Management Accountant

Job Reference: WM – 2678

Location: Banbury

Salary: £45,000 - £50,000

Job Type: Permanent

Job Description

Management Accountant – Job Summary:

We’re supporting our client, a leading automotive manufacturer based in Banbury Oxford, who are looking for a Management Accountant to join their growing team. The successful Management Accountant will have experience of working with standard costs and variance analysis.

Salary:                         £45,000 – £50,000

Benefits:                      To be discussed at interview

Job Type:                    Permanent

Location:                     Banbury

Job Start date:            ASAP

Responsibilities:

  • Analysis and reporting of product/customer profitability
  • Analysis of stock ageing profile & review of slow moving/obsolete stocks
  • All sales & stock related journals at Month End
  • Manage the Company’s 4 stock takes per year
  • Working on budgets and forecasts with specific responsibility for Sales & Materials
  • Tracking & review of cost of quality
  • Analysis and reporting of production variances, labour/machine and materials
  • Scrap reporting & verification
  • Working with all areas of the business to improve quality, productivity, efficiency, profitability initially through cost centre/profit centre reporting
  • Complete all reporting within the deadlines set
  • Responsible for loading the Financial results in Hyperion
  • Calculation & review of standard labour and overhead recovery rates
  • Knowledge of quality standards
  • To project a professional image of the company to customers/visitors
  • To use the escalation procedure for any issues/concerns
  • Implementing solutions to resolve queries
  • Ensuring compliance with all applicable SOX and Internal Audit procedures

About You:

Health, Safety & Environmental Responsibilities:

  • Comply with Health & Safety and Environmental Policies.
  • Comply compliance with IATF 16949.
  • Ensure compliance with Environmental & Health & Safety standards in line with current certification.
  • Comply with the General Risk Assessments.
  • Comply with the Manual Handling Risk Assessments.
  • Comply with COSHH Risk Assessments.
  • Report accidents and near misses.
  • Comply with the Safe System of Work documents.
  • Take appropriate actions in emergency situations.
  • Adhere to 5S processes and procedures.

Behavioural Competencies:

  • Adaptability
  • Ownership
  • Anticipation
  • Innovation
  • Decision-making/autonomy
  • Commitment to results
  • Team spirit
  • Productivity/efficiency
  • Customer/Client orientation
  • Thoroughness & Self Discipline
  • Respect of rules/dedication

Specific Skills & Experience:

  • Qualified CIMA
  • Experience in prime manufacturing essential, automotive an advantage
  • Through knowledge and experience of working with standard costs and variance analysis
  • Ability to work under pressure
  • Strong Microsoft Excel skills
  • SAP knowledge and experience
  • Good analytical skills
  • Knowledge of quality standards
  • Good communication skills, written and verbal
  • Candidates must be able to work using their own initiative, and be able to liaise with other functions and departments at all levels within the company.
  • Manual dexterity.
  • Literacy and numeracy.

Job Application:

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