Impulse Recruitment are currently recruiting for a Cost Accountant for a large company based in D 15
This is a Permanent position and an excellent oppetunity
Highly driven individual with extensive knowledge in manufacturing, ideally in a fresh
food business.
A creative yet commercial mind set willing to challenge existing
processes constantly seeking to improve them.
A proven ability to make complex processes simple and sustainable.
Relationships:
- Reports to the Financial Controller
- Have a close working relation with NPD, Production, Procurement and Sales
Teams
- Engage with production team to ensure costings are accurate and kept up to date
Main duties &; responsibilities:
- Supporting the company to provide accurate costings information, key commercial
sales and margin analysis.
Duties will include the following:
- Complete initial costings for all new products, highlight the selling price needed
for the margin required
- Maintain all costings (circa 300), ensuring all are up to date for ingredients and
packaging pricing and the labour is accurately stated on each product costing
- Track distribution spend each month and ensure it is in line with the standard
- Monitor weekly ingredients and packaging spend, comparing to the standard and highlighting areas of significant increases and the impact to margin re the increases
- Prepare detailed analysis on cost increases and advise on selling price increase
needed to offset the cost increase
- Continuously seek to improve on costings accuracy and build more efficient
costing methods
- Monitor customer selling prices, customer margin by product and advise on any
customer price increases
- Create/improve on a monthly standard v actual margin report – highlighting areas
of significance
- Complete weekly KPI reports on labour spend, highlighting areas of concern
- Oversee/Improve stock takes and ensure the count is accurately done, update
stock sheets for up-to-date costings.
- Assist with month end process, posting journal entries, balance sheet
reconciliations etc
- Assist with AP and AR when required
- Assist with budget preparation, monitor actual spend to budget and carry out
reviews with cost line owners ensure actual spend is in line with budget
- Create/improve work instructions for finance related tasks
- Ad hoc financial work as required by the needs of the business
- Proficient in Microsoft Office applications, advanced knowledge of Excel is
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Strong commercial awareness
- Experienced in working to tight reporting deadlines
- Experience implementing an ERP system a distinct advantage
Competencies
- Managing complexity in a fast-paced environment
- Ability to work on own initiative
- Ability to muti-task and prioritize
- Very strong attention to detail
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Analytical mind set with a problem-solving attitude
- Ability to work closely with other teams
- Education & Experience:
• Degree educated (in accounting or associated discipline)
• 1-3 years’ experience, within manufacturing