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Cost Accountant
Job Posted: a day ago
Salary: £ 40,000 - 50,000 / Annum
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Salford, Greater Manchester
Expire in: a month
Job Description
Michael Page are recruiting for a Management Accountant on behalf of a well established manufacturing business based in Salford.
This role will include cost accounting, management accounts and business partnering with both shop floor staff and site management.
Client Details
A well established manufacturing business with a purpose built head office & production site in Salford.
Our client has developed state of the art manufacturing facilities & processes in order to produce truly world class products.
With a commitment to the environment the business has made significant strides in its waste management and manufacturing processes.
Description
Cost Accountant duties include:
Assist in the preparation of manufacturing accounts.
Preparation and Analysis of Actual Cost of Sales (COS) and update expected COS for forecast analysis. Analyse key variances and report drivers.
Maintaining standard costing process, update and revaluation across all legal entities.
Maintaining overhead rates and analysis of variances to expected
Inventory reconciliation, variance analysis, yield analysis, obsolete and slow moving stock provisions.
Managing monthly stock-takes and delivering year end inventory stocktake.
Providing financial support with monthly cost and inventory review meetings
Prepare and process journals to support month end process.
Preparation and reconciliation of monthly journals
Monthly balance sheet reconciliations for specified accounts
Project expenditure management and control
Support, definition, analysis, implementation and control of identified avenues of improvement
Active engagement with manufacturing group to support deployment and analysis of operational excellence programmes aimed at improving productivity and agility.
Support supply chain group to understand material and logistic cost breakdown providing analysis to support savings initiatives.
Manage the reporting of costs through the life of the product
Support the Commercial Accountant in pricing decisions
Reporting and analysis
Active engagement within a team based environment with operations
Coach and support managers within the business in financially-based analysis and decision making
Maintain effective working relationships with budget holding managers within the business.
Other
Apply IT applications to drive efficiency improvements in the collection, reporting and distribution of financial informationProfile
The successful candidate will:
Have a proven track record in a similar role (manufacturing / cost accounting experience)
Be part qualified ACA / ACCA / CIMA or qualified by experience
Be an excellent communicator (both written and verbal)
Have working knowledge of ERP systems
Be proficient in MS Office, particularly MS ExcelJob Offer
A salary up to £50,000
Hybrid working - 4 days per week in the office
Study support
25 days holiday with the option to buy & sell
Enhanced employer pension contribution
Early finish on a Friday
Free parking
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