Cost Accountant
- Recruiter
- Michael Page Finance
- Location
- Homeworking
- Salary
- £40000 - £50000 per annum + + benefits
- Posted
- 07 Sep 2022
- Closes
- 05 Oct 2022
- Ref
- JN -062022-5666848
- Contact
- Alice Cartwright
- Job Title
- Management Accountant
- Category
- Manufacturing / Engineering
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Opportunity to join fast growing business in Lichfield
Exposure to senior stakeholders and opportunity to implement Standard Costings into new ERP system
Responsibility for managing a small team during exciting changes within the business
Client Details
Michael Page Finance are proud to partner with our client, a fast growing chemical cleaning manufacturer based in Lichfield.
This is an exciting time of growth for the business as they are due to open a state of the art new manufacturing site in the next 6 months. In this Cost Accountant role you will play a key part in the growth and will support on implementing standard costings into the new ERP system which is being rolled out. The growth and new site opening is part of the company's plans to increase their turnover by half in the next 5 years.
Our client is looking for a Management Accountant with extensive standard costing experience to join their team in Lichfield. There is a large amount of business partnering involved in this role with the Cost Accountant liaising with a range of senior stakeholders across the business. The business is very lean and dynamic which will enable the Cost Accountant to have autonomy over their role.
Description
- Managing, coaching, and developing a small team
- Maintaining costs for the purposes of stock valuation, pricing, budgeting, and forecasting
- Reporting and presenting P&L results, KPIs and trends to assist directors and managers in driving profits and efficiency
- Collating sales and cost of sales data to produce and analyse business information
- Taking responsibility for creating, maintaining and improving the standard cost model
- Overseeing the development of the product costing system as part of our major ERP IT project to incorporate machine, production labour rates and overhead apportionment
- Attending internal meetings and provide considerable input to company budgets and forecasts
Profile
- 5+ years working in a management accounting role in a manufacturing environment
- Experience and full understanding of actual and standard costing with an ERP system
- 2+ years staff supervision or management
- ACMA qualification would be advantageous
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to contribute to business and process change
Job Offer
The package for this Cost Accountant role includes:
- A fast-paced responsible role within a supportive finance environment
- Competitive salary
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Hybrid role with flexible working options available
- Non-contributory private health care and critical illness cover
- Generous contributory pension scheme
- Life insurance at three times salary
- Employee assistance programme
- Staff purchase scheme - take products home free of charge