The Role

Key Responsibilities:

• Weekly/Monthly performance analysis – vs PY, Vs Budget and keys to execute including insightful commentary
• Prepare and submit Financial Budgets and rolling Forecasts with clear identification and reporting of cost drivers and variables.
• Fixed Assets accounting and management of capital expenditure budget and spend with monthly reporting of spend vs budget. Identify and capitalise asset items at the end of the project and ensure compliance with fixed assets policy.
• Provide financial analysis and insights to help support inventory is at the right levels and manage write-offs process to help the site hit their targets.
• Maintain AP & AR ledger
• Daily review of production orders in SAP and ensure resources and materials are issued correctly.
• Own period end close – ensure all invoices and accruals are posted in SAP
• Prepare VAT reports from SAP
• Understand production department yield variance’s and report daily
• Carry out any required ad-hoc analysis pertaining to business performance management and drive insights from operating performance.
• Partnering with Operations Manager and functional leads in designing, optimising and monitoring cost element leading indicators by setting up cadences, frequent reviews, monitoring and control mechanisms.
• Capture all R&D related spend weekly
• Product/Process costing – ensuring that yields, labour and direct overhead standards reflect the true cost of manufacture. Working with the Plant, Business and Process Teams to resolve any differences.
• Responsible to ensure accurate financial KPI’s.
• Prepare trends, deep dive and monitor product line costing in manufacturing to assist factory manager on improvements.
• Commercial reporting monthly and report & understand variance versus expected margins

The Person

Qualifications and skills
• Bachelor's degree in finance or accounting
• Part Qualified or Trainee Accountant
• Strong Microsoft excel knowledge.
• Detail orientated, focused individual with an ability to work in a team and across functions and can drive themselves daily in an unsupervised manner
• Food manufacturing or FMCG experience preferably but not essential

The Package

Permanent role

Part time 3/4 days per week