced Family leave - Maternity up to 6 months full pay, Paternity up to 4 weeks full pay
Unlimited training – sky’s the limit
Staff discounts
Christmas Hamper
Monthly Pizza on us
- Team
- Head Office
- Locations
- Head Office
Head Office
Perks of the job
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Unlimited training
There’s no cap on how much we’ll invest in your career. Join Elliotts and you’ll take ownership of your own development, with endless opportunities to learn, grow and develop. -
Profit Share
We run this business together, so when we do well, so do you! -
Family friendly
We offer our team enhanced pay for maternity and paternity leave. You’ll get 6 months full pay for maternity and 4 weeks full pay for paternity, going above and beyond the statutory requirements. We’ll even send you a baby hamper to celebrate the occasion.
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Team Trust Fund
We’ve also established a Team Trust Fund which aims to assist staff with a wide range of issues in a private and dignified manner, the door is always open and we support as much as we can. Whatever life throws at you, we’ve got your back.
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Pension contribution
We contribute 5.5% of salary to your workplace pension (2.5% above the government minimum)
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The little things
We’re running out of space…but whether it’s long service awards, payday pizza, recognition for a job well done, our famous Christmas hampers, staff discount or simply the friendly culture, we go the extra mile so you feel like a valued member of our incredible team.
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Wellbeing
The wellbeing of our teams is important to us and we provide a range of benefits to support you, including 24 hour access to GPs, confidential mental health support, physiotherapy as well as financial and wellbeing support when you need it.
What's it like at Elliotts?
One word comes up all the time. Friendly.
We’re not big on bureaucracy. But we ace ambition.
And when you need help, you’ll have some of the brightest, friendliest people at hand.
About Elliotts
Elliotts is a family-owned builders merchant that’s been helping the south build since 1842.
We’re in the business of doing great work with great people.
Become part of our incredible team!