Commercial Cost Accountant
Sewell Wallis is looking for a Commercial Cost Accountant for a high‑growth metals manufacturing business in Sheffield, South Yorkshire.
This role is a fantastic opportunity for an established Cost Accountant or Management Accountant with extensive manufacturing experience to step up into a more commercially focused business partnering position.
You’ll be working with internal department directors across operations and commercial, whilst reporting into a Head of Finance. You’ll need to be used to working with raw material prices, forecasting on costing fluctuations and impact on sales/margins.
Key Responsibilities
* Working closely with operational and commercial teams to understand the full margin elements of the company’s product portfolio.
* Regular analysis and reporting of raw material costs, including forecasting of elementals, foreign exchange and potential hedging requirements.
* Understanding the full operational process, incorporating standard costing into product cost and pricing mechanisms.
* Daily review, analysis and informative reporting of operational costs in line with budget/forecast, including assessment of manufacturing variances such as mix, yield, price, quantity, promoting cost awareness with insight to drive action and improve future performance.
* Daily review, analysis and reporting of production vs forecast, including assessment of volume, revenue, GCM.
* Monthly forecasting for operational performance to GCM at a detailed level.
* Identify operational process inefficiencies and suggest necessary improvements to enhance cost efficiency and business improvement.
* Adhering to month‑end group reporting deadlines (calendar day 5), ensuring completion of all relevant pricing and costing adjustments within operational and accounting software, including reconciliations and valuations of inventory balance sheet items.
* Monthly sales and margin analysis, review and commentary for inclusion within management accounts.
* Assist with internal and external audit requirements.
Qualifications & Skills
* Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA).
* Strong Microsoft Excel skills.
* Experience within manufacturing (Metal and Alloy experience is beneficial).
* Excellent communicator, with strong presentation skills.
* Experience in business partnering across departments.
Compensation & Benefits
* A competitive salary of £65,000.
* Quarterly bonus of approx. 7%.
* Pension matched up to 8%.
* 25 days annual leave + bank holidays.
* Christmas shutdown.
* Private healthcare.
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To apply please send your CV, quoting our reference and specifying which website you saw this position advertised on. Due to the high volume of applications please accept that if we have not responded to your application within seven days, your application has not been successful.
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