Interim Manufacturing Accountant

EA First Compass House; South Cambridgeshire; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A manufacturing organization in South Cambridgeshire seeks an experienced accountant to lead the ERP implementation project. The role requires strong expertise in manufacturing accounting, cost accounting, and ERP systems. You will partner with local teams to ensure robust financial embedding in the new system. The salary ranges from £70,000 to £75,000 plus benefits.

Benefits

Benefits package

Qualifications

• Strong experience in manufacturing finance required.
• Understanding of Standard Costing and Cost roll-ups necessary.
• Recent experience in ERP implementation would be beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Act as Finance functional lead on ERP implementation.
• Translate manufacturing processes into accounting treatments.
• Collaborate with teams to ensure financial impacts are validated.

Skills

Manufacturing accounting experience

Cost accounting

ERP systems exposure

Standard costing

Variance analysis

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 organisation 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.