Really excited to be working with a manufacturing client in Pontefract!

Role Purpose:

Responsible for ensuring all financial and management transactions/insight is recorded in an accurate and timely fashion, monthly/weekly/daily reporting and helping to ensure compliance with statutory requirements.

Accountabilities:

Production of daily/weekly and monthly management information on a timely and accurate basis

Providing meaningful commentary on the variances to budget and on trend, highlighting potential risks and opportunities in the numbers

Approving spends and ensuring budgetary control across the site

Preparing costing's for new products, reviewing bill of materials

Investigating variances and providing solutions/process implementation to resolve any ongoing issues

Preparing monthly management accounts

Full balance sheet reconciliations for the month end reporting pack and resolution of any variances within the following month

Assisting in the preparation of the year-end audit file and liaising with both the internal and external auditors

Supporting projects around stock accuracy and refining the stock process to eradicate stock discrepancies within the ERP system

Managing one member of staff responsible for Credit Control and Accounts Payable

Person Specification:

Professional, engaging with a positive attitude

Curious attitude towards learning and resolving problems, proactive individual who isn't afraid to make changes to the status quo in order to bring improvements

Working quickly and meeting deadlines

Strong character, ready to liaise with any personality around the business

A strong communicator - based around our 'core' values of trust, honesty, respect, passion and admiration. Demonstrates a passion for what we do, and puts our customers at the heart of what we do.

A passion and pride for delivering exemplary standards

Driven and highly motivated to learn, develop and grow within their role

Skills/Experience:

Accounting qualification required (CIMA/ACA/ACCA) - part or fully qualified can be reviewed for the right candidate

Strong knowledge of Excel, IF formulas, SUM Ifs, V Lookups and Pivot tables as minimum

People managing or mentoring experience is a plus

Ideally would have had purchase ledger experience but not essential

Manufacturing experience is desirable

Be comfortable offering both support and challenging the site leadership team

A "hands on" approach

Comfortable designing and implementing new processes and procedures

Get in touch for more details: laura.gunby@markssattin.com 0113 2031601