Cost Accountant - County Westmeath
ICDS Recruitment
- Co Westmeath
- Permanent
- Full-time
This role is to support the Financial Controller and Senior Management team in making operational decisions based on accurate cost and margin information. The successful candidate will be a key member of the plant finance team, owning/advising on all product cost and inventory related matters with responsibility for reporting monthly results. The candidate will be a key contributor to decision making and control through effective processes, metrics, and analysis.Principal Accountabilities:
- Work to analyse and improve processes on internal databases and systems
- Analyse and streamline expenditure with a view to implementing cost saving opportunities
- Work to compile month end reports and ensure all month end procedures are completed on time
- Support the compilation and analysis of monthly operational KPI data
- Operate and maintain accurate inventory accounting and control systems, including cycle counts and month-end reconciliations.
- Provide accurate and informative product cost and margin information to management, including control of new product programs.
- Operate costing system, maintaining complete information to ensure labour and overhead is correctly absorbed.
- Provide analysis and support to production to help drive improved performance and efficiency.
- Lead the collation of annual budget and quarterly rolling forecasts.
- Assist with internal and external auditing
- Ensure process documentation is clear and up to date.
- At least 2 years’ experience as a Cost Accountant
- Professional accounting qualification
- Highly organised with the ability to work to strict deadlines
- Previous budgeting, forecasting and financial modelling experience
- Excellent communicator and collaborator with proven problem-solving skills