Management Accountant

The Barbour story began in 1894 in South Shields in the North East of England. Founder John Barbour began supplying oilskins and other garments to protect the growing community of sailors, fishermen and dockers. Still family owned and now fifth generation, Barbour HQ remains in South Shields. Under the leadership of Chairman Dame Margaret Barbour, Barbour has grown into a lifestyle brand sold in over 55 countries worldwide including Europe, the US and Asia offering a wardrobe of stylish functional clothing, footwear and accessories inspired by the unique values of the British countryside.

The iconic Barbour Bedale and Barbour Beaufort wax jackets continue to be made by hand in the factory in South Shields. In 2020, Barbour launched Wax for Life, an overarching name for all of Barbour’s wax services designed to encourage customers to extend the life of their wax garments. Wax for Life includes re-waxing and repairs (first introduced in 1921) and Barbour Re-Loved an upcycling circularity initiative.

Each year over 70,000 wax garments are sent back to Barbour globally to be repaired, rewaxed or altered.

We are seeking an accomplished, commercially astute and professionally qualified Management Accountant to join the Barbour Finance team here at our Head Office in South Shields. This is a high-profile role for a strong accountant who can combine technical financial rigour with confident stakeholder partnership, providing timely, accurate and actionable insight to support decision-making, improve performance and strengthen financial control across the organisation.

The Management Accountant will act the finance lead for designated business areas, building a deep understanding of operational drivers, commercial priorities, risk and opportunities. Working closely with senior stakeholders, you will translate financial performance into clear commercial insight, challenge assumptions constructively and support the delivery of strategic and operational objectives.

* The role is based at our Head Office in South Shields and the expectation is 4 days in the office and 1 day of homeworking*

• Prepare, review and present high-quality monthly management information for designated business areas, ensuring reporting is accurate, complete, timely and clearly aligned to commercial performance drivers.
• Deliver insightful variance analysis against budget, forecast and prior-year performance, clearly explaining the operational and commercial factors behind results and highlighting key risks, opportunities and actions.

• Act as a trusted finance contact for designated channels and senior operational stakeholders, providing clear financial insight, constructive challenge and value-adding commercial support.
• Partner with cost centre owners and channel leaders to improve understanding of revenue, margin, cost and profitability drivers, supporting better decision-making and stronger financial accountability.
• Build credible and effective relationships across the organisation, ensuring Finance is seen as proactive, commercially focused partner that supports delivery of business objectives.

• Own the budgeting and forecasting processes for designated business areas, coordinating inputs, challenging assumptions and ensuring financial plans are robust, evidence-based and commercially realistic.
• Monitor performance against targets, identify emerging risks and opportunities, and provide recommendations to support corrective action and performance improvement.
• Support long‑term planning, scenario modelling, investment appraisal and commercial decision‑making…