Management / Cost Accountant

Management / Cost Accountant
Hinckley
Full Time / Permanent
£55,000 - £60,000

SF Recruitment are working with a superb Manufacturing business in Hinckley on an exclusive basis. Our client is searching for a Management Accountant to be the day-to-day lead on all Financials relating to the operation of the Company's costing and operating system. The ideal Management Accountant will be a qualified individual with strong Costing Experience in a manufacturing environment. The Management Accountant will also have strong IT & Excel skills along with excellent communication skills. As the Management Accountant, you will report directly to the Managing Director & work closely with the wider Finance team.

Responsibilities of the Management Accountant include:

1. Review, maintain and improve the Company's costing system.
2. Ensuring that standard cost data is up to date and accurate.
3. Monitoring of actual versus standard gross margins and investigating any significant variances.
4. Review and investigations of overall costs and gross margins by customer and by operational area.
5. Recommending changes to the systems and improving data capture and output.
6. Monitoring of energy usage and operational efficiencies.
7. Management accounts and variance analysis.
8. Preparation of monthly management accounts and KPI's for the Board in line with the agreed monthly timetable.
9. Monthly cost to budget analysis.
10. Development of accurate sales and gross margin reports by customer and process.
11. Forecasting / Budgeting.
12. Updating the financial reforecast model each month.

Project / Ad Hoc Responsibilities:

1. Continual review of processes and looking to automate any manual processes.
2. Monitor and recommend changes to the financial control framework and costing systems.
3. Ad hoc financial and business analysis.

This position is full time, permanent & predominantly office-based. Core hours include a 12:30 finish on a Friday.