pladis Global
FP&A Accounting Manager
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Accounting Manager - UK&I SG&A & Month-End Close
Join an ambitious global biscuits and confectionery business investing heavily in iconic global brands, infrastructure, and people
"Pride in baking stems from pride in our ingredients — whether they’re sweet grains like sugarcane or grains of flour, saying respect to tradition is our way of ensuring premium quality for every bite of happiness we create."
We are searching for the next Accounting Manager to become an owner and custodian of our month-end close processes and SG&A accounting for UK&I. As a purpose-led, entrepreneurial spirit who thrives in accountable environments, you will demand discipline, drive measurable improvement, and partner closely with users across Finance, HR, and IS to ensure costs are clearly understood and controlled.
About the Role
Role Purpose
The Accounting Manager sits within the FP&A team, owning end-to-end accountability for:
- UK&I month-end close
- SG&A accounting
- FP&A Analyst day-to-day management, specialising in Direct Marketing spend
Acting as finance owner for SG&A costs, you will stand between technical accounting judgement and commercial clarity, ensuring P&L integrity through robust process ownership, cross-functional business partnering, and confidence-building insights.
Accountabilities:
- Leading month-end close and UK&I SG&A accounting
- Partnering with HR and IS to validate financial controls
- Collaborating with Cost Centre Managers, HR, IS, and Finance teams to explain spend, identify trends, and reinforce operational efficiency
- Managing internal/external audits with detailed substantiation of accounting decisions
Key Responsibilities
1. Month-End Close Leadership
- Own and coordinate UK&I month-end close, ensuring timely, high-quality outputs and strong financial discipline.
- Lead day-to-day close execution, including management of the offshore Management Accounting team:
- Assign clear ownership, sequencing, and deadlines
- Safeguard predictable processes and ensure high review/approval standards
- Adhere to group accounting policies while resolving escalations pragmatically.
- Drive continuous improvement in close efficiency, quality, and disciplined workflows to:
- Ensure neat, well-controlled actual-to-forecast bridges
- Eliminate close surprises and reliance on post-period fixes
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2. SG&A Accounting Ownership & Business Partnering
- Owning SG&A accounting transactions:
- Complete and correctly classify costs
- Verify aligned actuals vs. forecasts/plans
- Act as Finance lead with HR/IS to:
- Provide forecast transparency and challenge spend variances
- Account for accruals, prepayments, provisions/estimates
- Audit material trend movements in relation to prior periods/forecasts
- Apply accounting judgement consistently and commercially for robust SG&A P&L outcomes
3. P&L Integrity, Review & Governance
- Ensure clear SG&A cost ownership and enterprises understanding of discretionary spend
- Reinforce cost discipline across Cost Centre Managers via challenging trends/board presentation required
- Drive consistent (‘no rerunning’) behaviour:
- Provide line management for FP&A Analyst (Direct Marketing emphasis)
- Facilitate structured 1:1s, objective-setting, and performance reviews
- Maintain documentation integrity for key judgements, estimates, and cost allocations
4. Controls, Standards & Best Practice
- Structure accounting controls permeating through:
- SG&A accounting standards, review approval workflows
- Documentation/Audit-substantiation processes
- Share best practice across Accounts Payable, AP Teams & FP&A, reducing dependency risks
- Partner with Internal Auditors/Controls Teams for sustainable remediation
Key Working Relationships
- Direct whole-life reporting to FP&A Manager
- FP&A Director day-to-day support and proactive Islam/change direction
- Line-managed by CFO process owner
- Interfaces with External Audit (significant SG&A footnotes)
Internal Stakeholders:
Coworker-level: (Wide) FP&A Team, internal/offshore accounting Leadership: HR, IS/Insight, Finance Transformation Management Reporting (month-end/annual BO):
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Skills & Experience
Essential:
✅ Qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA or equivalent) ✅ Demonstrated P&L accounting knowledge + strong month-end close experience ✅ Proven track record leading_outsourced/offshore accounting teams ✅ Sophisticated erudition of SG&A-heavy environments, including (where not by luck) conformity with SOX-like regulators. ✅ Practice applying constructive challenge, balancing technical rigour with business understanding ✅ Ability to articulate finance from CFO, submitting CPRs clearly to both tech and non-final stakeholders.
Desirable but not required:
✨ ERP experience (SAP preferred) or BPC integration exposure ✨ Line management skills: whatever manager-tee track record, especially in messy workflows ✨ Otherwise flexible office hours (rotational 25/5 rota core-hours flexibility)
What Success Looks Like
By Month-End:
- Efficiency, predictable close
- Trusted whatever results from finance & function leaders
Sustainably:
- HGK SR-SG&A & FP&A is clean and explainable – no surprises
- Variances are re-audited early and explained constructivelyat source
- Best practice scope shared > individually dependent
- Line manager is happy enough to coach fuel performance expectations, supported by problem-solving on Direct Marketing write-ups
Diversity Notice
pladis operates an Equal Opportunity Employer policy where employment decisions are strictly merit-based:
Considers equal no regard dealing with employees regardless of:
Race | discrimination | health sort Colour | sexual orientation | veteran status Gender identity | religion | age Sex | marital status | ability/day Disable status |BIPOC
(Also, we do not entertain unsolicited submissions outside our Formal English Polished/Approved Recruitment Agencies)
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