Accounts Department Manager Permanent Role Based in Leinster
The role is fully office based due to the nature of the business and requires own transport.
Key Responsibilities:
* Provide financial support to the Managing Director and Senior Leadership Team, meeting reporting requirements within deadlines.
* Prepare management reports for Manufacturing Plant commentary on financial performance, monthly financial reporting against budget, targets, and prior years.
* Perform weekly/monthly performance analysis vs. previous year, vs. budget, and key takeaways, with insightful commentary.
* Prepare and submit financial budgets and rolling forecasts with clear identification and reporting of cost drivers and variables.
* Maintain Fixed Assets accounting and manage capital expenditure budget and spend, with monthly reporting of spend vs. budget.
* Identify and capitalize asset items at the end of projects, ensuring compliance with fixed assets policy.
* Provide financial analysis and insights to support inventory levels and manage write-offs to help achieve site targets.
* Maintain AP & AR ledger, review production orders in SAP, and ensure resources and materials are issued correctly.
* Own period-end close process, posting all invoices and accruals in SAP, and prepare VAT reports from SAP.
* Understand production department yield variances and report daily.
* Carry out ad-hoc analysis pertaining to business performance management and drive insights from operating performance.
* Partner with Operations Manager and functional leads to design, optimize, and monitor cost element leading indicators.
* Capture R&D related spend weekly and product/process costing, reflecting true manufacturing costs.
* Work with Plant, Business, and Process Teams to resolve differences.
* Ensure accurate financial KPIs.
* Prepare trends, deep dive, and monitor product line costing in manufacturing to assist factory managers in improvements.