Management Accountant

Rewards and Benefits on offer: * Immediate start. * Car scheme. * Enhanced pension. * Training and development. * Varied and interesting job role. * Great resources. * Great team culture. The Company you’ll work for: Our client is an established and successful company based in Cramlington. They are currently looking for a Management Accountant to join their team on a permanent basis. If you are interested and meet the person specification of the job role, please apply below. The job you’ll do: * Manage the preparation of monthly management accounts, short-term forecasts and budgets in line with group reporting formats and deadlines. * Regularly review and periodically update standard product costs. * Responsible for setting standard costs of new products. * Obtain, interpret and analyse data and take a proactive role in assisting the senior management team to understand financial information. * Analyse and understand key trends for orders, sales, profit and cash, highlighting key issues and variances from budget and/or forecast for the senior management team. * Prepare ‘bridges’/analysis highlighting key movements between actual and budget/forecast. * Manage project data within the business system to ensure data integrity is maintained and financial results are prepared in line with statutory and group accounting policies. * Full responsibility for balance sheet reconciliations. * Responsibility for year-end processes ensuring stock counts are carried out appropriately and inventory is valued appropriately on the balance sheet. * Submit and have responsibility for other monthly reporting requirements including monthly VAT submissions. * Prepare financial analysis and commentary for inclusion in the monthly management report, including collation and review of other report sections. * Liaise with external auditors and tax advisors and to provide disclosure packs and tax analysis. * Undertake ad hoc project work, review of slow moving stocks, general cost analysis to help drive continuous financial improvement, financial modelling scenarios. About you: * Must have access to full UK drivers licence, as you will be required to travel between sites. * Minimum of 5 years’ relevant experience. * Strong technical accounting knowledge and practical experience of standard costing is preferred. * Strong analytical approach with a strong attention to detail, with the ability to identify and articulate trends or issues. * Qualified ACA/ACCA/CIMA. * Excellent working knowledge of accounts/finance IT systems, database management and a proficient user of office IT systems including MS Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint