Interim Senior Accountant
- Recruiter
- The accountancy Recruitment Group
- Location
- Bo'ness, Falkirk
- Salary
- £40,000 - £50,000 + pension + 34 days holiday
- Posted
- 17 Sep 2019
- Closes
- 24 Sep 2019
- Job Title
- Management Accountant
- Category
- Consumer products / FMCG
- Experience Levels
- Qualified Accountant
- Contract Type
- Contract
- Hours
- Full Time
Interim Senior Accountant | Bo’ness | £40,000 - £50,000 + pension + 34 days holiday
The Opportunity
Highly innovative, market-leading and award-winning group (manufacturing sector) have an interesting opportunity for a proactive Interim finance professional to join them over the next 12 months.
As Senior Management Accountant you will enjoy a pivotal, business-facing project (on a fixed term contact for the next 12 months).
You will enjoy:
As Senior Management Accountant you will be in a visible role within this fast-paced, growth manufacturing environment. You will be supported by an approachable Head of Finance and work within a collaborative and talented finance team. The business is amid a period of positive change and growth and you will really have chance to make a difference.
Your remit will include:
- Supporting, influencing and challenging non finance colleagues – providing key business partnering to steer efficiencies and improvements in the operational areas.
- Preparing and delivering detailed and insightful management accounts for senior stakeholder discussion and review.
- Rolling forecasting, developing controls, all aspects of month end close and reporting, elements of group reporting, involvement in projects surrounding enhancement of reporting and MI for the growing site.
The Business require:
The Senior Management Accountant role would suit an experienced and capable Qualified Accountant who will thrive in a continuous-improvement environment. Previous experience of a manufacturing / production environment where labour and material variances / costings were within your remit would be a significant advantage (though not a complete pre-requisite).
You will be able to demonstrate previous experience of:
- Producing, reviewing and presenting detailed management accounts and MI packs.
- A manufacturing environment (ideally).
- Using confident communication skills to provide credible and positive business partnering.
- Providing insight and commentary around variances / trends (labour and material variances, costings, overheads, profits and margin streams).
- Being able to support others to adopt best practice and optimise efficiency.
- Being able to ‘get behind the numbers’ and bring them to life through working closely with colleagues in operational and commercial areas.
- A hands-on and proactive approach to problem solving.
The business is ideally seeking a measured and experienced qualified finance professional - someone able to hit the ground running and commit to the full assignment (through to Q4 2020).
Apply now
If you would be keen to explore the Senior Management Accountant role in Bo’ness in further detail, please contact our team directly or apply below