Financial Planning/Cost Accountant
- Drogheda, Co Louth
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Work closely with Managing Director, Finance Director and business leadership to provide operations support on a day-to-day basis.
- Drive decision making through robust financial analysis on capital investment, cost saving and innovation initiatives.
- Work closely with Managing Director and Factory Manager to identify continuous improvements and cost saving initiatives.
- Communicate performance across all tiers, from shareholders to factory management. This includes updating and presenting non-financial KPIs; Drive and Improve KPI reporting to provide better Analysis to Management and to drive improvements in Factory Operations
- Analysis and reporting of plant manufacturing performance and efficiency.
- Develop and implement a detailed Line and Product Efficiency Model
- Drive absolute clarity on Bill of Materials by SKU
- Manage gross margin analysis by SKU
- Work with the Financial Director and Commercial Director to develop and manage a robust new product launch costings tool.
- Provide weekly and Monthly GM Reports and suggestions for improvements to GM
- Reconcile GM between P&L and Commercial
- Provide support to management for project work or costing saving initiatives
- Evaluate CAPEX proposals and make recommendations to Finance Director and Managing Director.
- Maintaining Weekly Price files
- Product Costing Reporting and GM Analysis by SKU
- Process Costing
- Promotional Costing
- CAPEX Project Costing
- Labour Analysis, KPI, Efficiencies etc.
- Overhead Analysis.
- Systems and Reports Review - Determining Best Practice and Driving Changes
- Assisting the Financial Director in any other duties as required.
- 3+ Years Relevant experience as a Financial Planning and Accounting or Manufacturing Cost Accountant position within a manufacturing environment or related field.
- Experience of Assessing and Implementing new systems and software to drive improvements and changes
- Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing principles.
- Strong financial analysis skills, including experience with variance analysis, forecasting, and financial modelling
- Manufacturing Factory Experience
- Fluent Written and Spoken English
- Very Strong Excel Skills, v-look up, Pivot Tables, Advanced Charting, Simulations and Databases etc.
- Good Numerical Skills & Attention to Detail.
- Exceptional time management, problem solving, and interpersonal communication skills.
- Collaborative and metrics driven, with a commitment to process accuracy and results.
- Experience with data analysis tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, Qlik Sense, SQL, OLAP).
- Third Level Degree Qualification in Accounting & Finance
- Or Third Level Degree Qualification in Food Science.
- Experience working in an FMCG or food environment would be an advantage.
- Experience with Software Implementation and automation of reports.