Vacancy Introduction

We are looking for a commercially-minded visionary to take up the important role of Management Accountant and join our skilled, engaged, and diverse Finance team.

The role is crucial in keeping the Society up to date with consistent, relevant, and reliable information, so that positive business decisions can be made.

We believe this position is well suited to newly qualified Accountants looking to gain experience in a large local organisation.

This is a hybrid-working position which will require you to balance time in our office and working from home (for which you will need a suitable workspace and broadband facilities.) 

Role Responsibility

• Ownership of timely and accurate management accounts.
• Day-to-day management of our Assistant Management Accountants.
• Contributing to the forecasting, budgeting, and longer-term planning processes.
• Identifying and delivering developments in reporting and system use.

You can learn more about this role within our job description which can be downloaded at the bottom of this webpage.

The Ideal Candidate

• A qualified Accountant (ACA, CIMA, ACCA) with proven people management, organisational and communication skills.
• Someone who will inspire their direct reports and encourage the ideas of team members so that innovation thrives. 
• Open-minded with a flexible approach to how things can be achieved and able to use a variety of IT systems to get the job done in the best way possible. 
• A questioning mindset and commitment to continuous improvement.
• Able to work quickly across a wide range of tasks, sometimes under pressure.  Attention to detail will be second nature, with the need for accuracy clearly understood.

Package Description

What’s in it for you

At the East of England Co-op, we strive to be the best place to work. We invest in our colleagues to help them to progress in their careers and achieve their full potential. How do we do this?  

• Competitive rates of pay
• 20% discount in our food stores, along with other discounts across our family of businesses
• 22 days holiday (plus bank holiday entitlement) which increases with service
• 5% employer pension contribution
• Death in service benefit
• Access to our colleague communications app, The Loop
• Enhanced* family leave and pay arrangements
• Opportunities to grow, with award-winning training and apprenticeship programmes
• Great deals and discounts across 100’s of high street and online retailers
• Financial wellbeing support, including Wagestream®

Check out the detail of all our colleague benefits here.

* Enhanced on statutory terms, subject to service criteria.

We recognise the challenges people face trying to balance commitments both in and out of the workplace -  perhaps studying, caring commitments, or other employment. We therefore aim to be as flexible as possible, to create shift patterns that work for both our co-op and our colleagues.

About the Company

The East of England Co-op is the largest independent retailer in East Anglia, with over 230 stores and branches across Norfolk, Suffolk, and Essex.

Owned by over 260,000 members – including our colleagues – our vision is to be the most valued organisation in our region, by being a better kind of business and using our profit to make a positive impact on our communities.

Our Community Cares Fund provides hundreds of thousands of pounds to support groups and good causes, with a focus on mental health and wellbeing, food justice for all and creating community spaces. 

With a focus on environmental sustainability, we’re proud to have led the way on reducing food waste, being the first major retailer to sell food past its Best Before date for just 10p. 

At the East of England Co-op, we strive to be the best place to work. We invest in our colleagues to help them to progress in their careers and achieve their full potential, whether in food retail, funeral services, property investment, travel, security, stonemasonry, events, or our support functions. 

Find out more at www.eastofengland.coop

Our Recruitment Process

If this is the job for you, simply click ‘apply’. You will be required to register a profile on our careers page. To do this simply click apply. The good news is you’ll only have to register once – after this, it’ll be easier and quicker to apply for any roles in the future too.

Please note that our working patterns are non-contractual. The advertised working pattern represents the normal working pattern for the role at time of advertisement and is subject to change.

East of England Co-op