Management Accountant
- Recruiter
- Howarth Morris
- Location
- Chester
- Salary
- £45000 - £50000 per annum
- Posted
- 22 Mar 2017
- Closes
- 29 Mar 2017
- Ref
- 722881
- Contact
- Sean Morris
- Job Title
- Management Accountant
- Category
- Consumer products / FMCG
- Experience Levels
- Qualified Accountant
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Outstanding Career Opportunity for an experienced Manufacturing Management Accountant to join a rapidly expanding £15m t/o FMCG retailer based near Chester. Due to ongoing expansion, currently growing at a rate of 40% year on year, this is a new role created to meet the evolving demands of the business. Operating in an impressive manufacturing site you will report directly to the Financial Controller in a broad & autonomous role were you will Business Partner with the Manufacturing team in a remit which will include:
- Implementing a modern & sophisticated KPI reporting suite to provide real time information across the production process
- Preparation of weekly & monthly reporting including P&L /Balance sheet, as well as sales, COS and overheads.
- Accurate and timely preparation of month end management accounts
- Implementation of a robust costing process
- Detailed variance to budget analysis
- Supporting commercial decision making
- Monthly management reporting
- Assisting in the completion of the annual budget and reforecasts
- monthly balance sheet account reconciliations and analysis
- Costing analysis and reporting.
- Analysis of BOM's
- Proactively seeking opportunities to increase operational efficiency/yield and to reduce costs
- Preparation and posting of month end journals, prepayments and accruals
- Involvement in Purchase Ledger management and supplier payment responsibility.
- Preparation of audit schedules for annual external audit.
- Assist in the implementation and transition of a new ERP system
- Supporting internal stakeholders, providing finance services to production and operations.
- Working closely with operations and production to ensure efficient communication.
Applicants will preferably be Fully Qualified ACA, ACCA or CIMA Management Accountants although applicants who are not qualified but have operated in a similar profile role will also be considered. You will have modern & effective analytical skills with significant experience in variance analysis, sensitivity analysis and also usage/giveaways. You will also be competent running stock valuations, raw material usage/variances and analysing data to advise your business partners within purchasing & planning departments. Dealing with colleagues across all levels of the business (to Board level) you will have excellent written & oral communication skills and the commercial acumen to support with a variety of internal and external stake-holders teams with credibility. Advanced MS Excel skills/ERP system knowledge is essential and applicant who have been involved in new system development/implementation will be of particular interest. This is a fantastic opportunity to join an impressive and progressive business at a really exciting time. A competitive salary - £45-50k - is complimented with a good benefits package and a real opportunity to develop within the business. Applicants who are available on an interim to permanent basis will be of particular interest.
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