Management Accountant

Assistant Management Accountant / Management Accountant

📍 West Midlands | 🏭 Site-Based | 📈 Step-Up Opportunity

Are you an Assistant Management Accountant or Management Accountant in manufacturing looking for your next step?

This is an opportunity to take ownership at site level while being supported by a Group Financial Controller - ideal for someone ready to broaden their remit and gain exposure to systems transformation and commercial finance.

We're supporting a West Midlands-based manufacturing site within an international packaging group. The business is strengthening financial control while preparing for a major ERP and systems implementation - and they're looking for someone ambitious who wants to grow with it.

The Opportunity

This role offers progression into a more senior Finance Manager-level remit over time.

You will gain exposure to:

Financial Management & Reporting

• Producing monthly management accounts

• Supporting month-end journals, accruals and prepayments

• Preparing trial balances for Group reporting

• Balance sheet reconciliations including fixed assets

• Supporting budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis

Systems & Process Development

• Supporting implementation of new business and finance systems (including Sage 200)

• Assisting with mapping product and transactional data

• Reviewing BOMs and costing structures

• Supporting data migration and process alignment

• Improving finance processes within a manufacturing environment

Commercial Exposure

• Partnering with operational teams

• Understanding production flows and cost drivers

• Supporting cost allocation across manufacturing processes

• Strengthening PO and receipting controls

What We're Looking For

Essential

• Part-qualified ACCA/CIMA or strong QBE background

• Experience within a manufacturing or production environment

• Exposure to BOM and costing

• Experience supporting management accounts and month-end

• Comfortable working with legacy systems

• Intermediate Excel skills

Desirable

• Exposure to ERP/system implementation

• Sage 200 knowledge

• Ambition to progress into a Finance Manager role

Why This Role Stands Out

• Clear development path into Finance Manager

• Hands-on ERP transformation exposure

• International group backing with local site visibility

• Broad operational exposure beyond pure reporting

• Opportunity to grow with the business