Manufacturing Accountant

My client, a well-established and growing manufacturing company is keen to recruit a finalist / newly / recently qualified accountant into a newly created role of Manufacturing Accountant.

Reporting to the Financial Controller, duties will include:

• Understand how the end to end systems work through the full manufacturing process including the creation of financial transactions in the P&L and balance sheet
• Responsible for overall stock accuracy, and minimising stock write offs
• Identify any discrepancies with stock postings and adjustments, and conduct appropriate investigations to resolve such issues
  Implementation of improved processes and controls
• Co-ordinating weekly, monthly and year end stock takes including cut off procedures
• Month end stock reconciliation, ensuring the GRNI accruals balance to stock valuation
• Investigate and remedy obsolete stock
• Monitoring of purchasing behaviours
• Updating stock codes for Intrastat Data
• Ad hoc reports and investigations

Role will suit a qualified finance professional with previous experience in a manufacturing environment, including knowledge around standard costing, bill of materials and stock control

You will have a willingness to take a hands-on approach and get out on the factory floor to see how products are made, and track the movement of stock

Strong interpersonal and communication skills are essential for the role, together with strong technical and analytical skills

You will have strong IT skills, including intermediate level Excel skills (Pivot Tables & VLookup), Sage 200 manufacturing experience preferable, but not essential.

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