Job Description

Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Month End and site financial control including inventory related reconciliation's and other control account reconciliation's.
• Cost and margin analysis and reporting.
• Have a thorough understanding of the cost structure of the UK site and maintain recovery rates and the annual cost roll up .
• Forecasting - Cash forecasts for the UK site and coordinate, control and generate EBITDA  forecasts.
• Excel Cubes - Analyse UK data in BI for volumes, sales, and margin ensuring its accuracy.
• Assist in building reports where required.
• Coordinate and control the UK budget process, including but not limited to P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow.
• Compute and recommend new recovery rates for use in the new budget year.
• Assisting in the preparation of Statutory accounts for the main UPC Company.
• Assisting in the preparation and administration of Holding Company of Statutory accounts.

Core competencies: 

• Management accounting and statutory accounting with integrity of reported results.
• Control account reconciliation experience and relevant investigatory work.
• Good understanding of standard costing systems, calculation and control.
• Good understanding of the main COGS drivers.
• Coordination and control of site budget process.
• Computer literate particularly in Microsoft Excel (macros, pivot tables)

• Good oral and written communication skills.
• The ability to work as part of a team.
• Colloboration
• Excellent analytical and numerical abilities.
• Sound business knowledge.
• Accuracy and an eye for detail. 

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Degree in accounting/AAT qualification or equivalent. Part-qualified CIMA Studying or looking to become a Chartered/Certified Accountant or Chartered Management Accountant. Two years experience post degree/AAT level in cost management. Experience of working in a general finance department. 2 years Costing and COGS experience in a manufacturing environment.