This is a key role in the Hachette Distribution management team, running and reporting the accounting and finances to necessary stakeholders of a growing division within Hachette UK. This role also has ownership of the HUKD trust and client accounting. The role has the assistant management accountant and HUKD trust accountant reporting into it and will be responsible for leading and developing the team.

Tasks involved in the role include:

• Monthly production of divisional management accounts, relevant KPI’s and commentary
• Management of all divisions accounting, including prepayments, accruals, sales raising, PO’s reconciliation, invoice routings for approvals to accounts payable
• Production and understanding of individual client profitability
• Production of annual reforecast and budgeting process (2 iterations)
• Reporting of weekly sales, profit estimates, head counts and site operational KPI’s
• Regular attendance at daily site management meeting to understand / raise any operational concerns
• Identify and implement process improvements within the accounts department
• Identify and report any cost saving initiatives or income opportunities for the division
• Understanding of all accounting aspects affecting the HUKD sales ledger and trust accounts for group and third party clients
• Line management of two staff, undertaking regular 1-2-1’s, performance reviews, goal setting and development

• Qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA, ACA) with minimum 5 years experience
• Experience of leading and developing a team where differences are encouraged, valued and supported
• Good knowledge of VAT and International VAT
• Ability to understand complex accounting situations
• A good communicator with the ability to prioritise and build strong relationships across multiple functions/businesses at all levels
• Flexible approach and able to adapt to change
• Workload co-ordination and ability to plan and prioritise to meet strict deadlines
• Able to facilitate delivery through others and delegate appropriately
• Takes accountability to complete tasks
• Able to use own initiative and proactively identify areas for improvement
• Able to maintain strict confidentiality
• Excellent Excel skills (advanced level)
• Excellent attention to detail
• Acts as a role model in championing our company mission and pillars

This role offers the opportunity to become an essential part of a very collaborative team working in our state of the art warehouse in Didcot.

Our people are our greatest asset and our benefits reflect this. We offer 25 days annual leave days per year + bank holidays and have an extensive list of benefits that include: a wide-ranging training library, development programmes including mentoring, many employee networks to join, Cycle to Work vouchers, eye care vouchers, Pension Plan and Life Assurance schemes, a reward programme giving discounts from numerous sites, generous discounts on books we publish, free parking and free tea and coffee.

Hachette employs people on the basis of their abilities. We aim to attract and develop talent from a base as broad as the world of readers we want to reach, with a wide and representative range of age, faith, disability, race, gender, sexuality and socio-economic, regional and cultural backgrounds.

If you are shortlisted and need us to make any adjustments to help you attend for interview, please let us know.

The Book Trade Charity offers financial support to people looking to enter the book trade but who may struggle to afford the costs of attending interviews and undertaking junior roles. For more information visit www.booktradeentrysupport.org

We, Hachette UK Distribution, are the leading book distribution company in the UK. We are one of the most advanced distribution centres in Europe, with leading-edge automation and modern systems which will ensure world-class service to customers and publisher clients. We ship in excess of 60 million books globally each year and supply one out of every four books to the UK trade.

Our mission is to make it easy for everyone to discover new worlds of ideas, learning, entertainment and opportunity.

Hachette UK Distribution is part of the Hachette UK publishing group.