Management Accountant

At Saint Gobain Industrial Ceramics, we are looking for a Part Qualified (finalist) Management Accountant to work in our Finance team in Rainford.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a small and dynamic team based onsite at our manufacturing site. Here you will be responsible for providing accurate, timely, and reliable financial data support, stock costing, and income statements for the site. This exciting role offers the right candidate a development opportunity to progress your career into a Head of Finance role.

Saint Gobain Industrial Ceramics is part of Saint-Gobain UK & Ireland and leads the industry in design, development, and production of Engineered Ceramics and Refractory products.

What we’re looking for:

First and foremost, we always want to recruit talented people that align well with our values and way of working. In addition to the Saint-Gobain attitudes, the successful candidate will be:

• Part Qualified (finalist) accountant (CIMA, ACCA, or equivalent).
• Strong analytical skills, with a high attention to detail and accuracy.
• Communication skills, with the ability to interact with a wide range of stakeholders (budget holders) across the organisation – nationally and internationally.
• Ability to translate complex data into simple to understand information.
• Organisational skills, with the ability to work to tight deadlines and changing priorities.
• Ability to input into and influence strategic business decision-making.
• Working knowledge of the commercial aspects of business.
• Intermediate/Advanced working knowledge of Microsoft Excel.
• Good working knowledge of PowerPoint and Word.
• Experience of SAP is preferable, and Business Information is essential.
• Full driving license.

What you will be doing:

In this role as a Management Accountant, you will:

• Provide SAP-based reporting and Costing support.
• Prepare monthly management accounts and SAP Month End Closing (MEC).
• Compile and provide monthly reports monitoring utility activity, maintenance, and labour hours.
• Prepare monthly technical, production activity and value, employment evolution, and energy consumption for management.
• Raise manual invoices recharging various costs to subsidiary and external companies and provide details to Shared Service Centre (SSC) for processing.
• Provide product costing thereby ensuring stocks can be properly valued.
• Monitor capital expenditure and disposals of projects and ensure that depreciation is calculated monthly.
• Reconcile various general ledger accounts relating to payroll, stock, prepayments, accruals as agreed by the Service Level Agreement (SLA).
• Organise and control the monthly cycle count with production.
• Help in the preparation of Statutory Accounts and Corporation Tax.
• Aid in the preparation of Annual Tax Questionnaire for UK Professional Services.
• Compile base data for planning and budgeting on an annual basis and entry to SAP – Costs and Activity.

Is this job for you?

Saint-Gobain is the worldwide leader in light and sustainable construction, improving daily life through high-performance solutions. From wherever you are, let your unique personality and our values guide you every day to invent a more sustainable world.

We understand that a diverse workplace is not only a more enjoyable place to be but also facilitates better decision-making and innovation. So, whoever you are, and whichever Saint-Gobain business you join, you can be sure of a warm welcome with us.

And what about flexibility?

The world of work is changing. At Saint-Gobain, we’re always open to new ways of working. Everyone has different needs and commitments. We’ll happily discuss any need you might have for this role: flexible hours, job-sharing, part-time working, or anything else that matters to you. We can’t promise to meet every request when we’re recruiting, but we do promise to listen.

If you match our criteria, we will be in touch to discuss your experience and more about you as a person. We look forward to hearing from you!