About the Business An opportunity to be a Commercial Management Accountant for a manufacturing company based in Redditch. This business has and gives you a fantastic chance to be a part of an productive and engaging team. This is a varied, hands-on Senior Management Accountant Role which involves: Inventory: Prepares analysis and reports on inventory on a weekly and monthly basis and provides to local management. Ensures Inventory and WIP accounts are clean and cleardowns are done in a timely manner Standard costs: control and processing of the annual standard cost roll procedure in SAP. In addition, perform regular standard cost updates as required by the business Prepares reports analysing inventory aging to calculate provisions for Obsolete and Slow-Moving Inventory (OSMI) Assists with the coordination of the annual physical inventory preparation, count and reconciliation including book to count investigation and explanation General Ledger: Preparation and posting of accurate and timely journal entries, including but not limited to, Cost of Sales, inventory and a variety of other manufacturing variances. At all times maintaining and controlling General Ledger integrity and system processing. SOX Controls: Monthly: Cycle counting controls for 2 sites. Quarterly: Obsolete and Slow-Moving Inventory (OSMI) control Annually: (i) Annual standard cost roll (ii) Physical inventory count External Audit: responds to external audit requests on a timely manner and closes out open items and issues in a professional manner Reconciliations: Performs monthly balance sheet account reconciliations, which may include various accruals and prepayments, obsolete and slow-moving inventory provisions and any other requisite balance sheet reserves. Performs controls over accounts and helps meeting the companies SOX and audit requirements Reports: Provides timely, accurate and professional reports that may include daily input / output updates, weekly shipping forecasts, inventory analysis plus annual federal and state tax type schedules required by both domestic and international locations Analysis: Performs as hoc analysis and works with operating personnel to identify cost and product cost issues and opportunities Other: Liaise with senior management to assist in the preparation of annual budget and periodic forecast returns, providing detailed breakdown of the P&L and salient balance sheet items in readiness for corporate review Monthly Orderbook Reporting Reconcile Consumption balances and investigate orders that are causing reconciling differences, then monitoring orders until items are closed out Manage National Statistics Reports Quarterly Reporting: including OSMI, Goods in Transit, IC Profit in Inventory, IC Profit in Freight and Performance Obligations Location / Office / Culture The role is hybrid with only 2 days a week in their Redditch office and 3 days working from home. The company operate from a modern office consisting of a strong team, with exciting senior management to learn from. What We Are Looking For The ideal candidate will have: Part/Fully qualified CIMA/ACCA (or equivalent) or QBE Manufacturing experience is essential Worked with Standard Costing system Ability to identify and investigate trends and potential issue Excellent communication skills Proficient in Microsoft office applications Why Join the business Large, growing Business Fantastic managers Hybrid Working About Us We are a local accountancy recruitment specialist. We appreciate that roles are often online for a long period of time. If you want to check if this role is still live or just want more details before applying, call us directly. Ref: VL41130