Job Description:
Management Accountant - Horsecare
Location: Milton Keynes + 50% Hybrid Working
Salary: £38,000-£46,500 + Bonus + Benefits
We’re looking for a part-qualified Management Accountant who’s keen to grow and develop supporting the Horsecare business. You’ll need a strong eye for detail and experience in a similar role. We value someone who works well within a team, communicates effectively, and isn’t afraid to redefining standards. If you're proactive, detail-oriented, and ready to take on new challenges, we’d love to hear from you.
What are we looking for?
- Working towards an Accountant qualification.
- Experience of working in a business.
What will be your key responsibilities?
- Assist in the preparation of period-end management accounts, providing insights on budget variances.
- Ensure timely and accurate balance sheet reconciliations.
- Prepare weekly cashflow forecasts.
- Partner with department heads on decision-making, cost control, and support in YEE meetings and board pack commentary.
- Support internal/external audits, Mars G&C processes, and Mars financial submissions (Helios, HFM).
- In the first 12 months you will have a good understanding of how the business operates, to be working independently and to have built networks with stakeholders.
What can you expect from Mars?
- Work with diverse and talented Associates, all guided by the Five Principles.
- Join a purpose-driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.
- Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.
- An industry-competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.
- Access Rover, Mars UK’s new hub for Rewards, Offers, Vouchers, and Recognition, featuring cashback, exclusive deals, shopping discounts, and a recognition wall to celebrate colleagues' achievements.
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Mars is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request.
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What We Do
For more than a century, Mars, Incorporated has been driven by the belief that the world we want tomorrow starts with how we do business today. This idea is at the center of who we have always been as a global, family-owned business. Today, Mars is transforming, innovating and evolving in ways that affirm our commitment to making a positive impact on the world around us.
Across our diverse and expanding portfolio of confectionery, food, and petcare products and services, we employ 133,000 dedicated Associates who are all moving in the same direction: forward. With $40 billion in annual sales, we produce some of the world’s best-loved brands including DOVE®, EXTRA®, M&M’s®, MILKY WAY®, SNICKERS®, TWIX®, ORBIT®, PEDIGREE®, ROYAL CANIN®, SKITTLES®, WHISKAS®, COCOAVIA®, and 5™; and take care of half of the world’s pets through our pet health services AniCura, Banfield Pet Hospitals™, BluePearl®, Linnaeus, Pet Partners™, and VCA™.
We know we can only be truly successful if our partners and the communities in which we operate prosper as well. The Mars Five Principles – Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency and Freedom – inspire our Associates to take action every day to help create a world tomorrow in which the planet, its people and pets can thrive.
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