Senior Management Accountant

Job Description

Job Title: Senior Management AccountantSalary: CompetitiveLocation: Mirfield, West YorkshireLine Manager: Head of Commercial FinanceDirect Reports: Management Accountants (x2)Job Purpose:Reporting to the Head of Commercial Finance, you will be responsible for providing key financial information, which will aid the business in tracking progress against margin expectations and enabling better-informed decisions by the Board and the Senior Leadershipteam.Key Tasks and Accountabilities:- Supporting the Head of Commercial Finance in delivering insight into all drivers behind the gross margin at both customer, product and geographical level- Reporting and forecasting distribution expenditure- Responsibility for the preparation of group commissions and rebates- Responsible for the accounts and reporting for several manufacturing business units- Act as the key contact/support for managers by providing accurate, timely, user-friendly reporting and ad-hoc analysis for the manufacturing cost centres- Review, analyse and issue weekly flash reports for labour and material usage for the business- Prepare operational budgets & forecasts for the manufacturing cost centres, detailing key drivers against prior year/version for review- Product costing, specifically responsible for the costing of all new products and existing products; this includes the preparation of cost estimates, as well as maintaining the standard product costs- Business partnering with the supply chain to calculate forecast variances, as well as reporting actual performance to date- Assisting the wider business on large projects with financial analysis and insight- Reviewing the system controls within the Finance software- Development of the Finance Reporting software and implementing it across the wider business- Ownership of the Fixed Asset Register and CAPEX appraisals- Assisting in the annual audit process, providing information to the Companys auditors- Work with the Finance team to streamline internal reporting processes- Coaching and developing the junior management accountant roles- Ad Hoc duties to support the Head of Commercial FinanceEducation / Skills / Knowledge / Experience- Professional Finance qualification such as CIMA, ACCA or ACA- Post qualified experience in preparing management accounts and business partnering- Manufacturing and standard costing experience essential- Experience in supporting the development of junior accountants (desired)- New finance system implementation (desired)- Experience of Hive Ups (desired)- Extensive data analysis experience and understanding of financials- Strong excel and systems skills- Experienced in VBA and SQL- AS400 and Sage X3- Experienced in VBA and SQL (desired)- AS400 and Sage X3 (desired)Personal Qualities- Commercially minded- A questioning and challenging mindset- Strong attention to detail- Desire to improve existing processes- Attention to detail- Self-motivated