Cost Accountant- Part Qualified - St. Helens, United Kingdom - Page Personnel Finance

Page Personnel Finance

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St. Helens, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Page Personnel are partnering with a fantastic manufacturing company who are recruiting for a Cost Accountant to join their team.

This is a great opportunity to be supported and work along side one of the Finance Managers.

Client Details
Page Personnel are excited to be working with a market leading, innovative manufacturing business situated in St. Helens. They are consistently winning awards, leading within their industry and developing their brand.

My client has now been established for over twenty years and have grown substantially. They are always developing new ways to market their products and grow their business.

They already have a global presence within fifteen other countries and having excitingplans to grow this to thirty by 2024.

Description

The duties for the Cost Accountant are:

Analyse revenue, direct production and indirect labour, inventory valuation, burden rates, cost of sales and gross margin
Compare actual product costs with budget, estimates or standards and analyse results
Validate of bill of materials, overhead rates and allocations
Ensure that direct production labour is accurately recorded
Monitor and report of direct production labour efficiency's to standard.
Production of timely & accurate monthly management reports, including validation of cost of goods sold by product line, including standard cost of sales, inventory adjustments and scrap.
Manage accurate and timely inventory control, including cycle counts, monthly/quarterly WIP valuation and physical inventory accuracy. Responsible for annual year end physical inventory.
Analyse slow moving inventory and calculate E&O reserves
Support annual budgeting and quarterly forecasting.
Maintain system pricing to ensure accurate billing.
Support year close activities including liaising with auditors.
Support third party cost audits
Provide support to the Finance Director
Proactively work with key stakeholders to identify areas of improvement to positively affect costs efficiency's and product improvements

Profile

The successful Cost Accountant will have:

Experience in a similar role
Studying towards CIMA, ACCA not essential
Experience of using an ERP system
Strong communication, written and presentation skills including an ability to explain financial issues to nonfinancial staff
Analytic skills
Strong management reporting skills
Advanced IT skills including Excel

Job Offer