Company Accountant

Career Choices Dewis Gyrfa Ltd; Littledean; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Parking on-site

Life insurance

Electric car scheme

Future progression opportunities

Adaptable employee benefits

Perks and more

Job summary

Hays Accountancy & Finance is partnering with an entrepreneurial manufacturing business to recruit a dynamic Company Accountant in Cinderford, Gloucestershire. The role is a permanent position reporting to the Group Financial Director and Company Directors, with responsibility for management accounting, analysis and day-to-day accounting duties.

You will prepare monthly management accounts, maintain asset registers, cost products, and assist with commercial decisions through timely financial

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar Company Accountant role.
• Part-qualified ACCA/CIMA/ACA/AAT or qualified by experience.
• Able to produce accurate work with high attention to detail.
• Experience in manufacturing sector and Sage advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly management accounts and maintain fixed asset register.
• Maintain product costing, stock counts and valuations.
• Support directors with commercial/operational decision-making through timely financial information.
• Submit quarterly VAT returns, post journal entries and reconcile cashbooks.
• Prepare weekly/monthly supplier payment runs and perform credit control.
• Raise purchase orders and manage ad-hoc financial duties for senior management.

Skills

Management accounting

Financial analysis

VAT returns

Purchase ledger

Cashbook reconciliations

Journal entries

Excel

Financial systems

Education

ACCA/CIMA/ACA/AAT part-qualified

Tools

Sage

Accounting software

Job description

Your new company Hays Accountancy & Finance are partnering with an entrepreneurial manufacturing business that is part of a larger group to recruit a dynamic, experienced & hands-on Company Accountant based in Cinderford, Gloucestershire.

A permanent position reporting directly to the Group Financial Director & Company Directors in a varied accounting role.

The position will involve management accounting, providing insightful financial analysis to enable commercial decision-making, process improvement through to transactional duties such as supplier payment runs, purchase ledger & cashbook reconciliations.

The position is open to both part-qualified accountants or finance professionals who are qualified by experience, looking to really add value and take control of the accounting function.

Your new role

Your key duties will involve the preparation of monthly management accounts, maintenance of fixed asset register, maintaining the costing of products, through to stock counts and valuations.

You will support directors and senior management with commercial/operational decision-making through the provision of timely financial information and analysis, support process improvement, controls and reporting across the business, along with working with non-financial teams, including production and purchasing to aid business growth.

You will submit quarterly VAT returns, post journal entries, reconcile cashbooks, prepare weekly/monthly supplier payment runs, perform credit control, raise purchase orders, and be involved in any ad-hoc financial duties for senior management.

What you'll need to succeed

To be considered for this hands-on and varied Company Accountant role, you will need experience in a similar position.

Motivated with a proactive working approach, a team player who can also work independently, with strong communication skills to build internal relationships across departments and with external parties.

You will be part-qualified ACCA/CIMA/ACA/AAT or qualified by experience, commercially aware and adaptable to business needs.

You will be able to produce accurate work in a timely manner with high attention to detail.

You will have key MS Excel skills and knowledge of financial systems, with the ability to learn new processes, along with being used to managing workloads to meet deadlines.

Experience within the manufacturing sector, Sage financial systems and working within a small/medium-sized business, would be advantageous but not essential.

What you'll get in return

This permanent Company Accountant role offers a salary up to £45,000 per annum, dependable on experience, and is based in Cinderford, Gloucestershire.

A varied & hands-on permanent accounting role, where you can really add value, have autonomy of the accounting processes and support senior management with commercial decision-making through financial insights.

• Parking is provided on-site
• life insurance
• an electric car scheme
• future progression opportunities if wanted
• adaptable employee benefits
• perks and more.