Job Description
Were working with a successful and fast-paced food manufacturing business in South Kirkby who are looking to appoint a part qualified costings accountant to support their Finance Controller. This is a great opportunity for someone with solid finance experience who enjoys being close to operations and having a direct impact on cost control and performance.
What youll be doing:
This is a hands-on role where youll be key to helping the business understand its operational performance and improve profitability. Responsibilities include:
* Calculating daily operational variances including yields, etc.
* Reporting on costs across labour, etc including variances to standard
* Liaising with Payroll to ensure accurate daily cost capture
* Highlighting and actioning yield performance with operations
* Ensuring yield improvement actions are implemented and shared across teams
* Updating system changes (e.g. cost specs, BOMs, reports, maintenance systems)
* Ensuring new products are set up correctly to measure key direct costs
* Identifying and supporting areas for profit improvement
* Stock reconciliation across multiple areas including third-party providers
* Ensuring accurate costs and yields in product costings and tenders
* Providing holiday/absence cover and supporting other finance duties as required
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