Management Accountant

A leading organisation is seeking a Management Accountant to join their Finance team based in Macclesfield.

This role offers you the opportunity to become the essential financial and analytical link between Finance and Operations, supporting business strategy and objectives through accurate reporting and insightful analysis. You will work closely with both finance and production teams, facilitating meetings, resolving queries, and driving actions that enhance operational performance.

• Become the key financial partner for Operations, providing timely insight and actionable recommendations to drive business success.
• Enjoy flexible working arrangements and structured monthly reporting cycles that support work-life balance while meeting critical deadlines.
• Benefit from ongoing training opportunities and generous pension contributions as part of a supportive team dedicated to continuous improvement.

What you'll do:

As a Management Accountant, you will play a pivotal role in bridging Finance with day-to-day operations. Your responsibilities will include preparing detailed reconciliations of production gains and losses, facilitating meetings that foster collaboration across departments, managing month-end processes for stock balances and provisions, coordinating annual stock takes, leading aged stock reviews with key stakeholders, producing insightful reports for operational decision-making, updating standard costs within ERP systems, supporting customer audits from both financial and operational perspectives, and assisting the wider Finance team as needed.

• Lead the preparation and review of weekly and monthly production gains and losses reconciliations, ensuring accuracy and clarity in all reports.
• Attend and facilitate regular meetings with the Operations Team to discuss production data, resolve queries, and provide guidance on financial matters.
• Take ownership of month-end processes related to stock balances, work-in-progress, material price variances, quality provisions, and key performance indicators.
• Collaborate with the Quality Department to review customer complaints and quarantined materials, ensuring relevant adjustments are reflected on the balance sheet.
• Manage operations-related balance sheet areas including stock management, accuracy, and provisions by investigating discrepancies between physical stock and system records.
• Coordinate annual stock take activities by planning, briefing production teams, overseeing counts, and completing necessary financial adjustments.
• Lead aged stock meetings with Sales and other stakeholders to drive clearance of slow-moving or obsolete stock while tracking progress against agreed actions.
• Prepare annual production budgets in liaison with operations and finance teams; update standard costs within ERP systems to align with budget requirements.
• Produce ad hoc reports and analyses for the Operations Team such as performance data or cost analysis to support decision-making.
• Support customer audits from a financial perspective and assist the wider Finance team with additional duties as required.

What you bring:

Your proven experience as a Management Accountant within a manufacturing environment will be invaluable in this role. You bring deep knowledge of management accounting principles such as cost accounting, variance analysis, budgeting techniques, stock valuation methods, and standard costing practices.

• Experience of stock control processes within a manufacturing environment is essential for understanding operational complexities.
• Solid grounding in management accounting principles including cost accounting, variance analysis, budgeting, and stock valuation is required.
• Technical understanding of standard costing principles ensures alignment between finance and production specifications.
• Ability to communicate effectively across functions enables you to build strong relationships with both finance colleagues and operations staff.
• Expert-level proficiency in MS Excel and database (ODBC) systems allows you to manage large volumes of data efficiently.
• High level numeracy and literacy skills are vital for producing clear reports that inform business decisions.
• AAT qualification or similar level is mandatory; part-qualified or studying towards CIMA or ACCA is desirable for further professional development.

What sets this company apart:

This organisation stands out for its commitment to sustainability as an employee-owned business where every individual’s contribution is recognised. The company operates on values that prioritise care for employees through investment in training opportunities, reward schemes that acknowledge achievements, open communication channels that value input from all staff members, respect for diverse perspectives within teams, pride in technological leadership within the industry sector, environmental responsibility through long-term decision making that benefits both community and environment—and integrity in customer partnerships by keeping promises. Employees benefit from flexible working arrangements designed around key financial deadlines so you can maintain work-life balance even during month-end or year-end close periods. The company’s inclusive culture ensures equal opportunities for all appointments based solely on merit; it fosters a supportive network where your skills are nurtured through ongoing development initiatives. As part of this team you’ll enjoy generous pension contributions alongside access to resources that help you grow professionally while contributing meaningfully to organisational goals.

Robert Walters Operations Limited is an employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates