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Senior Management Accountant - Food Manufacturing
Blackburn | Hybrid | £60,000 | Monday–Friday, 9am–5pm
You'll take ownership of the management accounting process while acting as a key finance partner to the wider food manufacturing operation.
That means getting into the detail of costing, waste, yield, labour, stock and profitability — then turning that information into something the business can actually use.
The role
You'll be working closely with operations, production and senior stakeholders — challenging performance, understanding costs, improving efficiency and helping the business make better decisions.
- Leading the month-end process and delivering accurate management accounts
- Providing financial insight and challenge to operational and site teams
- Analysing production costs, labour, materials, overheads, waste and yield
- Managing and developing standard costing models
- Supporting budgeting, forecasting and Capex decisions
- Identifying cost-saving and continuous improvement opportunities
- Supporting inventory valuation and stock controls
- Improving financial processes, reporting and systems
- Supporting statutory reporting and audit activity
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What they're looking for
- Fully qualified ACCA, CIMA, ACA or equivalent
- Strong management accounting experience within manufacturing - ideally experience within food, FMCG
- Strong understanding of standard costing and manufacturing finance
- Advanced Excel and ERP experience
- Someone confident partnering with and challenging non-finance stakeholders
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You'll have genuine visibility across the operation and the opportunity to influence how the business performs — from improving production efficiency to identifying where money is being lost and where it can be saved.
If you're a qualified Management Accountant who enjoys getting beyond the numbers and into the operation, this could be a very good next step.
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