About the position
An exciting opportunity exists for an experienced Management Accountant to join an established manufacturing operation in the Upper Highway area
This is a hands-on, commercially focused role suited to someone who enjoys looking beyond the numbers, understanding the operational drivers of business performance and identifying opportunities to improve costing, margins and profitability
You will play a key role in providing accurate financial and operational insights, strengthening costing controls, improving stock management and supporting informed business decisions
Key Responsibilities
- Manage and maintain accurate Bill of Materials (BOM) costing, including new BOMs, recipe changes, raw material movements and BOM adherence
- Conduct daily margin analysis and identify opportunities to protect and improve profitability
- Investigate and resolve work-in-progress (WIP), stock and costing variances
- Analyse purchase price variances (PPV) and standard cost adjustments
- Review and improve labour and overhead costing, including over- and under-recoveries
- Identify factory efficiencies, productivity improvements and cost-saving opportunities
- Strengthen costing controls, processes and standard operating procedures
- Support effective stock control processes and monthly stock takes
- Monitor, manage and report on stock obsolescence and ageing
- Work closely with production and operational teams to investigate costing issues and establish root causes
- Provide management accounting support and contribute to production and operational improvement initiatives
Minimum Requirements
- CIMA qualification or a similar relevant professional qualification
- Minimum of 5 years' experience within a large manufacturing environment
- Strong experience in product costing and stock control
- Proven experience working closely with manufacturing and production operations
- Working knowledge of SYSPRO
- Strong analytical, numerical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to interpret financial information and communicate insights effectively to non-financial stakeholders
- A practical, hands-on approach, with a willingness to spend time on the factory floor
Desired Skills:
- Management
- Accountant
- FMCG
