Management Accountant in Wakefield
Posted by Axon Moore
£50,000 – £55,000 a year
Wakefield · Permanent
This is an excellent opportunity for a commercially minded finance professional to work closely with operational teams and senior management, providing meaningful financial insight, improving cost efficiencies and supporting the continued growth of the business.
Key Responsibilities
- Prepare monthly management accounts, ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting.
- Analyse financial performance, highlighting variances against budgets, forecasts and prior periods.
- Support budgeting, forecasting and financial planning processes.
- Monitor manufacturing costs, production expenditure and overheads to identify opportunities for cost savings.
- Analyse stock, inventory valuations, work in progress and production variances.
- Review gross margins, product profitability and cost performance.
- Work closely with production and operational teams to monitor KPIs, budgets and business performance.
- Maintain balance sheet reconciliations, including accruals, prepayments and fixed assets.
- Manage month-end processes, ensuring all financial information is complete and accurate.
- Support year-end accounts, audit requirements and VAT reporting.
- Monitor cash flow and working capital, helping to improve financial efficiency.
- Provide financial analysis and commercial insight to support business decisions.
- Identify opportunities to improve profitability, control costs and enhance operational performance.
- Improve financial reporting processes, systems and management information.
- ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified
- Experience in a management accounting role, ideally within a manufacturing or production environment.
You'll have the opportunity to work closely with senior management and operational teams, using your financial expertise to drive cost efficiencies, improve margins and support key business decisions. With a broad remit and the opportunity to influence operational performance, this role offers the chance to make a tangible impact on the continued success and growth of the business.
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