Job title: Management Accountant | Retail
Emp type: Full-time
Salary: negotiable
Location: Bristol, UK
Job published: 02-10-2026

Job Description

Citadel Source is partnering with a leading PE‑backed organisation to recruit a Management Accountant. This is an excellent opportunity to join a market‑leading, acquisitive business and deliver high‑quality reporting, commercial insight and continuous improvement during a period of significant growth.

 

The role

You’ll join a scaling, multi‑site organisation operating across several divisions. Continued investment in growth, customer experience and operational excellence provides finance professionals with the platform to make a tangible impact. Reporting to the Head of Finance, you will deliver accurate monthly accounts, commercial analysis, and reporting for the Group, with ownership of a key division and a regulated Trust. You will partner with operational teams, Compliance, FP&A, and IT to strengthen controls, systems and decision‑making.

 

About you

You will be a qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, or CIMA) with strong management and financial accounting experience, commercial judgement, and confident stakeholder skills. Multi‑site experience and exposure to process improvement, reporting automation or finance transformation are advantageous.

 

As a Management Accountant, your role your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

  • Produce monthly management accounts, reconciliations and clear P&L and balance sheet variance analysis
  • Partner with budget holders to provide commercial challenge, performance insight, and recommendations
  • Own divisional and Trust reporting, including forecasts, cash flow, Board requirements, and regulated submissions
  • Support statutory accounts, year‑end audit, regulatory reporting, and accounting standards
  • Improve controls, automation, systems integration and finance processes with IT, FP&A and operations

 

What the client has to offer

  • Salary between £50,000-£55,000
  • A visible role in a growing, market‑leading, multi‑division organisation
  • Broad business partnering plus transformation, automation, and regulated reporting exposure
  • Long‑term development within a collaborative finance function

 

Interested?

If you'd like to discuss this opportunity in confidence, please contact Rory Kirkman at Citadel Source via Rory@citadelsource.com.