Cost Accountant

Edwards & Pearce; Pontefract; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food manufacturing company in the UK is seeking a Cost Analyst to take charge of preparing and analysing Cost and Yield accounts. This role involves identifying discrepancies, leading reporting processes, and collaborating with various departments to ensure accuracy. Candidates should possess relevant experience and accounting qualifications.

Benefits

Pension

Parking

Qualifications

• Experience within food manufacturing, ideally in meat processing.
• Relevant accounting qualifications like AAT, CIMA, or ACCA are preferred.
• Strong skills in managing operational variances and producing cost reports.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and analyse Cost and Yield accounts.
• Calculate daily operational variances, ensuring accuracy in reporting.
• Liaise with multiple departments to verify standards and costs.

Skills

Cost reporting

Stock control

Excellent IT skills

Education

AAT/CIMA/ACCA/QBE

Job description

Fantastic permanent opportunity to take responsibility for preparing, developing, and analysing relevant Cost and Yield accounts, identifying root causes of any discrepancies and leading the end to end reporting process.

THE BENEFITS:
Salary: 35,000 - £38,000
Pension
Parking

THE ROLE:
The duties of this role include, but are not limited to:
Calculate the daily operational variances including meat costs (yield, ppv if applicable, substitution, giveaway & waste).
Cost reporting for labour, packaging, cooking, distribution and coldstore including variances to standard, liaising with payroll regarding the daily labour costs as appropriate.
Action poor/good yields with the Operations teams.
Ensure yield actions are completed & any appropriate training or feedback is provided in a timely manner.
Updating system changes as required e.g. Cost spec / BOM / SI reports / maintenance explorer.
Ensure new products set up correctly in order to measure all key direct costs.
Update CM reporting.
Liaise with commercial, planning, ops, technical & IT to ensure accuracy of reporting & correct meat usage in line with standards.
Identifying areas for profit improvement & sustained benefits if found.
Stock reconciliation for all areas.
Ensure costs and yields used in product costings and renewals / tenders are accurate.
Educate key personnel across the business as appropriate, creating a collaborative and multiskilled reconciliation process.
Cover / support Finance in roles as required .
Ad-hoc reports are required to fulfil the needs of the company. Comply with Company Policy to ensure that adhered on all matters concerning Health and Safety, reporting any breaches as appropriate.
Any other relevant duties required by Management or the Company.


THE CANDIDATE:
Experience within food manufacturing, ideally meat.
AAT/CIMA/ACCA/QBE
Stock control experience
Excellent IT skills

THE CONSULTANCY:
Edwards & Pearce acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. Edwards & Pearce is an Equal Opportunities Employer.