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
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