Costing & Stock Manager

10 hours ago

Leominster, Herefordshire, United Kingdom Hays Full time

Your new company

Hays Accountancy & Finance are partnering exclusively with an established & successful manufacturing group to recruit an experienced & dynamic Costing & Stock Manager to join their growing accounting team based near Leominster, Herefordshire, for an 18-month fixed-term contract. The position will report directly to the Financial Controller to ensure that costing and stock processes are adhered to, providing analysis to support important business decisions using costing/stock data, along with driving efficiencies within the department. You will supervise & develop a small cost/stock accounting team, along with supporting ad-hoc projects. This position will offer remote/office hybrid working, along with flexible working hours & a competitive benefit package. Open to both part-qualified/qualified or qualified by finance accounting professionals.

Your new role

Your key duties will involve reviewing various site variances weekly to ensure accuracy of data, challenging the operational teams to improve stock/costing KPI's, and ensuring that standard costs are an accurate reflection of cost to manufacture. You will manage/develop a small UK cost/stock team to ensure their development & support, provide commentary at month-end for manufacturing variances, update labour rates on costs & production volumes, improve stock management processes & stock analysis. You will support working capital reduction, perform the monthly cost roll-up for all materials across the sites & assist with internal/external audits. You will ensure there are strong financial controls around engineering spares & liaise with purchasing for the latest costs, along with commercial analysis to confirm/explain cost and price movements. You will demonstrate a continuous improvement mind-set, seeking out process improvement in costs/stock processes, along with ad-hoc duties required by senior financial management.

What you'll need to succeed

To be considered for this Costing & Stock Manager role, you will need experience in a similar position, with knowledge of costing & stock processes ideally within the manufacturing sector. Key MS Excel skills, trained in a range of financial systems with the ability to manage workloads to meet deadlines. You will have experience supervising, developing, or managing other team members, excellent organisational skills, with strong attention to detail. You will have a proactive approach to continuous improvement, along with strong communication skills to build internal/external relationships at all levels, including non-financial management. You will be ACCA/CIMA/ACA part-qualified/qualified or qualified by experience. Experience with SAP financial system would be advantageous but not essential.

What you'll get in return

This Costing & Stock Manager role offers a competitive salary dependable on experience, based in Leominster, Herefordshire for an 18-month fixed term contract. Remote/office hybrid working is offered: 2 - 3 days on-site, 2 - 3 days remote, along with competitive benefits including a buy/sell holiday scheme, contributed pension scheme, 4 x salary life assurance, parking on-site & more. This is a great opportunity to really add value to a leading & successful manufacturing group taking control of the costing/stock processes reporting directly to the Financial Controller.

What you need to do now

If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now. If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.

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