Your new companyHays Accountancy & Finance is partnering with a growing manufacturing business to recruit an experienced AAT qualified or part-qualified Management Accountant to take ownership of the production of management accounts, lead detailed costing and margin analysis as well support budgeting and forecasting cycles to manage costs and drive efficiency savings. This role will be working 5-days on-site, based in Eye Suffolk.
Your new roleIn this Management Accountant / Costings Accountant job, you will prepare management accounts with full variance analysis for direct and indirect cost centres, regularly reviewing manufacturing overheads, completing month-end stock and WIP reconciliations and resolving variances, as well as processing month-end accruals and prepayments.
As an experienced management / costing accountant, you prepare and reconcile Purchase Price Variance (PPV) analysis as well as review product-level margin and Cost of Sales analysis. You will be confident to present your reports in a clear, actionable format to the senior management team and non-finance operational teams that highlight potential cost savings and additional costs driven by raw material and production variances.
You will also assist in improving standard costing and pricing systems, including bills of materials, reviewing margins, and pricing matrices, as well as collaborating with the procurement team in managing material costs and overall factory financial performance.
What you'll need to succeedYou will have experience of working in a manufacturing finance environment and be at least AAT Qualified or Part-Qualified Accountant as a Management Accountant with a strong understanding of costing methodologies and margin analysis, ideally with practical experience with an ERP reporting system and a track record of improving reporting through automation and controls.
In person, you will be commercially focused and be comfortable presenting financial insight to non-financial stakeholders. It is expected you will be confident with Excel to analyse and update complex financial data.
What you'll get in returnThe organisation offers a salary package of £40,000 - £45,000 and other flexible benefits. For details of the benefits package, please contact Andy Jarman on
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