Delighted to be supporting our client as they look to add an Operations Accountant to their team, reporting to the Financial Controller, partnering with operational teams to provide financial visibility for operations and helping drive cost productivity efficiencies and improvements.
You will utilise your skills, experience and knowledge in linking financial results to operational performance drivers to undertake the production cost estimation, planning, monthly closing and actuals reporting of financials and KPIs.
Duties will include:
1. Responsibility for the accuracy of the financials related to operations, ensuring compliance with statutory and group accounting procedures, and reviewing strength and testing controls in place.
2. Providing analysis and insights in order to drive productivity improvement and achieve financial objectives.
3. Estimating plant cost for manufacturing and repairs operations, monitoring and developing KPIs to measure performance and drive improvements.
4. Preparing and communicating operational monthly actuals (cost, rates, utilisation, KPIs) and variances, budget, forecast, etc.
1. Working on reducing inventory levels and P&L exposure, focusing on excess inventory and its usage (with the Inventory leader).
2. Supporting physical inventory counts and annual external audits.
3. Developing and implementing inventory planning and controls, such as optimum stock levels, order levels, and re-order levels.
1. Responsibility for standard costing: a) calculate and set labour and overhead rates (OCPH) for manufacturing and repairs units annually; b) set standard costs for materials and monitor variances and usage; c) prepare variance analysis on actuals vs standards monthly at work order/project level.
2. Working closely with operational leaders to estimate production volume, resources, and costs.
3. Supporting financial decisions on Capex investments, make-to-buy cases, etc., and conducting post-implementation reviews.
1. Setting up control systems and reporting for quality issues, costs of sub-standard quality, re-work, labour recording, etc.
2. Developing costing and manufacturing expertise, ensuring work-in-progress jobs are closed and variances are analyzed.
3. Driving process improvements and ERP (D365) system enhancements, including reporting and analytics development.
You will ideally be a qualified accountant with a minimum of 5 years of financial experience, including forecasting, operating planning, and implementing new processes and controls.
Strong PC skills, especially in Microsoft Excel (pivot tables, macros, etc.), and familiarity with ERP and Power BI are highly beneficial.
Please get in touch for full and further information.
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