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Costing Accountant

IPS Group
Posted 19 hours ago, valid for 12 days
Location

Pontefract, West Yorkshire WF9 3LH, England

Contract type

Full Time

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  • A food manufacturing business in South Kirkby is seeking a part-qualified costings accountant to support their Finance Controller.
  • The role requires solid finance experience and involves hands-on responsibilities related to operational performance and cost control.
  • Key tasks include calculating operational variances, reporting on costs, and ensuring accurate cost capture in collaboration with Payroll.
  • Candidates should have experience in finance or management accounting, preferably in the manufacturing or FMCG sector, and part-qualified CIMA or AAT is advantageous.
  • The salary for this position ranges from £35,000 to £40,000, and the role is suitable for individuals with relevant experience.
We’re working with a successful and fast-paced food manufacturing business in South Kirkby who are looking to appoint a part qualified costings accountant to support their Finance Controller. This is a great opportunity for someone with solid finance experience who enjoys being close to operations and having a direct impact on cost control and performance.What you’ll be doing:This is a hands-on role where you’ll be key to helping the business understand its operational performance and improve profitability. Responsibilities include:
  • Calculating daily operational variances including yields, etc.
  • Reporting on costs across labour, etc including variances to standard
  • Liaising with Payroll to ensure accurate daily cost capture
  • Highlighting and actioning yield performance with operations
  • Ensuring yield improvement actions are implemented and shared across teams
  • Updating system changes (e.g. cost specs, BOMs, reports, maintenance systems)
  • Ensuring new products are set up correctly to measure key direct costs
  • Identifying and supporting areas for profit improvement
  • Stock reconciliation across multiple areas including third-party providers
  • Ensuring accurate costs and yields in product costings and tenders
  • Providing holiday/absence cover and supporting other finance duties as required
What we’re looking for:
  • Experience in a finance or management accounting role, ideally within manufacturing or FMCG
  • Part-qualified CIMA or AAT qualified would be advantageous
  • Strong attention to detail and confidence working with large datasets and systems
Salary £35,000 - £40,000IPS Finance has 45 years’ experience in the Yorkshire accountancy recruitment market. We have built our business on long term relationships with both individuals and clients in all sectors, bringing real benefits to all concerned. Please visit our website to view the latest accountancy / finance and practice opportunities.

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.