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We are currently looking for a Cost Accountant to join our team in our award-winning business. This position is based onsite in Auchincruive, Ayr.
At Neogen, we partner with our customers to protect and enhance the world’s level of food and animal safety. By offering a diverse suite of solutions for the food, beverage, animal protein and agriculture industries, we empower our customers to safeguard their brands and create better products. We also have the privilege to partner with companies in the companion and performance animal industries, as well as the fields of life sciences and toxicology.
Our team here supports the Indian, European, Middle Eastern and African (iEMEA) territories for Neogen Corporation, a top performing NASDAQ listed business employing over 2,000 people worldwide.
What you’ll be doing:
1. Ensure accurate and timely reporting of COGS and inventory, including detailed reconciliations and variance analysis.
2. Analyse, report and provide insight on inventory balances (FG, RM and WIP), valuations and provisions.
3. Take ownership of product costing in the region by ensuring:Bills of Materials are complete, accurate and costed on a regular basis (with period-over-period variances identified and investigated).Labour and Overhead rates are updated annually for each of the manufacturing sites and reflect any operational changes.Actual manufacturing costs are analysed on a periodic basis and compared to product costing assumptions.
4. Support Tax Team in Transfer Pricing management.
5. Support internal and external audits by providing necessary cost records and documentation.
6. Implement and maintain strong internal controls over cost accounting.
7. Identify opportunities to improve transactional processes around COGS and inventory, with aim of increasing efficiency and accuracy of month- and quarter-end processes.
8. Provide cost-related insights to management to aid in decision-making for pricing, process improvements and cost reduction initiatives.
About you:
9. Qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA etc.).
10. Manufacturing sector experience, with experience around COGS, Inventory Accounting and stock valuation including stock provisioning methodologies.
11. Understanding of standard and actual costing methodologies.
12. Ability to communicate complex financial data in a clear and meaningful way for non-financial colleagues.
13. Experience in initiating and implementing process improvements.
14. Experience using SAP / Sage 200 preferred.
15. Proactive and solution-oriented approach, with the ability to work independently and within taeams.