Job Title: Financial Operations Specialist
About the Role:
This is an exciting opportunity to join our finance team as a Cost Accountant. As a key member of the team, you will be responsible for providing accurate and informative product cost and margin information to senior management. You will work closely with the financial controller and senior management team to make operational decisions based on accurate cost and margin information.
Key Responsibilities:
• Analyze and improve processes on internal databases and systems
• Streamline expenditure to implement cost saving opportunities
• Compile month end reports and ensure all month end procedures are completed on time
• Support the compilation and analysis of monthly operational KPI data
• Operate and maintain accurate inventory accounting and control systems, including cycle counts and month-end reconciliations
• Provide accurate and informative product cost and margin information to management
• Operate costing system, maintaining complete information to ensure labour and overhead is correctly absorbed
• Provide analysis and support to production to help drive improved performance and efficiency
• Lead the collation of annual budget and quarterly rolling forecasts
• Assist with internal and external auditing
• Ensure process documentation is clear and up to date
Requirements:
• At least 2 years experience as a Cost Accountant
• Professional accounting qualification
• Highly organised with the ability to work to strict deadlines
• Previous budgeting, forecasting and financial modelling experience
• Excellent communicator and collaborator with proven problem-solving skills
• Skills: cost accountant, inventory, manufacturing