Costing Assistant

2 days ago


Wirral, United Kingdom Page Personnel Finance Full time

Page Personnel are in partnership with an internationally recognised manufacturing business to recruit for an Costing Assistant join their accountancy team based at their head office in Bromborough. You will be working within a small, friendly accountancyteam, working directly with the Accountant, offering excellent exposure to development of your skills taking owner ship of the balance sheet and stock.

**Client Details**

Our client are an exciting business and unique business but imperative to their industry. They provide high quality tailored manufacturing solutions to international clients. Due to growth they are seeking a Costing Assistant to support the friendly experiencesite-based accountant. This is an excellent opportunity to join a stable recognised business offering development, flexibility and support to develop your finance skills.

**Description**

The key responsibilities of the Costing Assistant include:

- Arrange and conduct periodic and adhoc stock checks
- Reconcile the stock Valuation Reports to the Balance Sheet at month end
- Review the shelf life of raw materials and finished goods, make the Operations Manager aware of the findings.
- Calculate and adjust the provision for obsolete raw materials and obsolete finished goods accordingly.
- Review price and production variance accounts. Investigate large variances, explain, remove and make the necessary adjustments
- Taking ownership of Quarterly Stock Counts, ensure all colleagues are aware of the timing of the count and ensure all stock levels are frozen before the physical count.
- Prepare the counting packs for the teams, collate the counted tickets and identify stock gains/losses by stock category. Large variances are discussed with the Operations Manager/Accountant with recounts conducted as deemed necessary before the resultsare posted through Oracle. The financial impact is released from the Balance Sheet to the Profit and Loss in three equal installments.
- Stock Revaluation each quarter
- monitor material price changes and exchange rate fluctuations, reflect these changes in Oracle in order to accurately update the stock value held on the Balance Sheet.

**Profile**

The successful Costing Assistant will:

- Have experience working in a small finance team
- Exposure or experience of a stock focussed business
- Daily use of Excel
- Accounting packages such as Oracle would be highly advantageous
- Have previously worked within a high volume and fast paced environment
- Deal well with pressured workloads
- Have an extremely flexible approach to work
- Well well as a team or independently where required
- Friendly and personable with excellent communications skills

**Job Offer**

Our client will offer you:

- Attractive salary DOE
- 24 days holiday plus Bank Holidays
- Pension
- Onsite parking
- Learning and developments
- Company bonus
- Commutable location close to tunnels from Liverpool
- 35 hour working week 9-5 M-F (Some flexibility here)
- Performance related bonus opportunities



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