Senior Accountant

Samworth Brothers; Leicester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced pension scheme

Private health scheme

Employee discount scheme

Annual pay reviews

Profit related pay

Training and growth opportunities

Job summary

A leading food manufacturing company in Leicester is seeking a Senior Cost Accountant to join their Commercial Finance team. The role involves managing the costing team, supporting key decision-making, and ensuring accuracy in product costing. Ideally, the candidate will have experience in cost accounting within FMCG, strong Excel skills, and the ability to manage teams. Benefits include an enhanced pension scheme and opportunities for training and growth.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in cost accounting, ideally within FMCG.
• Strong Excel and IT skills.
• Excellent communication and time management skills.
• High attention to detail.
• Experience managing teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the costing team to deliver accurate and timely costings.
• Partner with Commercial and NPD teams to provide insightful product costings.
• Maintain product and standard costs across relevant systems.
• Support the annual standard reset process.
• Attend feasibility, handover, and critical path meetings.

Skills

Cost accounting experience

Strong Excel skills

Excellent communication

Time management

Attention to detail

Team management

Education

Qualified or part-qualified accountant

Job description

The Opportunity

Are you a highly experienced cost accountant with a passion for partnering with commercial teams and driving product costing excellence? We’re looking for a Senior Cost Accountant to join our Commercial Finance team on a 6-month fixed term contract. As a key member of the Commercial Finance team, you’ll play a pivotal role in supporting decision-making across our Savoury Pastry Category. You’ll lead the costing team, own the NPD product costing process across three bakeries, and ensure governance and accuracy in costing to support critical pricing and product viability decisions.

• Lead and manage the costing team to deliver accurate and timely costings.
• Partner with Commercial and NPD teams to provide insightful product costings.
• Maintain product and standard costs across relevant systems.
• Support the annual standard reset process.
• Attend feasibility, handover, and critical path meetings.

The Ideal Candidate

We believe that success is built upon collaboration and diverse perspectives. At Samworth Brothers, we welcome candidates who are passionate about working together to achieve greatness. As a valued member of our team, you will bring the following skills and experience:

• Proven experience in cost accounting, ideally within FMCG.
• Strong Excel and IT skills.
• Excellent communication and time management.
• High attention to detail.
• Qualified or part-qualified accountant.
• Experience managing teams.

Benefits

• Enhanced pension scheme
• Private health scheme
• Employee discount scheme
• Experience annual pay reviews
• Profit related pay
• Unlock your potential through training and growth opportunities

About Samworth Brothers

We are a fourth-generation family business producing high quality own-label products for many of the UK’s best-known retailers along with our own brands including Ginsters, Soreen, Higgidy, Dickinson & Morris, Urban Eat, West Cornwall Pasty Company and Walker & Son. We employ over 10,000 people in well-invested modern food manufacturing sites around the country.

At Samworth Brothers we take pride in our family feel within our businesses and work together to make things happen. We offer the stability of a wider group as well as opportunities to progress your career with us. We are a family and invite you to be part of that and support our teams in delivering great products to all of our customers.

Disclaimer

Samworth Brothers do not engage with unlicensed gangmasters or third parties. Samworth Brothers will NEVER ask you for money in order to provide you with employment. If you are in any doubt, please contact an official Samworth Brothers representative.