INSPIRED pet nutrition
Management Accountant
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Kinmel, North Wales | 11-month Fixed Term Contract | Hybrid (3 days onsite)
We’re excited to be recruiting for a Management Accountant to join our Finance team on a 14-month fixed term contract, supporting the business through a key period of project and operational activity. This is a great opportunity for a technically strong accountant who enjoys working in a fast-paced, manufacturing-led environment and partnering closely with stakeholders.
You’ll be responsible for supporting the delivery of accurate, timely management accounts for INSPIRED Pet Nutrition, with a strong focus on performance insight, stakeholder delivery, and continuous improvement.
About us
INSPIRED Pet Nutrition is an innovative, well-established, and award-winning pet food manufacturer employing over 1,200 colleagues across the UK and Europe. Our family of brands includes Harringtons, Wagg, Barking Heads & Meowing Heads, AATU, Blink, Butcher's, Classic, Pro-Nutrition, and Ultra Premium Direct, along with a number of partner brands that trust us to produce food on their behalf.
Our kitchens in Thirsk, Kinmel, and Crick produce a wide range of dry, wet, and baked foods enjoyed by dogs and cats all over the world. Our ambition is simple: to become a global leader in pet nutrition.
Our Purpose: To create happiness
We’re on a mission to set a new standard of workplace happiness within the pet nutrition industry—one that looks like no other and feels like no other. Our culture is built on INSPIRED’s unique behaviours and colleague experience, creating an environment that excites, empowers, and puts people and pets at the heart of everything we do.
Responsibilities
- Be part of the management accounts team responsible for the accurate and timely delivery of month-end reporting for INSPIRED Pet Nutrition.
- Liaise with site business partners to ensure reported results align with operational performance and site understanding.
- Maintain balance sheet control, reconciliations, and integrity of financial data.
- Assist in the production of primary financial statements using agreed templates and submit to Group within agreed timelines.
- Support delivery to the external audit team, including year-end disclosure packs and management accounts analysis for tax purposes.
- Help drive automation and technological improvements within the general ledger and management accounts function, identifying and delivering continuous improvement opportunities.
- Deliver monthly capital accounting, reporting, and tracking against business case, budget, and forecast.
- Support the wider finance team by providing management accounts information required for them to deliver their roles effectively.
- Take responsibility for management accounts-related deliverables such as National Statistics returns.
- Support ad hoc tasks and finance projects as required.
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About you
- ACA / ACCA / CIMA qualified.
- Able to demonstrate strong technical accounting proficiency.
- Experience within a manufacturing environment is desirable but not essential.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to engage a wide range of stakeholders.
- Highly organised with strong planning and prioritisation skills.
- Customer-focused approach with a positive, solution-oriented mindset.
- Able to work flexibly and deliver to deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
- Excellent attention to detail while retaining the ability to see the bigger picture.
- Very strong Excel skills.
- Comfortable working in a hybrid model, with the judgement to recognise when face-to-face collaboration is essential for workload management and development.
- Self-motivated and keen to develop and succeed within an agile, private equity-backed business.
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Our Total Reward Benefits
- Hybrid working (typically 3 days onsite at our Kinmel site)
- Annual bonus related to personal and company performance (10%)
- Enhanced pension, life assurance, and enhanced maternity, paternity, sick pay, and holiday buy options
- People and Pets First benefits, including paw-reavement, paw-ternity leave, and bring your dog to work
- Healthcare cashback plan and Hertility at-home fertility testing
- Heavily discounted pet food and lifestyle benefits (Netflix, Spotify, or breakdown cover)
- Retail and gym discounts, electric car scheme, free onsite parking and electric car charging
- Onsite canteen, free hot drinks, and modern facilities
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Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
INSPIRED Pet Nutrition is committed to building an inclusive workplace that reflects the diversity of the colleagues and communities we serve. We believe everyone should feel valued, respected, and able to be themselves at work. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and do not discriminate on the basis of age, disability, gender identity or expression, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. We make hiring decisions based on talent, potential, and the experience you bring.
We are also committed to providing reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and in the workplace, ensuring equitable access and opportunity for all. If you need any adjustments or support to take part in our recruitment process, please let us know by emailing recruitment@ipn.co.uk.
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