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Cost Accountant
Job Posted: 7 hours ago
Salary: £ 38,000 - 45,000 / Annum
Job Type: Permanent
Location: LE67, Donington le Heath, Leicestershire
Expire in: a month
Job Description
An opportunity to be an Cost Accountant for a global organisation based in Leicester who have a great working environment and offer hands-on training and employee development. This is a crucial, hands-on fixed-term role to help manage and support key month-end activities in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
Main Duties:
This is a varied Cost Accountant role, which includes:
* Taking ownership of the engineering stores, including processing stock valuation and compiling necessary month-end journals for multiple sites.
* Managing and maintaining the fixed asset register, including reviews, transferring assets, and processing disposals.
* Focusing on fixed assets requiring understanding, and promotion/capitalisation.
* Performing critical month-end tasks relating to finished goods, engineering stores, and stock re-valuation.
* Conducting internal audits and supporting external audit interfaces, especially during the busy year-end period.
* Preparing technical financial notes, including the PPE note, and aligning with useful economic lives (UEL's).
* Reconciling sales and production volumes to accurately determine overhead absorption and recovery rates.
* Working across three concrete entities and ten operational sites, ensuring consistency and accurate reporting.
* Processing and reconciling financial data, pulling invoices, and maintaining large spreadsheets.
Location / Office / Culture
The role offers hybrid working, with three days in the office and two from home. The business values career development and support, which is shown through their friendly finance team and low staff turnover. This role is ideal for a hardworking candidate who is proactive and able to problem-solve in a fast-paced environment and handle a large workload related to a leaver backlog.
What We Are Looking For
The ideal candidate will have:
* A proactive attitude with the ability to work independently, manage a heavy workload, and adapt to a dynamic environment.
* Demonstrable experience as a Qualified by Experience (QBE) Accountant.
* Ideally hands-on experience managing Fixed Asset accounts, Stock valuation/work, and working within a Manufacturing environment.
* Strong analytical skills, confidence in using their own initiative, and the ability to dig into data and financial processes.
Why Join the Business
* Opportunity to utilise specific fixed asset and stock accounting experience immediately.
* Friendly, welcoming work environment.
* Hybrid working (3 in the office, 2 from home).
* Hands-on training and development plan.
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