Commercial Cost Accountant

Description

Sewell Wallis is looking for a Commercial Cost Accountant for a high-growth metals manufacturing business in Sheffield, South Yorkshire.

This role is a fantastic opportunity for an established Cost Accountant or Management Accountant with extensive manufacturing experience to step up into a more commercially focused business partnering position.

You'll be working with internal department directors across operations and commercial, whilst reporting into a Head of Finance. You'll need to be used to working with raw material prices, forecasting on costing fluctuations and impact on sales/margins.

What will you be doing?

Working closely with the operational and commercial teams to understand the full margin elements of the company's product portfolio.Regular analysis and reporting of raw material costs, including forecasting of elementals, foreign exchange and potential hedging requirementsUnderstanding of the full operational process of the company's product portfolio, incorporating standard costing into product cost and pricing mechanisms.Daily review, analysis and informative reporting of operational costs in line with budget/forecast, including assessment of manufacturing variances such as mix/yield/price/quantity, promoting cost awareness with insight to drive action and improve future performance.Daily review, analysis and reporting of production vs forecast, including assessment of volume/revenue/GCM.Monthly forecasting for operational performance to GCM at a detailed level.Identify operational process inefficiencies and suggest necessary improvements to enhance cost efficiency and business improvement.Adhering to month end group reporting deadlines (calendar day 5), ensuring completion of all relevant pricing and costing adjustments within operational and accounting software, including reconciliations and valuations of inventory balance sheet itemsMonthly sales and margin analysis, review and commentary for inclusion within management accountsAssist with internal & external audit requirements. What skills are we looking for?

Qualified accountant ACA, ACCA, CIMAStrong Microsoft Excel skillsExperience within Manufacturing (Metal and Alloy experience is beneficial)Excellent communicator, with strong presentation skillsExperience in business partnering across departmentsWhat's on offer?

A competitive salary of 65,000Quarterly bonus of approx. 7%Pension - matched up to 8%25 days annual leave + bank holidaysChristmas ShutdownPrivate healthcareSend us your CV below, or contact Inci Evcil for more information.

To apply please send your CV, quoting our reference and specifying which website you saw this position advertised on. Due to the high volume of applications please accept that if we have not responded to your application within seven days, your application has not been successful. Sewell Wallis is a specialist recruitment company with a vast amount of experience in our industry we offer permanent, temporary and interim recruitment support for accounting and finance, human resources and business support positions. We recruit at all levels within finance from Purchase Ledger Administrator and Credit Controller level through to Financial Controller and Director positions. With offices in Sheffield and Leeds, we are well situated to cover all of South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Manchester. Please visit our website for more information on accountancy and finance jobs and human resources or business support positions.

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