Senior Management Accountant

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