Cost Accountant

Cost Accountant This business offers benefits such as 25 days holiday + bank holidays, 1pm finish on Fridays and hybrid working. If you are an experienced Cost Accountant with a proven background in working within a multi-site manufacturing environment, with strong costing and management accounting skills, then read on… This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys collaborating cross functionally and driving real impact on business performance. The Cost Accountant, reporting directly to the Head Cost Accountant, will act as the primary contact for 3 operational sites supporting the business with job costing, stock reporting, fixed assets and overhead allocation. They will also support site activities such as stock takes, budget preparations and audits whilst ensuring any escalations are reported and dealt with in a timely and effective manner. This opportunity is a new role within the team at Wrexham and therefore offers an individual the opportunity to come in and be a part of continuous improvement, within a group of companies, alongside your head of department and the Head of Finance who promote autonomy and personal growth. Your role will include: • Build-up and maintenance of product standard costs on computer system • Monitoring of actual costs against standard and reporting and investigation of variances • Optimise cost accounting processes (job/product costing, margin analysis) to ensure accurate financial reporting • Lead process improvement initiatives to enhance data, controls, and reporting • Preparation of weekly/monthly management reports on product profitability • Preparation and monitoring of stock provisions and monitor perpetual inventory of stock provisions • Assisting in stock takes and preparation and investigation of stock take variances • Preparation of data to assist budget-setting and forecasting processes • Preparation of year-end supporting schedules for internal and external audit To be a success you will need: • CIMA qualified or qualified by experience. • Knowledge of and good working experience of SAP and Excel. • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to maintain relationships and interact at all levels across functions. • Experience of constructing forecasting and budgeting models. • Resilient self-starter, with the ability to manage workload to hit deadlines. Essential Details Position – Cost Accountant Location – Wrexham Salary - £55k + benefits + hybrid working Think you’ve got what we need? If you are a motivated and passionate Finance professional looking to make a move into an industry leading organisation, then introduce yourself to Kerri-Ann Hargreaves at Consult KA or drop your application in. Privacy notice: At Consult KA we take your privacy seriously. We process personal data relating to people who apply for job vacancies with us or who send speculative job applications (this could include name, address, email, phone no., qualifications, and employment history). The information provided by you will only be processed and used to contact you as part of the recruitment process – note, we may contact you about the specific job you have applied for or about other vacancies which we feel you may be suitable for.