Management Accountant

Salary: £36,000 – £38,400 per year

MB263 – Management Accountant (3 to 6 month contract)

Location: Ledbury

Salary: £30,000 – £32,000

Working Hours: Monday to Friday. 9am – 5.30ppm

Single Source Recruitment are currently recruiting for a Management Accountant on behalf of our client based in Ledbury. This is a short term contract position (between 3 to 6 months), however, there may be an opportunity for the role to be made permanent.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Co-ordination of all month end, half year and year end accounting processes. This includes the SAP to APEX uploads and validation clearing.

Completing the half year and year end standard reporting packs.

Working with the financial controller to set up the budget files.

Update the budget upload template and ensure all validations are cleared. Load budget into SAP once completed.

Assist with the MMR for month end.

Controlling the balance sheet reconciliations.

Liaising with and resolving internal and external auditor queries.

Working with the Senior Management Team to prepare capital project requests

Maintenance/ set up of fixed assets and tracking of spend to ensure that projects stay within budget.

Controlling the setup of new vendors, customers and SAP requests.

Completing quarterly review of SAP access at site.

Reviewing and posting the customer accruals where agreements are in place to credit/ invoice regarding resin movements.

Journal Postings- Completing stock journals relating to provisions and other adjustments.

Customer Dispute Notice (CDN) monitoring and resolution, liaising with various teams.

Bad debt monitoring and accrual posting

Sundry invoices/credits

Customer and Supplier Rebate Calculation Management

Stock Reviewing – Running Aged Stock reports and provision evaluations. Co-ordinating year end stock count with warehouse and auditors.

Scrap Management – Review aged stock to produce scrap plans, processing scrap notes and provide a full audit trail. Communicate with relevant departments including waste handling.

Forecasting Stock Provisions – Total ageing provisions and net scrap values calculations to provide the FC with clear indications on financial impact for the month.

Packaging stocks/ Coatings – Ensure the system is in line with physical stock counts processed by various Departments. Also, understanding the physical process and periodically attending counts.

Costings- Manage the costing process within the finance team.

SAP Updates- Mass costing updates and raw material price updates.

Stock Reconciliations/ Machine Rates- To provide accurate stock figures for Management reporting, NRV Calculations, Labour and Overhead Analysis

Journal Postings- Completing stock journals relating to provisions and other adjustments.

Variance Analysis– Reviewing the production variances to ensure the standard costs in the system are accurate. Also, to highlight consistently under-performing product lines and feedback to the relevant departments.

Engineering Stock – Monthly calculation of engineering stores provisions and processing the adjustments as required. Managing the stock count process within engineering stores.

Skills and Qualifications:

Qualified Accountant (ACCA/ACA/CIMA).

Held a previous finance role for a minimum of 3-5 years (Essential).

Excellent Computer Skills – Microsoft Works with Excel (Essential).

Experience of an ERP System (ideally SAP).

Preferably experience of working in a manufacturing environment.

Experience of managing team members.

Strong communication and commercial skills with experience in a similar role and the capability of working in a fast-paced environment.

Approachable and a team player.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

A pro-active individual who uses their initiative.

Flexible, analytical and good organisational skills.

Highly responsive with the ability to work in a dynamic environment.

Good understanding of IT systems.

Willingness to accept responsibility and accountability.

MB263 – Management Accountant (3 to 6 month contract)

Location: Ledbury

Salary: £30,000 – £32,000

Working Hours: Monday to Friday. 9am – 5.30pm