Management Accountant

Job description
Management Accountant | Shipley | £45k-£55k | Office Based (1pm finish Friday) | Manufacturing Role Overview We are looking for a stand out management accountant with the right character and attitude to deal with a fast-paced, challenging, yet highly rewarding working environment.This role would suit someone who is ambitious, driven, with excellent communication and relationship building skills; specifically it would be highly beneficial if the individual had experience of preparing the management accounts within a manufacturing environment.For further information, please get in touch for immediate consideration. Responsibilities Due to the departure of the site Management Accountant we are looking to recruit a new Management Accountant to join our small onsite finance team.This role will report directly to the Financial Controller and the main duties will initially include, but are not limited to, the following: Ensure that stock and work in progress (WIP) are accurately valued in accordance with accounting policies. Run the period end stock and WIP valuation reports, reconcile them to the General Ledger and identify stock to be included in the Excess and Obsolete stock provision. Prepare accrual and prepayment calculations for the monthly management accounts. Variance analysis comparing actual results to plan and forecast. Perform monthly Balance Sheet reconciliations. Providing line management and guidance of the Finance Administrator Posting the monthly payroll to the General Ledger. Labour hours utilisation reporting Oversee inter-company invoicing and reconciling group balances. Preparation of the VAT return for submission to HMRC. Other tasks and projects to support the Financial Controller and Site Leadership Team. Person Specification: CIMA or ACCA fully qualified or finalist. Degree in Finance, Accountancy, Maths or equivalent experience Experience and understanding of Manufacturing environments, would be ideal, but not essential Have experience of working within a deadline structured delivery environment Accurate with good attention to detail. Able to work autonomously and part of integrated teams Have excellent IT skills, especially within MS Excel spreadsheet development and manipulation Good interpersonal and communication skills Be able to work within a fast paced, ever changing business Experience of being involved in new systems implementations would be of interest This would also suit somebody who has further career ambitions to develop into a Financial Controller in the future As well as a long term, rewarding career you would also be rewarded with excellent perks and benefits including: Salary sacrifice-led pension plan that matches employee contributions up to 6% Employee Assistance Programme Free life assurance cover at the value of four times basic annual salary Holiday purchase scheme which enables employees to purchase an additional week’s worth of annual leave each year Comprehensive wellbeing programme that supports employees with their physical, mental and financial health, as well as their cultural/environmental wellbeing Competitive employee discounts platform that provides employees with discounts with leading brands/retailers Internal reward and recognition scheme linked to internal benefits platform Cycle to Work scheme Enhanced family-friendly benefits Company sick pay Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Committee that supports and champions employee diversity Local discounts and offers (e.g. gyms) For immediate consideration or more information on the role, please contact Kirk Wilber-Moran on