Management Accountant

This high growth organisation in Motherwell are looking for an experience Operations Management Accountant to join their small but well-established team.

Working as a Finance Business Partner to the operational site, your core duties will include;

• Working with assigned business partners to develop an understanding of departmental goals, then translating these into financial targets and budgets.
• Building the annual budget for nominated departments and securing buy-in from key stakeholders.
• Producing regular reforecasts using business knowledge of current performance trends.
• Gathering data for the production of longer-term forecasting.
• Generating standardised management reports that provide insightful performance analysis in a timely manner.
• Carrying out financial analysis to investigate deviations from target performance, working with the business partners to initiate timely interventions.
• Gaining a deep understanding of the cost levers underpinning financial performance and sharing this with business partners to initiate improvements where possible.
• Developing skills to utilise the ERP system and other supporting tools to automate as much reporting as possible, freeing up more time for analysis.
• Meeting with business partners on a regular basis to build successful relationships, resulting in better business knowledge and increased commercial acumen.
• Collaborating with other team members to maintain a high performing finance function.
• Seeking opportunities to continually develop skills and management accounting expertise.

Key requirements;

• Qualified or part-qualified Management Accountant
• Management accounting experience gained in a process manufacturing industry e.g. chemicals or oils
• Experience of working with business partners in an engineering or production management role
• Previous use of ERP systems such as SAP or Oracle
• Experience of using alternative data warehousing or reporting tools such as Hyperion, Power BI or others
• Use of all Microsoft Office packages with strong Excel skills
• Good communication skills - able to interpret complex financial data and explain it simply.
• Evidence of initiative - self-starter, developing new ways of reporting or analysing data.
• Analytical skills - comfortable working with large amounts of data from multiple sources.
• Interpersonal skills - able to form successful working relationships.
• Reporting skills - produce quality analysis or output that is meaningful to recipients.

This is an ideal fit for any Management Accountant in and around Motherwell, looking for an opportunity to join a high growth Manufacturing organisation in a role that can offer autonomy for a large operational site & the ability to drive & influence strategy...... click apply for full job details