Cost accountant - united kingdom, lichfield, staffordshire

it's an exciting time to join autosmart; we're in the most significant period of transformational change in our history, opening our new highly automated manufacturing hub in summer 2023, implementing ifs, our new erp system, and a clear strategic plan taking us from gbp30m turnover to over gbp45m within 5 years.

based at our shenstone hq, we have a fantastic opportunity for an accomplished cost accountant with a wealth of standard costing expertise and management accountancy experience to join our friendly and collaborative finance team. with your leadership and manufacturing background, strong technical ability and excellent communication skills, you will quickly become the key interface between our operations, sales and finance teams. you will take the lead in presenting our senior stakeholders with the information required to make vital business decisions across all markets and provide ongoing analysis and validation of product line expenditure, pricing and profitability.

we're looking for a positive team player with a strong work ethic, confident leadership style and great team spirit to match our collaborative and dynamic company culture.

our cost accountant will:

• take responsibility for creating, maintaining and improving the standard cost model

• oversee the development of the product costing system as part of our major erp it project to incorporate machine, production labour rates and overhead apportionment

• oversee the development of the product costing system as part of our major erp it project to incorporate machine, production labour rates and overhead apportionment

• maintain costs for the purposes of stock valuation, pricing, budgeting, and forecasting

• collate sales and cost of sales data to produce and analyse business information

• manage, coach and develop a small team

• attend internal meetings and provide considerable input to company budgets and forecasts

• report and present p&l results, kpis and trends to assist directors and managers in driving profits and efficiency

our cost accountant will have:

• 5+ years working in a cost or management accounting role in a manufacturing environment

• experience and full understanding of actual and standard costing with an erp system

• 2+ years staff supervision or management

• acma qualification would be advantageous

• excellent communication and interpersonal skills

• ability to contribute to business and process change

what we can offer you:

• a fast-paced responsible role within a supportive finance environment

• salary up to gbp50k dependent on experience and qualification, we'd love to chat to you about this

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays

• hybrid role with flexible working options available

• non-contributory private health care and critical illness cover

• generous contributory pension scheme

• life insurance at three times salary

• employee assistance programme

• staff purchase scheme - take products home free of charge

apply today

would you like to take the lead in driving business efficiency though sales analysis and the development of costing processes in a new production facility and erp system? if so, we'd really like to hear from you. please apply now using the apply button and upload your cv.

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