Full job descriptionKenneth Brian Associates are partnered with a global company based in Harwich looking for a proactive and experienced Finance Manager to join their team. The ideal candidate will come from a manufacturing background and have a working knowledge of cost accounting.
The company offers hybrid working where you would need to go in to the office 3 days per week.
Key Responsibilities:
Management Accounting
*Sales & Profitability analysis and reporting.
*Process Orders settlement; Capitalized overhead allocations.
*Utility and Other Variable cost reporting.
*Inventory accounting
*Overall responsibility for the UK costing runs for Standard and Actual costs.
*Working Capital/Capital employed analysis and reporting including Fixed Assets and Leases.
*Fixed Production Costs – analysis and explanation of variances to Plan and forecast
*Key Balance sheet items reconciliations
Inventory Management and Costing
*Overall responsibility for the financial control and reporting of Inventory for Harwich site at month end and year end.
*Valuation issues
*Liaise across Harwich site on stock issues and reporting.
*New Material costing
*Run ad hoc investigations into costing issues, e.g. price variances.
Finance Business Partnering
*Support Senior Commercial Managers in all aspects of Finance
*Analysis of Profitability by area to help understand costs and margins
*Completeness of Monthly Accounts including Accruals and Allocations
*Support Plan and Forecast processes
*Capex and Opex
Plan & Forecasts
*Support Harwich site in building Plan and Forecasts.
*Fixed costs for Harwich operations.
*Fixed Assets/Leases.
*Annual Production recovery rate calculations and update.
Year End Reporting & Audit
*Be the first port of call for Auditor requests
*Sales, Cost of Sales and Inventory
*Purchasing & Sales cut offs
*Stock Counts – oversee sites.
*Financial Reconciliation of Stock
*Net Realizable Stock valuations
About You:
*Strong IT and analytical skills using MS Excel with basic skills in PowerPoint and Word
*Previous costing and general ledger experience in a process manufacturing environment
*Flexible, resilient and proactive.
*Analytical thinking and solution-oriented approach
*Able to demonstrate effective written and verbal communication skills.
*Well organized and able to manage different priorities.
*The ability to work in a cross-functional team environment either independently or as part of a team.