Management / Cost Accountant

Job description

Cost Accounting

Your new company

Our client is a long-established company spanning nearly five decades, it's success owing to an amalgamation of best practice, innovation and professionalism. They are able to offer their customers complete control of crafting their ideal product and assisting in any aftersale care thereafter.

Part of our clients USP is that it is a one stop shop for their customers, that they deal with the entire buying, building and aftersale care in house - as such, their primary business activity is production and manufacturing.

Your new role

As the Management \/ Cost Accountant you will help to plan, budget and monitor performance, set standard unit costs and recommend appropriate cost-saving opportunities.

The role is important in understanding where a company is spending money as well as which products, departments or services are most profitable.

Duties will also include recording and crunching numbers, helping to choose and manage company investments, risk management, budgeting, planning, strategising and decision making.

Daily Duties

* Monitoring unit cost variance.
* Implementing cost standards for materials and labour.
* Preparing cost of goods sold and production reports.
* Reconciling raw materials, work-in-progress and finished-goods stock.
* Review and update of costs for each business area.
* Monthly analysis and understanding of standard to actual production variances, including identification and correction of production costing errors.
* Monitor budgets.
* Forecasting.
* Monitoring spends against budget.
* Analyse labour efficiency.
* Costing variance analysis.
* To identify costs savings from material usage to manufacturing efficiency.
* Generate and implement cost improvement ideas.
* Support managers with cost improvement actions.
* Regularly report progress to senior management.
* Payroll cover
* Preparation of management accounts
* Journal input
* Reconciliation of control accounts
* Stock control
* Reconciliation of front end system to sage weekly with variance analysis
* Variance analysis on work orders and parts
* Project work on job costing

Adhoc Duties

* Supporting the senior\/managing accountant and wider finance team.
* Collaborating with these teams to work on various accounting projects
* Adhoc Administration

What you'll need to succeed

Required Skills

* Strong P&L and Costings experience with an analytical approach
* Full Microsoft package with advanced Excel skills
* Excellent interpersonal skills
* Excellent written and verbal communication
* Able to work on own initiative
* Problem solver
* Proactive thinker
* Understanding of Audit requirements
* Good understanding of Sage 50

* Have some manufacturing experience

What you'll get in return

This is a great opportunity to join a small growing team in a stable and well established organisation.
If you are looking for a fast paced varied role where you can really make a difference then this role is definitely for you.

A competitive salary with excellent benefits.

What you need to do now
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