Financial Planning and Cost Accountant Job Summary
This role involves partnering with key stakeholders to drive continuous improvement and cost saving initiatives.
Key Responsibilities:
* Business Partnering: Collaborate closely with senior management to provide operational support on a day-to-day basis.
* Drive decision making through robust financial analysis on capital investment, cost saving and innovation initiatives.
* Operational Performance Reporting: Work closely with senior management to identify continuous improvements and cost saving opportunities.
* Communicate performance across all tiers, from shareholders to factory management.
Responsibilities include updating and presenting non-financial KPIs; Drive and Improve KPI reporting to provide better Analysis to Management and to drive improvements in Factory Operations
Analysis and reporting of plant manufacturing performance and efficiency. Develop and implement a detailed Line and Product Efficiency Model.
Ownership of Product Costings and Gross Margin Analysis. Drive absolute clarity on Bill of Materials by SKU. Manage gross margin analysis by SKU.
Work with the Financial Director and Commercial Director to develop and manage a robust new product launch costings tool. Provide weekly and Monthly GM Reports and suggestions for improvements to GM.
Reconcile GM between P&L and Commercial. Ad Hoc Work: Provide support to management for project work or costing saving initiatives.
Evaluate CAPEX proposals and make recommendations to Finance Director and Managing Director.