Management Accountant

• Managing variances, support through analysis and management accounting
• Suppoorting on key tasks through daily weekly and monthly reporting
• Maintain standard costs and have them able to use by the rest of the team as required
• Business Partner the Operations team
• Complete Annual budget tasks

Key Areas of Responsibility

• Managing Operational Variance end to end:
  • full understanding and development of financial calculation models as needed
  • management of process including co-ordination with stakeholders
  • Review and governance of processes & workings to ensure robustness
  • Resolving queries
  • Analysis of results and related underlying data as required, providing insight into operational variances and issues
  • Presentation, communication & partnering as required
  • Reconciliation to financial accounts
  • Continuous review & development of Operational Variance reporting for improvement of insight, accuracy, process efficiency and presentation
  • Report to agreed weekly & monthly deadlines

• Contribute insight and KPI reporting on variances including weekly P&L review and input into Operations Finance reporting packs
• Support with other Operations reporting and data analysis, financial & non-financial
• Ownership of selected Operations overheads cost centres, to include month end management accounting, commentary and communication with budget holders as required. Assist with quarterly forecasting for overheads and annual budget.
• Balance sheet reconciliations as required for Operational accounts
• Understand and assist with management of standard costs for materials and finished goods in M3 system; ensuring accuracy, availability and timeliness through any product changes.
• Support with Finance related Local Master Data as required e. change control and finance costings input
• Annual budget support, particularly with regard to provision of standard cost elements for Materials & Labour and relevant overheads as above
• Holiday/absence cover for key finance tasks within team as required, specifically cover for all aspects of weekly variance reporting.
• Support to Operations Finance team lead from time to time as required e. ad-hoc projects

Knowledge, Qualifications & Skills

Essential

• Financial/Management Accounting background, preferably in a similar Operational Finance role
• Currently studying towards finance qualification CIMA/ACCA
• Attention to detail and accuracy
• Analytical & process minded with ability to organize & manipulate large data sets
• Strong IT skills, specifically Excel
• Ability to plan and prioritise tasks effectively
• Clear, concise presentation and communication skills

Desirable:

• Previous experience of M3 or ERP system
• Prior knowledge gained in Operations environment, ideally within FMCG or food industry
• Microsoft BI experience