Manufacturing Cost Accountant – Margin Optimiser (On-site)

Cathedral Appointments | B Corp™; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Cathedral Appointments is recruiting on behalf of a major manufacturing business in Plymouth for a Cost Accountant. The role sits at the heart of the finance function, ensuring products are accurately costed and margins protected.

You will work across production, procurement and design to establish true cost, maintain BOMs, and report on gross margin. Manufacturing costing experience and ambition to progress with accounting qualifications are essential.

Qualifications

• Costing experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Strong analytical skills, with ability to explain financial information to senior operational managers.
• Proactive and self-motivated, able to influence colleagues inside and outside finance.
• Collaborative team player, comfortable leading and supporting cross-functional groups.
• Advanced Excel and a high standard of general IT skills.
• Desire to progress with accounting qualifications.

Responsibilities

• Review component costs across product lines to ensure accuracy.
• Work with design, procurement and production to establish true cost of manufacture.
• Develop and maintain bills of materials to improve MRP accuracy.
• Update ERP with costing results and report gross margin on completed products.
• Reconcile materials and WIP inventory quarterly; evaluate stock reduction initiatives.
• Identify cost reduction opportunities and support finance projects.

Skills

Costing experience

Analytical skills

Proactive

Collaborative

Advanced Excel

Accounting qualifications pursuit

Education

Accounting qualifications pursuit

Tools

ERP systems

Job description

Cathedral Appointments is recruiting on behalf of a major manufacturing business in Plymouth for a Cost Accountant. The role sits at the heart of the finance function, ensuring products are accurately costed and margins protected.

You will work across production, procurement and design to establish true cost, maintain BOMs, and report on gross margin. Manufacturing costing experience and ambition to progress with accounting qualifications are essential.