Cost Accountant

Michael Page are recruiting for a Management Accountant on behalf of a well established manufacturing business based in Salford.

This role will include cost accounting, management accounts and business partnering with both shop floor staff and site management.

Client Details

A well established manufacturing business with a purpose built head office & production site in Salford.

Our client has developed state of the art manufacturing facilities & processes in order to produce truly world class products.

With a commitment to the environment the business has made significant strides in its waste management and manufacturing processes.

Description

Cost Accountant duties include:

• Assist in the preparation of manufacturing accounts.
• Preparation and Analysis of Actual Cost of Sales (COS) and update expected COS for forecast analysis. Analyse key variances and report drivers.
• Maintaining standard costing process, update and revaluation across all legal entities.
• Maintaining overhead rates and analysis of variances to expected
• Inventory reconciliation, variance analysis, yield analysis, obsolete and slow moving stock provisions.
• Managing monthly stock-takes and delivering year end inventory stocktake.
• Providing financial support with monthly cost and inventory review meetings
• Prepare and process journals to support month end process.
• Preparation and reconciliation of monthly journals
• Monthly balance sheet reconciliations for specified accounts
• Project expenditure management and control
• Support, definition, analysis, implementation and control of identified avenues of improvement
• Active engagement with manufacturing group to support deployment and analysis of operational excellence programmes aimed at improving productivity and agility.
• Support supply chain group to understand material and logistic cost breakdown providing analysis to support savings initiatives.
• Manage the reporting of costs through the life of the product
• Support the Commercial Accountant in pricing decisions
• Reporting and analysis
• Active engagement within a team based environment with operations
• Coach and support managers within the business in financially-based analysis and decision making
• Maintain effective working relationships with budget holding managers within the business.
• Other
• Apply IT applications to drive efficiency improvements in the collection, reporting and distribution of financial information

Profile

The successful candidate will:

• Have a proven track record in a similar role (manufacturing / cost accounting experience)
• Be part qualified ACA / ACCA / CIMA or qualified by experience
• Be an excellent communicator (both written and verbal)
• Have working knowledge of ERP systems
• Be proficient in MS Office, particularly MS Excel

Job Offer

• A salary up to £50,000
• Hybrid working - 4 days per week in the office
• Study support
• 25 days holiday with the option to buy & sell
• Enhanced employer pension contribution
• Early finish on a Friday
• Free parking
• Free tea & coffee