Cost accountant - united kingdom, taunton, somerset
my client, an industry leading precision engineering company in somerset have a fantastic job opportunity for a cost accountant to join their growing team.
the cost accountant based in somerset will report into the group financial controller and will be responsible for all aspects of cost accounting for the site. the position is accountable for the ongoing analysis of manufacturing variances, target costing projects, margin analysis, and tracing costs back to underlying activities. the cost accountant will also implement cost-effective data accumulation systems and processes needed to provide an appropriate level of costing information to management to provide full analysis of the p&l through to gross margin. you will also ensure adequate controls and reviews are in place for inventory and gross margin reporting, including: cost of goods sold, scrapped material, purchase price variances, standard cost changes, warranty reserve, excess & obsolete inventory reserve, inventory revaluation, monthly inventory reconciliations, and manufacturing variance analysis. the cost accountant will also drive and lead all standard cost updates and analyse work order variances and articulate findings to local fp&a and operations and will work with engineering and operations to ensure bills of materials and routings are accurate.
the cost accountant based in somerset will have 5+ years of cost accounting and gross margin-related experience in a manufacturing background and will ideally be cima/ acca qualified.
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