Production Accountant
9 days ago
Whitstable
Production Accountant | East Kent | Up to £60K We are partnering exclusively with our client, a well-established and growing international manufacturing business, to recruit a Production Accountant. This role will sit within a smaller but highly impactful finance team and offers excellent exposure to operations, senior stakeholders, and corporate reporting as the business continues to scale. This is a commercially focused production accounting role, supporting manufacturing performance through robust cost control, inventory management, and financial insight. Key Responsibilities • Own and deliver accurate, timely production cost reporting with meaningful variance analysis and supporting commentary., • Responsible for the preparation, maintenance, and annual review of standard costing and absorption models., • Work closely with Operations to ensure production hours, labour efficiency, and overhead absorption rates are realistic and compliant with group finance policies., • Monitor and analyse manufacturing variances including price, usage, efficiency, and under/over-absorption, making recommendations where appropriate., • Manage inventory accounting, ensuring raw materials, WIP and finished goods are accurately valued and reconciled to the general ledger., • Lead and support physical stock reconciliation processes, investigating and resolving discrepancies....