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Cost Accountant

Employer
Page Personnel
Location
Wales, Newport
Salary
£28000 - £38000 per annum + Holiday & Pension
Closing date
Dec 10, 2020

Job Details

We are supporting our client to recruit a Cost Accountant on a 12-month FTC to provide support to the UK Business. On a day to day basis you will provide support to the finance and manufacturing teams.

Client Details

The client is a Global manufacturing business who provides smart technical parts and solutions in the forms of managed services or singular products.

Description

As the Cost Accountant would be involved in:

  • Preparation and production of monthly management accounts with variance analysis and supporting commentary
  • Variance analysis and review
  • Gross Margin validation and analysis.
  • Overhead Absorption rate calculation and review.
  • Retrofit / backorder analysis and accruals.
  • Ageing Job analysis and investigation.
  • Providing costing information to Operations teams.
  • Ensuring and maintaining accurate product costs.
  • Support standard cost review process, and assist with Group costing activities
  • Review current procedures and processes with the view to suggesting and implementing improvements
  • Assist with maintaining and developing strong internal controls and ensure compliance with SOX requirements.
  • Working with global stakeholders to ensure consistency of process and controls across the organisation

Profile

The successful candidate will have the following:

  • Experience with a Finance department
  • Proficient in Excel with a range of advanced Excel skills (including; lookups, pivots, VBA, Power Query, Power Pivot, etc.)
  • Experience working in standard cost environment
  • Ability to define problems, collect and analyse data to draw actionable conclusions
  • Ability to effectively present and communicate information to wide range of stakeholders
  • Have or be studying ACCA/CIMA
  • Knowledge of UK and SOX Accounting regulations

Job Offer

The successful candidate for the Cost Accountant role:

  • Be Based in Newport
  • Receive £28,000 -£38,000 Per annum
  • Generous Holiday and Pension
  • Minimum 12m Contract

Company

When it comes to recruiting and placing part qualified (PQ) accountants and transactional finance candidates, Page Personnel gets the job done. We have 200 specialist recruitment consultants who know the finance market inside out and can help you to find the right role or the right candidate for your specific requirements. As part of a network of 21 countries we’re also able to offer global insight and access to international candidates.

We maintain close links with institutions like CIMA and ACCA, so it’s a market we fully understand. Our expertise also extends to areas like credit control, accounts payable and payroll and graduate recruitment. 

 

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