Financial Accountant – Manufacturing Experience Essential
Paying circa £60,000
Based - Oxford, Reading, and Swindon, with four days on-site and one day remote.
Apointe is working exclusively with a manufacturing group to recruit a Financial Accountant. The role involves providing urgent accounting and inventory support during the permanent recruitment process, with this in mind we are seeking a candidate with extensive experience in manufacturing and inventory management.
The successful candidate will be comfortable working closely with finance and business stakeholders to drive improvements and build a strong platform for best-in-class financial reporting and analysis.
Key Accountabilities:
Inventory Reporting Project:
* Collaborate with finance and business stakeholders to analyse current inventory processes and identify areas for streamlining and improvement.
* Develop and enhance inventory reporting systems, focusing on automating manual processes.
Month-End Financial Reporting:
* Calculate the monthly inventory provision.
* Review of balance sheet reconciliations.
* Support and cover for other team members.
* Internal audit to review and rationalise month-end procedures and accounting policies.
General Finance Transformation Projects:
* Representation of the financial accounting function in growth and transformation projects.
Long-Term Responsibilities:
* Transition to a more standard financial accounting role, taking responsibility for the month-end close process and ensuring technical accuracy of assigned business areas.
* The role holder will have significant opportunity to drive the activities and progression of the role as the finance team grows and transforms.
Qualifications and Experience Level:
* Qualified Accountant:
ACA, ACCA, CIMA with 3+ years post-qualification experience.
* Manufacturing Environment Experience:
Experience with inventory accounting is preferable.
* Accounting Principles:
Solid understanding required.
* Process Improvement:
Proven ability to manage and improve financial processes.