Financial Accountant - Permanent Location: Co.
Meath, Ireland (site-based) Reporting to: Managing Director Our site combines high standards of quality and compliance with a strong performance culture.
Finance plays a central role in delivering tight control, accurate product costing, and clear insight to drive operational and margin outcomes.
________________________________________ Role purpose This role owns the site finance engine across period-end close, weekly/monthly performance reporting, budgeting & rolling forecasts, fixed assets/capex governance, inventory control, SAP production order review, yield variance reporting and product/process costing.
You will operate as the finance business partner to Operationsturning plant activity into reliable numbers and actionable insights.
________________________________________ Key responsibilities Performance reporting & insight (weekly / monthly) Deliver weekly and monthly performance analysis versus Prior Year and Budget, including clear, insightful commentary and key execution actions.
Prepare commercial reporting monthly, explaining variance versus expected margins (price/mix, yield, labour, overheads, waste, inventory impacts).
Produce trends and deep dives on product line costing and plant performance, supporting the Factory/Operations leadership team to drive improvements.
Carry out ad-hoc analysis to support business performance management and decision-making.
Budgeting & rolling forecasts Prepare and submit annual budgets and rolling forecasts, with clear identification and reporting of cost drivers and variables (volumes, labour, yields, energy, overhead absorption, packaging, etc.).
Partner with the Operations Manager and functional leads to design, optimise and monitor cost element leading indicatorssetting up cadences, frequent reviews, monitoring and control mechanisms.
Period-end close, VAT, and core finance operations Own period-end close: ensure all invoices and accruals are posted accurately in SAP, with robust cut-off and supporting schedules/reconciliations.
Prepare VAT reports from SAP and support compliance submissions as required.
Maintain AP & AR ledgers and support a strong control environment for site finance processes.
Inventory, stock integrity & write-off governance Provide financial analysis and insight to support inventory being held at the right levels, and manage the write-offs process to help the site hit targets.
Ensure accuracy of inventory valuation inputs (BOMs, yields, routings, postings) and drive visibility of stock risks and opportunities.
SAP manufacturing controls & yield variance Daily review of production orders in SAP: ensure resources and materials are issued correctly and investigate exceptions.
Understand production department yield variances and report daily, highlighting root cause themes and corrective actions with Operations.
Responsible for ensuring accurate financial and operational KPIs used in reporting.
Product/process costing & standards integrity Own product/process costing to ensure yields, labour and direct overhead standards reflect true cost of manufacture.
Work closely with Plant, Business and Process teams to resolve differences between standard and actual, and improve master data discipline and costing accuracy.
Fixed assets & capex governance Manage fixed assets accounting and the capital expenditure budget including monthly reporting of spend vs budget.
Identify and capitalise asset items at project completion and ensure compliance with the fixed assets policy.
Salary NEG Please submit a WORD cv to Skills: aca acca cima cpa part qualified qualified by experience product costing