Inventory Accountant - Hybrid, Analysis & Growth Path

Cherry Professional Ltd; Colwick; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Study support

Job summary

Cherry Professional Ltd is assisting a Nottingham-based client with an Assistant Accountant role focused on inventory/stock accounting and costing. The position supports a hybrid pattern (2 days in, 3 days remote) within a complex supply chain and warehousing environment.

The role emphasizes ownership of end-to-end inventory processes, data interrogation, and collaboration with Operations and Finance. Part-qualified candidates with ERP exposure are encouraged to apply and study support is

Qualifications

• Experience in inventory/stock accounting within product, manufacturing or distribution environments.
• Strong analytical mindset with ability to interrogate data and identify root causes.
• Comfortable navigating ERP inventory modules and extracting data.
• Ability to own end-to-end processes with limited supervision.

Responsibilities

• Own the inventory accounting process including control, reporting and valuation movements.
• Investigate anomalies such as price shifts, write-offs and unusual stock movements with root-cause analysis.
• Support stock counts, review adjustments and assist write-off investigations.
• Understand POs, sales orders, inventory flows, in-transit stock and transaction impacts.
• Collaborate with Inventory Managers, Supply Chain, Warehouse and Finance to resolve discrepancies and improve controls.
• Support month/quarter/year-end close activities including accruals and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Assist with audit requests and SOX-style control requirements and contribute to process improvements.

Skills

Inventory accounting

Analytical mindset

ERP systems (SAP/BC/Dynamics/Oracle)

Process ownership

Education

Part-qualified or QBE with relevant experience

Tools

SAP

Business Central

Oracle

Dynamics

Job description

Cherry Professional Ltd is assisting a Nottingham-based client with an Assistant Accountant role focused on inventory/stock accounting and costing. The position supports a hybrid pattern (2 days in, 3 days remote) within a complex supply chain and warehousing environment.

The role emphasizes ownership of end-to-end inventory processes, data interrogation, and collaboration with Operations and Finance. Part-qualified candidates with ERP exposure are encouraged to apply and study support is