Assistant Management Accountant

Location: Telford
Position Type: Permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Salary: Up to £32,500 per annum

About the Role

Prince Personnel are working with a leading global manufacturing business who are looking for an Assistant Management Accountant on a permanent basis. This role supports the budgeting and forecasting process through the accurate collection and collation of production, cost, and stock data, while also helping to prepare selling prices and supporting information for senior management. It includes assisting with stock takes and financial audits, maintaining up-to-date knowledge of relevant accounting standards, and ensuring compliance when working with internal teams and external auditors.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Responsible for collecting, checking, and collating production volumes, material costs, and stock forecasts for the Budgeting and Forecasting process.
• Collate financial information with costing data to produce selling prices, including preparing summary backing information, highlighting condition changes, and justifying price changes for senior management review.
• Provide support during stock takes, taking full control of the audit of financial data and liaising with External Auditors.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of UK statutory accounting standards (FRS, SSAP), relevant international standards (GAAP), and internal Epson accounting standards, and apply these to the accounts; provide clear explanations to internal/external auditors and EEB/SEC staff where standards may conflict.
• Provide support to the Management Accountant by:
  • Producing total Company Stock Information used by Senior Management and reported to EEB/SEC.
  • Maintaining cost cycles on SAP to ensure accurate cost allocation in the accounts.
  • Controlling and developing SAP systems to ensure information is accurate, timely, and efficient.
  • Setting and maintaining standard costs on SAP, including updates for material cost movements and labour/overhead rates, with full supporting calculations for ETL Management and External Auditors.
• Provide cover for the Financial Accountant in updating the SEC Global Investment Management System (GIMS) for monthly, budget, and forecast submissions.
• Ensure all internal and external reporting deadlines are met.
• Take responsibility for finance-related project work.
• Carry out any other duties as requested from time to time.