**Job Title:** Financial Planning Analyst - Cost Accountant
We are seeking a skilled Financial Planning Analyst - Cost Accountant to partner with our senior leadership team. The ideal candidate will deliver robust financial insights, costings, and gross margin analysis.
The successful candidate will be responsible for:
* Providing day-to-day operational support to senior leaders
* Delivering robust financial analysis to support capital investment, cost saving, and innovation initiatives
* Analysing and reporting on plant performance, efficiency, and KPIs
* Developing and implementing line and product efficiency models
* Managing and reporting on gross margin analysis by SKU, reconciling P&L and commercial performance
* Creating and managing a costing tool for new product launches
* Providing weekly and monthly gross margin reports with recommendations
* Maintaining weekly price files, process costings, promotional costings, CAPEX project costings, and labour/overhead analysis
* Supporting management with ad hoc project work and cost saving initiatives
To succeed in this role, the ideal candidate will possess:
* Minimum 3 years' relevant experience in cost accounting or FP&A within a manufacturing environment
* Strong financial analysis skills, including variance analysis, forecasting, and modelling
* Experience implementing new systems and software to drive improvements
* Strong attention to detail, problem-solving, and communication skills
* Ability to work collaboratively and manage time effectively
This is an exciting opportunity to join our organisation and contribute to our success.