Cost Accountant
About the Company:
Our client is a leading FMCG manufacturer producing high-quality chilled convenience foods for major supermarket retailers. With a strong focus on innovation and quality, they operate from a state-of-the-art facility, delivering products fresh each day from farm to fork.
Role Overview:
The Cost Accountant will partner with senior leadership to deliver robust financial insights, costings, and gross margin analysis. The successful candidate will play a key role in driving efficiencies, supporting decision-making, and identifying continuous improvement initiatives across manufacturing operations.
Key Responsibilities:
- Partner with the Managing Director, Finance Director, and senior leaders to provide day-to-day operational support.
- Deliver robust financial analysis to support capital investment, cost saving, and innovation initiatives.
- Analyse and report on plant performance, efficiency, and KPIs.
- Develop and implement line and product efficiency models.
- Full ownership of product costings, including Bill of Materials by SKU.
- Manage and report on gross margin analysis by SKU, reconciling P&L and commercial performance.
- Create and manage a costing tool for new product launches.
- Provide weekly and monthly gross margin reports with recommendations.
- Maintain weekly price files, process costings, promotional costings, CAPEX project costings, and labour/overhead analysis.
- Support management with ad hoc project work and cost saving initiatives.
- Review and implement systems and reporting improvements.
Key Requirements:
Essential- Minimum 3 years’ relevant experience in cost accounting or FP&A within a manufacturing environment.
- Strong financial analysis skills, including variance analysis, forecasting, and modelling.
- Experience implementing new systems and software to drive improvements.
- Knowledge of lean manufacturing principles.
- Advanced Excel skills, including v-lookups, pivot tables, charting, and database functions.
- Strong attention to detail, problem-solving, and communication skills.
- Ability to work collaboratively and manage time effectively.
- Experience in FMCG or food production.
- Proficiency with data analysis tools (Power BI, Tableau, Qlik, SQL, OLAP).
- Third-level qualification in Accounting & Finance or Food Science.
- Experience in software implementation and report automation.
If you are interested in this role – please apply with your most recent CV to Ciara Lawler for immediate consideration.