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Your new company

Hays Accountancy & Finance is partnering with a growing manufacturing business to recruit an experienced AAT qualified or part‑qualified Management Accountant to take ownership of the production of management accounts, lead detailed costing and margin analysis as well support budgeting and forecasting cycles to manage costs and drive efficiency savings. This role will be working 5-days on-site, based in Eye Suffolk.

Your new role

In this Management Accountant / Costings Accountant job, you will prepare management accounts with full variance analysis for direct and indirect cost centres, regularly reviewing manufacturing overheads, completing month‑end stock and WIP reconciliations and resolving variances, as well as processing month‑end accruals and prepayments.

What you'll need to succeed

You will have experience of working in a manufacturing finance environment and be at least AAT Qualified or Part-Qualified Accountant as a Management Accountant with a strong understanding of costing methodologies and margin analysis, ideally with practical experience with an ERP reporting system and a track record of improving reporting through automation and controls. In person, you will be commercially focused and be comfortable presenting financial insight to non‑financial stakeholders. It is expected you will be confident with Excel to analyse and update complex financial data.

What you'll get in return

The organisation offers a salary package of £40,000 - £45,000 and other flexible benefits. For details of the benefits package, please contact Andy Jarman on 01603 760141

What you need to do now

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