Manufacturing Accountant needed for a fantastic internationally renowned FMCG company who have become a major player in their niche sector having achieved significant growth both organically and through acquisition

Please see the details of the role below however if you have strong site finance experience in a manufacturing or FMCG environment and you want a new challenge and fast track progression then please get in touch.

The Role

• Finance contact for site Operations Management and working very closely with the Head of Finance
• Full responsibility for the preparation and ownership of standard costs / costing - ensuring end to end and site profitability targets are met.
• Full production of UK accounts and all associated management reporting, feeding into to the European group HQ.
• Maintain standard costs across the site, develop systems to ensure these are adhered to, and use these to drive successful & profitable trading & product development decisions.
• Prepare Budgets & Forecasts for the site, in particular focusing on factory efficiencies, overhead spend and labour usage.
• Forex/Hedging
• Responsible for managing site CAPEX, both preparing proposals and monitoring spend and performance
• Encourage site profit enhancing initiatives and ensure that deliverables are achieved
• Represent site at weekly P&L reviews with senior management
• Support with commercial analysis to help the trading team make the correct business decisions

The Person

• Be a qualified accountant (CIMA, ACA or ACCA). Anyone nearing the end of their studies will be considered
• Manufacturing / FMCG sector experience
• Be tenacious and able to challenge the status quo