Part time Site Operations Accountant
- Recruiter
- Blue Octopus Recruitment Ltd
- Location
- Clitheroe, Lancashire
- Salary
- Competitive Salary
- Posted
- 24 Jan 2017
- Closes
- 31 Jan 2017
- Ref
- BLUP44721
- Job Title
- Accountant
- Category
- Manufacturing / Engineering
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part Time
Part time Site Operations Accountant BLUP44721
Clitheroe
Competitive Salary
Come and join a great bunch here at our Client; they’re doing their bit to help millions of people live a happy and healthy lifestyle each and every day.
At the core of everything they do are their people: without them, they simply wouldn’t be a market-leading food and drink specialist.
Our typical employee is friendly, hard-working and passionate about what they do. And by showing such commitment to our Client, they reward their team members with a lovely place to work and the chance to achieve their potential; with plenty of opportunities for personal development.
Does that sound good to you? Then come and join them!
Job Description
This is a part time role (25hrs/ week) offering flexible working hours. The role is to provide support to the Senior Operational Accountant, Head of Divisional Finance, and factory management teams with regard to operational performance – providing costing, analysis, commentary and proposals for improvement. Assisting with monthly management accounts for the factories and Division, and with the preparation of budgets and forecasts you will input into capital expenditure proposals as required. Provision of operational analysis for decision making purposes, including review and validation of costings is also part of the role.
Key Accountabilities:
• Assisting with the Preparation, analysis and commentary relating to key factory performance indicators
• Preparation of Standard costs and Labour standards – including annual review, new product launches and ad hoc queries
• Working with factory teams to improve performance through financial support on projects and costings
• Assisting with monthly management accounts
• Capital expenditure proposals – support and challenge for proposed projects
• Decision support on an ad hoc basis, providing guidance and challenge
• Assisting with the preparation of annual budgets and quarterly forecasts
Experience & Capabilities:
• 3 years in industry
• Strong interpersonal skills, able to work collaboratively as well as independently.
• High degree of task / delivery focus.
• Excellent numerical, written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrable understanding of operational issues and the impact on commercial decision making.
This is a Blue Octopus Recruitment Ltd vacancy who are operating as an employment agency. Once you have clicked to apply for this vacancy, we will then send you more information on the role including a copy of the application form via email.