THE ROLE

• Manage the preparation of monthly management accounts, short-term forecasts and budgets in line with group reporting formats and deadlines
• Regularly review and periodically update standard product costs
• Responsible for setting standard costs of new products, in conjunction with the engineering department
• Obtain, interpret and analyse data and take a proactive role in assisting the senior management team to understand financial information
• Analyse and understand key trends for orders, sales, profit and cash, highlighting key issues and variances from budget and/or forecast for the senior management team
• Prepare 'bridges’/analysis highlighting key movements between actual and budget/forecast
• Manage project data within the business system to ensure data integrity is maintained and financial results are prepared in line with statutory and group accounting policies
• Full responsibility for balance sheet reconciliations
• Responsibility for year-end processes ensuring stock counts are carried out appropriately and inventory is valued appropriately on the balance sheet.
• Submit and have responsibility for other monthly reporting requirements including monthly VAT submissions
• Prepare financial analysis and commentary for inclusion in the monthly management report, including collation and review of other report sections.
• Liaise with external auditors and tax advisors and to provide disclosure packs and tax analysis
• Undertake ad hoc project work, review of slow moving stocks, general cost analysis to help drive continuous financial improvement, financial modelling scenarios

This position will be on a full-time, permanent basis working 35 hours per week, dayshift. To provide its employees an improvement in work/life balance, they operate a 9-day fortnight (9/10) where staff employees have the opportunity to work compressed working hours and as a result have every other Friday as a day off. After successfully completing probation, there is an option for one day working from home.

THE PERSON

Ideally you will be a qualified accountant with a minimum of 5 years’ relevant experience. You will have strong technical accounting knowledge and it would be preferred that you have some practical experience of standard costing, this is not essential.

You will have an analytical approach with a strong attention to detail and the ability to identify and articulate trends or issues.

BENEFITS

Help at Hand app (Employee Assistance Program)

Holiday buy & sell

Car scheme

Competitive pay

Enhanced pension

Training & development