Management Accountant - Manufacturing

Notice Period

1 Month

Salary Expectation

£45,000

Executive Summary

An ambitious, Qualified Accoutant with over six years of progressive accounting experience, specifically tailored to the fast-paced manufacturing sector.

Highly skilled at handling complex commercial accounting workflows unique to heavy industry, including multi-site depot reporting, large-scale fixed asset management, and physical inventory control.

A self-motivated professional who leverages advanced financial modelling and data analysis to deliver the sharp, strategic insights that management requires to protect margins and make informed commercial decisions.

Core Competency Assessment

Technical Expertise

ERP & Industry Software: NetSuite, Sage 200, Xero
Data & Analytics: Advanced MS Excel (Data Manipulation, Pivot Tables, Formulas), Power BI (Multi-Depot Data Modelling & Dashboards)
Sector-Specific Expertise: Management Accounting for Manufacturing/Construction. Fixed Asset Registers (Additions, Disposals, Depreciation), Subcontractor/Supplier Ledger Control, Rolling Cashflow Forecasting, Cost Analysis & Project Quoting

Leadership & People

Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partnering directly with corporate manufacturing plant managers and departmental budget holders to translate complex financial constraints into clear operational guidelines.
Stakeholder Influence: Acting as the primary financial touchpoint across several busy operational depots, working with logistics and sales teams to isolate, resolve, and prevent recurring billing and revenue discrepancies.
Auditor Management: Trusted to autonomously lead relationships with external auditors by compiling high-volume, pristine audit samples and resolving complex queries under tight year-end timelines.

Commercial/Business

Industrial Financial Control: Autonomously manages end-to-end management accounts for multiple active manufacturing production sites, taking full ownership of month-end adjustments, complex accruals, prepayments, and comprehensive balance sheet reconciliations.
Data Automation & Business Intelligence: A highly tech-savvy professional who eliminates manual inefficiencies by building custom automated models and visual reporting suites that drastically improve executive visibility and decision-making speed.
Asset & Capital Management: Experienced in overseeing large-scale, high-value Fixed Asset Registers, expertly accounting for complex capital additions, disposals, and heavy machinery depreciation schedules.
Commercial & Operational Alignment: Adept at bridging the gap between finance and floor operations, working directly with plant managers, budget holders, and commercial teams to optimize rolling cash flows, inventory tracking, and project quoting accuracy.

Key Qualifications

Qualified Accountant with strong Industry expeirence.

Strategic Value Add

Immediate Impact (First 90 Days): The candidate can instantly step into heavy industrial, multi-site environments without a learning curve. They bring immediate hands-on capability in stabilizing NetSuite/Sage systems, restructuring complex fixed asset registers, and taking full ownership of multi-site month-end closures.
Long-Term Vision: As a near-qualified Chartered Accountant with strong business intelligence (Power BI) skills, they are perfectly positioned to grow into a Financial Controller or Senior Finance Business Partner role, driving the digitization and data-automation of your entire reporting ecosystem.

Consultant's Recommendation

This candidate represents a highly strategic class of modern financial professional: technically sound, exceptionally analytical, and fundamentally aligned with the operational front line.

What sets them apart is their proactive instinct to optimize and automate inefficient workflows rather than simply manage them.

For any manufacturing or fast-based business looking to sharpen its multi-site visibility and robustly protect its bottom-line margins, they will be an exceptional and highly impactful addition to the team.

Candidate Ref

RME58723772