Management Accountant

Salary: £30,000 – £38,400 per year

Highbury Recruitment are working in conjunction with a Client who urgently require a Management Accountant. We are looking for a candidate with a proven background in a manufacturing business who is an effective communicator, this is a hands on role and as such a visible level of drive and enthusiasm is a prerequisite. We are looking for qualified or part qualified ACA/CIMA/ACCA. Payroll experience desirable as well as advanced Excel skills.

Key Responsibilities

* Closing and reporting monthly results to strict 6 day reporting deadline

* Management and control of standard costing processes

* Set annual direct labour and overhead rates

* Set annual material standard cost

* Monthly analysis and reporting of stock values, provision and movements

* Monthly analysis of production variances

* Efficiency variances

* Margin variances

* Purchase prices

* Monitoring of direct labour and overhead recovery rates and over/under recovery position

* KPI’s reported monthly

* Working Capital (Debtors, stock & WIP), margin analysis and sales reporting

* Preparation and collation of information for monthly Intrastat returns, EC sales returns and VAT returns

* Liaising with budget holder, goods inwards personnel and procurement regarding invoice approval and payment

* Control of production of annual cost of sales and overhead budget

* Monthly general ledger reconciliation’s