Management Accountant

Alexander Daniels are currently recruiting for a Management Accountant on behalf of an international manufacturing business based in Telford on a full-time, permanent basis. Reporting into the Financial Controller, you will be responsible for implementing and maintaining product cost structures, producing meaningful cost variance analysis and developing detailed cost forecasts.

Key Responsibilities:

• Producing labour productivity reports, analysing and identifying key variances.
• Assist with the preparation of weekly/monthly/quarterly forecasts.
• Preparation of monthly stock and Cost of Sales journals.
• Balance sheet reconciliations.
• Managing month end inventory, BOM’s and stock takes.
• Reconciliation of stock adjustments.
• Cost analysis and reporting.
• Maintain and update rolling stock forecast.
• Verification and updating in SAP of standard costs for materials, labour and overheads.
• Preparation and analysis of variances between actual and standard cost.
• Assisting with reporting of the financial performance of Continuous Improvement projects.
• Assisting with the implementation of robust internal financial controls.
• Be a key point of contact for the finance team for any queries and attend monthly management meetings if required.

The ideal candidate will be actively studying for their ACCA or CIMA qualifcation with previous experience producing management accounts in a manufacturing or warehousing environment. You must have excellent Microsoft Excel skills and cost tracking/CAPEX experience. Experience of SAP and/or Hyperion and inventory management would be an advantage but by no means essential.

This is an amazing opportunity for an ambitious part-qualified Accountant to join a business who are growing exponentially. You will be working in new, modern state of the art offices and the hours of work are Monday to Thursday 8:30am to 5pm, Friday 8:30am to 2pm.

The salary on offer is up to £45,000 per year dependant on experience level plus you will also be entitled to full study support, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, company pension and free on-site parking.