Description
My client, a leading international Pharmaceutical company, has an opening for a Cost Management Accountant within their central Finance function. The candidate must have 2 years post qualified experience within a Pharmaceutical or Manufacturing background for this long term contract.
Key Responsibilities
- To prepare the monthly management accounts and submit the results via the head office financial reporting system
- To prepare and submit the annual business plan to the relevant stakeholders.
- To prepare and submit the monthly forecast to the relevant stakeholders.
- To determine cost of operations in ENB and EML by establishing standard costs and analysing variances as well as initiating cost reduction techniques.
- To prepare cost models which incorporate the effect of new product introductions, volume fluctuations and changes to the manufacturing and packaging strategies.
- To prepare monthly financial reports detailing actual results, variances, forecasts and commentary, plus any other business information.
- To record and analyse inventory levels across the different sites and perform inventory checks to avoid obsolescence and ensure the accuracy of inventory reporting.
- To be the cost accounting advisor for the business
- To develop and maintain the SAP ERP system to achieve the outputs as required by Group management.
- To support the European business decision making processes by collecting, analysing and reporting cost information
Experience & Qualifications
- Minimum 2 years PQE
- Degree in a Quantitative subject
- Manufacturing or Pharmaceutical experience
- Self-starter, able to initiate, manage and complete tasks and projects
- Excellent interpersonal, communication and problem solving skills
- Strong Cost Accounting experience
Allegis Group Limited and Aston Carter Limited operate Employment Businesses and Agencies and are companies within the Allegis Group Inc. group of companies, the fourth largest staffing company in the world, (collectively referred to as the "Allegis Group"). TEKsystems and Aerotek are divisions of Allegis Group Limited. Applicant data will be treated in accordance with the Allegis Group's Privacy Notice ). By submitting personal data to any company or division within the Allegis Group, the applicant is providing explicit consent to the use of such data by the Allegis Group and to the transfer of such data to and from the Allegis Group companies within the UK, Europe and outside the European Economic Area in connection with the fulfilment of the applicant's voluntary requests, and the fulfilment of other job opportunities that match the applicant's profile, and confirms that they may be contacted about such job opportunities.