Manufacturing Accountant | Magherafelt Part-Time OR Full-Time | Permanent | Hybrid | Newly Created Position | Manufacturing Reed is partnered with a highly successful, award-winning group of businesses in the Magherafelt area, in the appointment of a full-time OR part-time Accountant with manufacturing experience. We seek to appoint a passionate and commercially minded Accountant, preferably with Business Partnering OR FP&A experience, to join this growing team and support the current growth as they expand and develop their presence in international markets. The role: As the Accountant, you will play a key role in budgeting, forecasting, financial modelling, and strategic planning to support the business. Key areas of responsibility include: Understanding financial performance, driving and tracking actions to deliver strategic priorities and key targets Providing in-depth profitability analysis to identify opportunity, risk, and inform strategic decisions Lead the budgeting and forecasting process across the business, liaising with key departments to deliver accurate annual and quarterly business plans Support on specific projects to understand and track financial impacts Financial analysis for new opportunities with assessment of immediate and longer-term returns Development of new reporting tools to understand business performance and compliment financial reporting Prepare detailed monthly reporting and commentary on performance targets across the company Criteria: Minimum 5 years' experience of working in a finance function Previous experience working in a similar or in a manufacturing organisation Solid understanding of financial reporting, budgeting, and forecasting processes Strong analytical skills with experience of communicating findings to cross functional teams Desirable: Previous experience of using Sage 200 | CIMA/ACCA/ACA qualified| Previous experience of building and using power BI or similar analytical tools For more information on this excellent career opportunity, please contact Laurence at REED Belfast. You can also inquire confidentially via LinkedIn. Skills: Manufacturing FP&A Finance Business Partnering Management Accounting