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Management Accountant

MTrec Recruitment
Posted 2 days ago, valid for 25 days
Location

Cramlington, Northumberland NE236PS

Salary

£35,000 - £42,000 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

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  • The company in Cramlington is seeking a Management Accountant with a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience.
  • The role involves managing monthly management accounts, forecasts, and budgets, along with setting standard costs for new products.
  • Candidates must have a qualified ACA/ACCA/CIMA and strong technical accounting knowledge, particularly in standard costing.
  • The position offers a competitive salary and benefits including a car scheme, enhanced pension, and training opportunities.
  • Applicants must also possess a full UK driver's license as travel between sites is required.

Rewards and Benefits on offer:

  • Immediate start.
  • Car scheme.
  • Enhanced pension.
  • Training and development.
  • Varied and interesting job role.
  • Great resources.
  • Great team culture.

The Company you’ll work for:

Our client is an established and successful company based in Cramlington. They are currently looking for a Management Accountant to join their team on a permanent basis. If you are interested and meet the person specification of the job role, please apply below.

The job you’ll do:

  • 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.
  • 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.

About you:

  • Must have access to full UK drivers licence, as you will be required to travel between sites.
  • Minimum of 5 years’ relevant experience.
  • Strong technical accounting knowledge and practical experience of standard costing is preferred.
  • Strong analytical approach with a strong attention to detail, with the ability to identify and articulate trends or issues.
  • Qualified ACA/ACCA/CIMA.
  • Excellent working knowledge of accounts/finance IT systems, database management and a proficient user of office IT systems including MS Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint.

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.