Bedmax Ltd
Management Accountant
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An exciting opportunity to join our small finance team and make a real impact on business performance.
About Bedmax
Bedmax is the UK’s leading manufacturer of equine bedding. Established in 2000, the business has grown significantly over the past 25 years and now operates from four manufacturing sites across the UK, with an expanding range of high-quality products and a strong reputation within the equine industry.
We are looking for an experienced Management Accountant to join our finance team and provide insightful, accurate and timely financial information to support decision-making across the organisation.
About the Role
Working from the head office, near Belford, Northumberland as the Management Accountant, you will play a central role in ensuring that managers have the financial insight they need to manage their areas effectively. You will analyse financial performance, identify trends and variances, and provide clear, practical advice to support the wider business.
Reporting to the Director of Finance, you will work closely with operational managers, helping them understand financial performance, manage budgets and make informed business decisions. This is a key role within the finance function, offering the opportunity to contribute to the ongoing development of financial reporting and management processes.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Producing and interpreting operational Profit & Loss Accounts and Balance Sheets, ensuring information is accurate, timely and relevant.
- Consolidating financial information across a range of profit and cost centres and turning data into meaningful business insight.
- Completing and overseeing monthly and quarterly balance sheet reconciliations.
- Monitoring expenditure against budgets, identifying significant variances and working with managers to understand and address them.
- Supporting the annual budgeting process, including detailed analysis of prior-year expenditure and trends.
- Providing advice and guidance to managers and colleagues on management accounting, budgeting and financial matters.
- Supporting regulatory reporting, including VAT and ONS returns, ensuring submissions are accurate and compliant.
- Supporting the company's annual insurance renewal process, working with the insurance broker and responding to ad hoc information requests.
- Keeping up to date with relevant accounting standards, legislation and developments in financial reporting.
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About You
We are looking for someone who combines strong technical accounting knowledge with the ability to communicate financial information in a clear and practical way.
You will ideally have:
- A recognised accounting qualification, or be actively working towards one.
- Experience of working with computerised accounting systems.
- Strong analytical and numerical skills, with the ability to investigate financial information and identify meaningful variances.
- Excellent attention to detail and a high level of accuracy.
- A sound understanding of management accounting, budgeting and financial reporting.
- The confidence to communicate financial information and provide constructive advice to managers and colleagues.
- Strong organisational and time-management skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities.
- A proactive approach and a commitment to maintaining and developing your professional knowledge.
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What We're Looking For
Beyond your technical skills and experience, we're looking for someone who is:
- Analytical and commercially aware, with an interest in how financial performance supports wider business success.
- Accurate and detail-focused, while still able to see the bigger picture.
- Proactive and organised, with the confidence to take ownership of your work.
- A clear communicator, able to explain financial information to both finance and non-finance colleagues.
- Self-motivated and dependable, with the ability to work independently and manage priorities effectively.
- Professional and service-focused, committed to delivering high-quality financial support.
Why Join Us?
This is an excellent opportunity for a qualified accountant to take on a key role within a busy and forward-looking finance function.
You will have the opportunity to work closely with managers across the organisation and use your accounting expertise to provide insight that genuinely supports business performance.
Working from home flexibility, salary and benefits will be discussed and confirmed as part of the recruitment process.
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