Operational Finance Assistant

3 days ago

Heywood, United Kingdom Trostan Dene Full time

**The Business**
This manufacturing business has over 130 years’ experience with global revenue generated every year. As a business they are committed to sustainability and best-in-class production, this facility is their biggest production site in the UK.

**The Role**
As an Operational Finance Assistant, you will take key ownership in analysis and reporting of production across the site and playing an integral role across the site. You’ll be responsible for weekly and monthly accounts, reporting on intake materials, stock, labour time (manning of lines), production volumes and packaging, analysing cost of sales vs actual and being involved in daily meetings with operational staff to discuss the reports. As well as providing administrative support during budgeting and forecasting.

The business is extremely cutting edge with its reporting, the new system will issue reports, resulting in highly detailed breakdown of each area (i.e. labour is split into multiple areas in production and references on the BOMS, as is packaging, ensuring the right quantity and substitutes are used when appropriate). All of which ensures the consumption of materials is aligned to the forecasted figure and, where not, allowing operational staff to make necessary tweaks.

You will work alongside senior-level staff within the business and, when comfortable to do so, be the point of contact in some meetings to answer questions regarding UK production and any descrepancies. Hence, someone with a good level of confidence in themselves and their work is crucial.

**Specific Tasks**
- Providing meaningful and accurate reports to support operational and financial performance; ensuring it is on track.
- Looking at actual vs forecast for production volumes and investigating discrepancies
- Participate in site meetings with operations and finance
- Assist with stock and accruals journals at month end
- Ad hoc finance roles to support the team

**Requirements**:

- Someone with a basic knowledge of accounting to understand journal entries and weekly/monthly reporting
- Someone who is able to raise queries with managers and resolve descrepancies
- Experience working in a fast paced environment
- System savvy and numerically minded
- Strong Microsoft Excel skills

**Benefits**
- Up to £30,000
- 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Matched company pension scheme
- Well-being programmes, with free optional health care cash plans to cover your everyday healthcare costs
- Free Employee Assistance Programme for all colleagues and their families
- Free onsite parking, Tea, Coffee

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £25,000.00-£30,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- On-site parking

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person

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