Management Accountant

Our client, a global manufacturing organisation with a turnover in excess of £150 million, is working exclusively with Accountancy Recruitment Wales to recruit a Management Accountant.

Reporting to the Finance Manager, this role has responsibility for a team of 4 staff. A commercial and positive approach is essential for this role, which offers a real opportunity to make a difference.

Duties include:

• Preparation of timely and accurate monthly management accounts with detailed variance analysis and commentary
• Provision of pertinent and appropriately formatted reports to all areas of the business in order to facilitate budgetary control, financial awareness and robust challenge to all areas of expenditure
• Provision of weekly sales/cash reporting, updates to start-of-month forecasting plus ad-hoc forecasts as required by local management or by Group
• Monitoring of, and challenge to, the accuracy of prime costs held within the standard costing system and ensure that clarity and visibility of operational variances are shared with appropriate functions
• Participation in both the strategic planning and annual budget process
• Identification of continuous improvement projects to increase efficiency within the Finance function and more broadly throughout the business
• Liaison with internal and external auditors and other external parties
• Manage a team of four direct reports within the management accounting function

Skills and experience:

• Degree plus professional accountancy qualification
• Extensive experience in manufacturing environment
• Demonstrable experience of working effectively at both strategic and operating levels
• Self reliant, results focused, hands-on management style
• Ability to cope with deadlines and fluid priorities
• Effective at a cross-functional level, skilled at providing information rather than data to non-accountants