Management Accountant

Busseys


Job Location:

Norwich - UK

Yearly Salary: GBP 30001 - 35000
Posted on: 30+ days ago
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Are you a driven curious accountant who loves getting to the bottom of the numbers and the story behind them Were a family-owned motor retail group with a genuine team culture and were looking for someone special to join us as Management Accountant.

Who We Are

We are a proud independently owned motor retail group representing exceptional automotive brands: Weve built our business on relationships with our customers our manufacturers and above all with our people.

Being family-owned means we do things differently. Theres no faceless corporate hierarchy here decisions get made voices get heard and contributions are recognised. Youll work closely with senior leadership from day one and the culture is one of genuine support trust and shared ambition. We invest in our team because we know that when our people thrive our business does too.

The Role

This is a key finance role sitting at the heart of the business. Youll be responsible for producing timely and accurate management accounts supporting business leaders with financial insight and helping drive performance across our dealerships. Its a hands-on position for someone who is as comfortable in the detail as they are in the boardroom conversation.

Your responsibilities will include:

  • Preparing monthly management accounts balance sheet reconciliations and maintaining the Fixed Asset Register
  • Producing variance analysis and commentary that helps leaders understand whats driving performance
  • Building and maintaining Power BI dashboards and reports to deliver clear visual insight across the business
  • Analysing operational and financial data to identify trends risks and opportunities for growth
  • Business partnering with department heads across sales aftersales and operations
  • Supporting the annual budget process
  • Supporting quarterly VAT returns
  • Ensuring compliance with composite reporting requirements for all OEMs
  • Identifying opportunities to improve processes controls and efficiency across the finance function
  • Supporting year-end financial audit and working with external auditors

Who Were Looking For

Qualifications and experience matter but character matters more. We want somebody who brings genuine enthusiasm to their work and who will thrive in a busy dynamic environment. The ideal candidate will be:

Driven

You set high standards for yourself and take pride in delivering great work. You are proactive and make things happen.

Curious

You ask why. You look beyond the numbers to understand the business. Youre always looking to learn and improve.

Organised

You juggle competing priorities with calm efficiency. Deadlines dont faze you because you plan ahead and deliver.

In addition you will have:

  • An active study route for achieving professional qualification or be qualified by experience
  • Experience within a similar role managing or mentoring members of a finance team
  • Strong Excel skills and comfortable working with financial reporting systems
  • Experience of presenting and interpreting KPI information in Power BI
  • The ability to communicate financial information clearly to non-finance colleagues
  • A genuine interest in understanding the businesses you support not just the numbers
  • Motor retail or multi-site industry experience would be advantageous but not essential

What We Offer

  • A basic salary of circa 35000 per annum depending on experience
  • Support with ongoing professional qualification (study support and exam leave)
  • A genuinely supportive family-feel workplace where your input is valued
  • Direct access to senior leadership and real scope to influence the business
  • Opportunity to grow with an ambitious expanding group
  • Employee vehicle schemes and manufacturer discounts
  • Company pension and annual leave package

Flexible & Inclusive Working

As a flexible inclusive employer we can tailor the position to suit a range of flexible working patterns both in terms of hours per day and days per week. If you are the right candidate for the role we will do our best to accommodate your needs.

Busseys are dedicated to providing an inclusive culture throughout the whole business and actively promote diversity with the elimination of discrimination in the workplace. We are committed to ensuring every employee and job applicant is treated fairly and no less favourably based on the grounds of age disability gender sexual orientation nationality religion or belief. We are opposed to all forms of unlawful and unfair discrimination.

Ready to drive your career forward

To apply for this exciting position please complete an application form or for more information contact our Human Resources department on

The Company

At Busseys we celebrated our 100 years back in 2023 but this business is all about looking fact even since that milestone we have seen so many changes in an ever-evolving market which we always adapt to. Of course we remain the Premier Ford outlet in East Anglia and our Ford Dealership in Norwich typifies the Adventurous Spirit of this exciting franchise. But we never stand still so we opened our first BYD dealership in 2024 which is going from strength to strength plus our INEOS centre based in Attleborough only goes to show the diverse nature of our business as we always strive to serve the communities in which we operate.

One thing however never changes looking back 100 years or forwards 100 years our customers are the most integral part of our business - markets technology services change and critically so do our customers requirements and needs so at Busseys we pride ourselves on continually exceeding expectations by always putting our customers first.

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Disability Confident

  • Ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible
  • Communicating and promoting vacancies
  • Offering an interview to disabled people
  • Anticipating & providing reasonable adjustments as required
  • Supporting any existing employee who acquires a disability or long-termhealth condition enabling them to stay in work

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Are you a driven curious accountant who loves getting to the bottom of the numbers and the story behind them Were a family-owned motor retail group with a genuine team culture and were looking for someone special to join us as Management Accountant. Who We AreWe are a proud independently owne...