Return to jobs Join Riverford as a Management Accountant and shape the financial landscape of a forward-thinking, employee-owned organic food company
Overview
Salary No salary declared 😔
Location Wash Barn
Nomad Friendly? In-person
Expires Expires at anytime
Organisation summary
Riverford is an ethical, B Corp certified company delivering organic food to 65,000 homes in the UK. As a 100% employee-owned business, working here means you're a 'co-owner' with a voice in the company's future. Recognized as a Best for the World™ B Corp, Riverford is committed to benefiting both people and planet. Located in the serene Devon countryside, with modern office facilities, Riverford is not just a workplace but a community of passionate individuals.
Role Summary
- Provide high-quality financial information to support all departments.
- Prepare accounts, budgets, and forecasts, and interpret how operational changes affect these.
- Work within a dynamic finance team at the headquarters with the option for hybrid working post-training.
Role Requirements
- Experience in financial reporting, management accounts, budgeting, and forecasting.
- Proficiency with computerized accounting systems and software in a medium or large organization.
- Strong analytical skills to interpret complex data.
- Excellent communication skills to convey complex information clearly.
- Team player with the ability to manage work to meet deadlines.
- Proactive in identifying and resolving issues.
- Advanced Excel skills.
- Part-qualified in ACA/CIMA/ACCA, with experience in a busy finance office.
- Commitment to continuous professional development.
What you’ll be doing…
As a management accountant, you will be a part of the finance team supporting the business. The finance team’s high standards and reputation for quality information makes us the trusted source of financial information for all departments. In addition to providing the senior management team with the accounts, budgets and forecast, you’ll need to be able to understand how changes in operations affect the accounts and bring this to life.
This is a great opportunity to be involved in a fun, energetic and innovative team in an expanding and fast-moving business. It goes without saying that you will need to have a passion for all things numerical.
The team is based in our modern office at our headquarters on the farm, nestled among the rolling Devon countryside but close to the A38. On-site facilities include a subsidised organic canteen.
This is a permanent contract, 40 hours per week, based at Wash Barn, Buckfastleigh, Devon, TQ11 0JU, with hybrid working after an initial period of training. It is essential you are able to commute weekly to our office.
Skills & experience
- Financial reporting, management accounts, budgeting and forecasting experience
- Experience of computerised accounting systems and software in a medium or large organisation.
- Ability to analyse and interpret complex data
- Effective verbal and written communication skills and ability to communicate complex information in an easy to understand manner
- Able and willing to work as part of a team, taking responsibility for own accountabilities whilst supporting and sharing knowledge with others to achieve company goals
- Ability to plan, organise and manage own work to meet deadlines
- Be able to not just identify issues, but work with the appropriate teams to resolve
- Strong Excel skills
Qualifications
- Part qualified in a professional accountancy qualification e.g. ACA/CIMA/ACCA with experience of working in a busy finance office
- Recent continuous professional development
More than just a veg box….
Each week, Riverford delivers outstanding organic food to around 65,000 homes across the UK. This takes loads of brilliant people, from veg growers and box packers to IT experts, and more besides.
We’re a friendly, forward-thinking bunch, and our core values run through everything we do. Riverford is 100% employee owned, so working here makes you a ‘co-owner’ – and it’s not just a name! Everyone can play a part in shaping our business. Success means much more than just profits; we want this to be a place people enjoy coming to work, and a business our co-owners feel proud of.
Riverford is proud to be a B Corp; the certification for ethical businesses which work to benefit people and planet. In 2022, we were named one of the Best for the World™ B Corps! This means that our positive impact on staff scored in the top 5% of all B Corps of our size worldwide.
Co-owner benefits
Riverford is a beautiful place to work, with lots of great people – and other perks too. Some of our benefits include: 33 days holiday pro rata (including bank holidays), generous company pension scheme, annual profit share (10% of all our profits are split equally between all co-owners), heavily discounted organic breakfasts and lunches, free organic fruit and veg, time and half on bank holidays, and free parking.
