Job Description
**Job Summary** Manage inventory and financial activities for a manufacturing company, providing timely and accurate reports to senior management, and ensuring compliance with financial standards. **Job Description** The primary purpose of this role is to support the Finance Senior Manager in the proper budgeting, management, and control of all management accounting activities through the site. Key areas of responsibility include: * Sales & COGs Monthly Variance analysis review * Inventory Reconciliation * Management of Standard Costing Model using ABC principles **Key Responsibilities** * Manage the timely preparation and issuance of performance reports to the Senior Manager, Finance, including: + Monthly management accounts + Annual budget & rolling forecasts + Departmental/company KPIs + Updating the Balanced Score Card (BSC) * Manage Product Standard costs using an Activity Based Costing system and develop internal costing systems to analyze contribution margin and provide accurate information to company management. * Manage COGs variances (Material usage variance, purchase price variance, overhead absorption variance) and prepare quarterly updates for presentation and discussion to the site Operations team. * Provide assistance as required to year-end financial statements and agreement of consolidated figures with group companies, liaising as needed with the Group Head Office and external auditors. * Provide timely and accurate management information for decision-making, relating to costing and pricing for commercial products and services. * Review administrative systems and methods to improve productivity and efficiency, while maintaining high standards of compliance to the required financial standards. * Liaise with and assist the Group Finance function in Helsinn Healthcare, as required, to ensure orderly and compliant corporate financial management. * Deputise for the Senior Manager, Finance where necessary. **Requirements** * Qualified Management Accountant with 5 years post-qualified experience * Applied management accounting experience within a manufacturing environment * Skilled in accounting for manufacturing and analysis of manufacturing (COGs) variant analysis * Skilled in Activity Based Costings * Experience in managing month-end close * Excellent business acumen, including report writing, presentations, verbal and non-verbal communication, and project management **Benefits** * Flexitime * Work From Home * Health Insurance * Pension Scheme * Performance Bonus * Car Parking * Subsidized Canteen