Management Accountant

Management Accountant – Manufacturing / 35 hours per week | Hybrid working

Forrest Recruitment Ltd are delighted to be working in partnership with an award-winning manufacturing organisation who are looking to appoint an experienced Management Accountant to join their team on a permanent basis.

As Management Accountant, you will play a key role in supporting the financial performance of the manufacturing site, working closely with operational teams, budget holders and both UK and international finance stakeholders.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Partnering with the site leadership team on all aspects of financial performance and providing financial insight to support decision-making.
• Managing weekly and monthly financial reporting, ensuring information is accurate and submitted within agreed deadlines.
• Analysing factory performance and providing meaningful commentary on key movements, trends and variances.
• Working closely with budget holders to monitor expenditure against budgets and forecasts, identifying variances, risks and opportunities.
• Preparing month-end journals, including accruals, prepayments and other accounting adjustments, in line with Group policies and procedures.
• Producing monthly management accounts and reporting financial performance to the wider international finance team.
• Overseeing inventory reporting, identifying potential obsolescence and ensuring stock values are accurately reflected on the balance sheet.
• Managing site capital expenditure reporting, including assets under construction and the timely capitalisation of completed assets.
• Supporting product costing for goods manufactured at the site.
• Leading the site’s annual planning and forecasting cycles.
• Providing financial analysis and insight on an ad hoc basis to support operational and commercial decision-making.
• Working collaboratively with UK and international finance stakeholders to maintain strong financial controls, reporting accuracy and financial governance.

About You

The successful candidate will ideally have:

• Previous experience in a similar Management Accountant or site-based finance role, ideally within a manufacturing environment.
• Experience of working closely with operational teams and non-finance stakeholders.
• Part-qualified accountant status, ideally studying towards CIMA.
• Strong IT skills, particularly with ERP systems and Microsoft Excel.
• Excellent organisational skills with a strong attention to detail.
• A self-motivated and disciplined approach, with the ability to manage priorities and meet deadlines.
• An assertive, resilient and tenacious personality, with the confidence to challenge and influence where required.

What’s on Offer?

• Hybrid working – 3 days office-based / 2 days working from home.
• Excellent benefits package.
• Full funding and support towards CIMA qualification.
• Opportunity to join an established and award-winning manufacturing organisation.
• A commercially focused role with genuine exposure to site leadership and wider international finance teams

For further information about this opportunity please call Maddie at Forrest Recruitment for a confidential discussion – [phone removed]. Alternatively, please forward your CV for immediate consideration, I look forward to hearing from you.

Please note that due to the high volume of applications we receive, only those successfully shortlisted for the role will be personally contacted.

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