Management Accountant

Management Accountant | Permanent | North Shropshire | £30,000 - £42,000 dependent on experience
Seymour John is proud to be working with a highly profitable FMCG company based in North Shropshire who have an exceptional opportunity for an ambitious Management Accountant to work within the fast-paced finance function for a £350m turnover organisation. In this role you will support the Senior Management Accountant in controlling the daily, weekly & monthly reporting requirements into the wider group.
Renowned for their excellent “on-the-job” training and progression opportunities, this company is happy to provide financial support for professional qualifications and will develop your skills on an ongoing basis, with promotion being the end goal. They will consider applicants at the early stages of their career in management accounting, or those who are more experienced and nearly ready for the next step up. The growth of the organisation means that the opportunities are there waiting for you and not dependent on someone else moving on, as well as job security.
Key areas of responsibility:
* Consolidation & analysis of daily Production costings, providing feedback & variance commentary.
* Reporting of other daily Production Data – KPI’s, Offal’s, Hot Fillets, Yields, Weight loss, Input price calculations.
* Business partnering site operations & commercial to ensure clear visibility & reporting of activities.
* Analysis & control of daily Livestock movements, stock control & pricing.
* Record & monitor stock movements, particularly external cold storage locations & provide weekly & monthly reconciliations.
* Lead the finance department involvement in month end stocktaking process – site & local external locations.
* Production & submission of weekly P&L accounts for the site departments.
* Additional Group financial reporting requirements – daily, weekly & monthly (volumes, labour, gross margin).
* New Product Costings – lead the process from feasibility to production.
* Support the Financial Accountant during the month end reporting timelines – P&L & Balance Sheet reconciliation, Inter-Company agreements. Business Partner to the three reporting departments on site, working closely with production & operations.
* Provide detailed, accurate data on the site departments – Production Costings, Yields, Stock reconciliations, Input price calculations, other KPI’s.
* Production of other site and group reports.
* Support the site Stock Controller to record & monitor stock movements within the site & to external storage locations.
* Provide additional support to the Financial Accountant & Assistant FC where necessary.
About you:
* Studying for a professional qualification.
* Solutions driven & cost aware.
* Excellent communication skills being able to liaise competently with internal and external parties.
* Teamwork – being part of a high performing department & being able to business partner non-financials.
Skill Requirements
* Highly developed numerical & analytical skills, dealing with large quantities of data from different sources.
* Able to communicate at all levels of the Organisation & with multi-functional teams.
* Excellent time management skills to deal with tight deadlines & ability to work under pressure.
* Proficient with MS Office suite with very strong Excel capabilities.
If you have the skills and ambition to thrive in this role, please contact Michelle Willetts or Helen Sawbridge at Seymour John as soon as possible