Interim Manufacturing Accountant

EA First; Cambridgeshire and Peterborough; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A manufacturing organization in Cambridgeshire is seeking an accountant to lead the finance function during an ERP implementation. The ideal candidate will have strong manufacturing finance experience, including standard costing and inventory valuation. The role offers a salary of £70,000 to £75,000 plus benefits, supporting a growing organization through a significant technological transition.

Qualifications

• Accountant with strong manufacturing finance experience.
• Strong understanding of standard costing and cost roll ups.
• Experience collaborating on ERP implementations.

Responsibilities

• Act as the Finance functional lead on the ERP implementation project.
• Translate manufacturing and supply chain processes into accounting treatments.
• Partner with teams to ensure financial impacts are properly integrated.

Skills

Strong experience in manufacturing finance

Understanding of standard costing

Cost roll ups

Variance analysis

Inventory valuation

WIP accounting

Exposure to ERP systems

Job description

We are looking for an accountant with strong experience in manufacturing and cost accounting, as well as exposure to ERP systems. This is to support a 10-month ERP implementation across two manufacturing sites with differing processes, alongside our R&D function where robust project costing needs to be embedded in the system.

This is a manufacturing organization going through an exciting growth phase and implementing a new ERP system. They are based in South Cambridgeshire.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the Finance functional lead on the ERP implementation project. Supporting a strong and experienced team
• Translate manufacturing and supply chain processes into appropriate accounting treatments (e.g. standard costing, inventory valuation, variances, WIP, production orders)
• Partner with R&D, Supply Chain and Manufacturing teams to ensure financial impacts are properly built in to the system
• Collaborate with the implementation partner and project team to validate system configuration

The ideal candidate is an accountant with strong manufacturing finance experience. a strong understanding of Standard Costing and Cost roll ups, Variance analysis, inventory valuation and WIP accounting.

£70,000 to £75,000 plus benefits

EA First Ltd are acting as an Employment Agency for this fixed term contract vacancy.