Cost Accountant Location: Drogheda, Co Louth Description: The Financial Planning Analyst - Cost Accountant will partner with key stakeholders in the business to drive continuous improvement and cost saving initiatives.
The successful Cost Accountant will be responsible for all costings and product analysis onsite.
Full ownership and responsibilty of product costs to monthly gross margin analysis of existing products.
Key responsibilities: Business Partnering Work closely with Managing Director, Finance Director and business leadership to provide operations 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 Maintaining Weekly Price files Work closely with Managing Director and Factory Manager to identify continuous improvements and cost saving initiatives.
Communicate performance across all tiers, from shareholders to factory management.
This includes updating and presenting non-financial KPIs; Drive and Improve KPI reporting to provide better Analysis to Management and to drive improvements in Factory Operations Labour Analysis, KPI, Efficiencies etc.
Analysis and reporting of plant manufacturing performance and efficiency.
Develop and implement a detailed Line and Product Efficiency Model Systems and Reports Review - Determining Best Practice and Driving Changes 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 Product Costing Reporting and GM Analysis by SKU Process Costing Promotional Costing 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.
CAPEX Project Costing Assisting the Financial Director in any other duties as required.
Overhead Analysis Key Requirements Essential Must be a Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA).
3+ Years Relevant experience as a Financial Planning and Accounting or Manufacturing Cost Accountant position within a manufacturing environment or related field.
Demonstrated ability in system assessment and implementation Proficiency in Lean Manufacturing principles.
Strong financial analysis skills, including experience with variance analysis, forecasting, and financial modelling Manufacturing Factory Experience, FMCG or food environment would be an advantage Advanced Excel Skills, v-look up, Pivot Tables, Advanced Charting, Simulations and Databases etc.
Experience with data analysis tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, Qlik Sense, SQL, OLAP).
High attention to detail with excellent organisational and communication skills.
This is a fully in-office based role, however for an excellent candidate or circumstance, may be open to a 4 day work week or 1 day hybrid.
The role will involve a split of time between desk work and floor work: Up to 40% of time will be spent on the factory floor, capturing data, liaising with production team and our process technologist to correctly identify and report on cost centres.
The remaining time will be spent calculating, reporting, analysing, and disseminating information on costings for products and processes.
Skills: cost accounting cost accountant financial planning cost analyst finance cost cost reporting Gross Margin analyst