MacKenzie King are excited to be recruiting a Senior Management Accountant to join a manufacturing business, based on the outskirts of Woodbridge. As a Senior Management Accountant, you will have a business partnering approach and work closely with the Operations Manager and Finance Director to provide timely, accurate and manufacturing focused finance support.
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Inventory - Analysis, Cycle Counting, Physical Inventory, E&O Management, Fixed Assets
- Costing - Creating, Maintaining & Analysing
- Operational Reporting - Daily/Monthly/Quarterly/Yearly
- Successfully operate as the primary contact person for cost analysis and creation of the manufacturing budget and costing
- Driving Cost reduction and Productivity initiatives, with responsibility to track and validate monthly cost savings
- Releasing purchase requisitions / POs, including financial review for proper account and possible capitalization
- Review, approve and coordinate annual evaluation for standard cost on Raw, WIP & FG
- Participate in the LDM (daily meeting) in the production floor with local management team
- Managing the daily cycle program
- Presents monthly manufacturing results to compare actuals vs budget
- Preparing and presenting the Weekly Flash Report
- Preparing and processing all necessary month end journal entries
- Internal control and SOX compliance
- Support the Statutory Audit
- Manage and deliver continuous improvement of processes and IT systems in line with the European business strategy and KPIs
- Ad Hoc Reporting
Key Skills & Attributes:
- Professionally qualified accountant (ideally CIMA) or demonstrate relevant experience
- Manufacturing experience is desirable
- Highly numerate, ability to analyse financial data and provide appropriate commentary
- Attention to detail is essential
- Good communication skills both verbally and in writing
- Ability to communicate and work with non-financial customers
- Demonstrate a pro-active, flexible and pragmatic approach
- Ability to operate successfully in a fast-moving environment
- Knowledge of SAP