Role Overview
The role will be responsible for reporting all manufacturing related costs. They will be responsible for analysing variances in material usage and purchase prices from standard rates. The role will also take part in standard costing reviews and provide forecasting for the business.
Key Responsibilities
- Supporting the Senior Finance Business Partner with preparation of the monthly management accounts
- Finance business partnering with the operations teams, including proactively providing information and insight that helps the Operations team make better decisions on how to deliver against business targets and goals
- Production of weekly/monthly management information re. operational performance, variance analysis and commentaries
- Proactively seeking out opportunities to continuously improve finance and business-related processes.
- Raw Material and WIP month-end reconciliations; including monitoring data integrity within local ERP system and addressing any issues as they arise.
- Analyse purchase price and material variances; providing reports to the business and EMEA Finance team.
- Working with the business to produce accurate operational variance forecasts including purchase price and material usage.
- Review manufacturing stock movements and investigate differences.
- Investigate spend variance to targets/budget/forecast.
Key Requirements
- Part or fully qualified accountant (CIMA/ACCA or equivalent).
- Proven experience in cost accounting, ideally in a manufacturing or product-based environment.
- Strong analytical skills and ability to explain cost drivers clearly.
- Advanced Excel skills; familiarity with ERP systems and data extraction tools is a plus.
- Self-motivated, detail-oriented, and capable of meeting strict deadlines.
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