Financial Planning Analyst - Cost Accountant Job Opportunity
A leading fmcg manufacturer is seeking a skilled Financial Planning Analyst - Cost Accountant to partner with senior leadership and deliver robust financial insights, costings, and gross margin analysis.
This role requires a strong understanding of financial analysis, including variance analysis, forecasting, and modelling. The successful candidate will drive efficiencies, support decision-making, and identify continuous improvement initiatives across manufacturing operations.
The ideal candidate will have at least 3 years' relevant experience in cost accounting or fp&a within a manufacturing environment and possess advanced excel skills, including v-lookups, pivot tables, charting, and database functions.
Key responsibilities include delivering financial analysis to support capital investment, cost saving, and innovation initiatives, analysing and reporting on plant performance, efficiency, and kpis, and maintaining weekly price files, process costings, promotional costings, capex project costings, and labour/overhead analysis.
Beyond technical skills, the successful candidate will possess strong attention to detail, problem-solving, and communication skills, as well as the ability to work collaboratively and manage time effectively.
This opportunity offers a chance to work in a dynamic manufacturing environment and contribute to the company's success through strategic financial planning and analysis.
We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced individual who can bring their expertise to this challenging and rewarding role.