Interim Costing Finance

The Job

Costing Project Lead - a 2 to 3 year assignment. This role will work on a costing projects, changing the actual costing methodology and to develop and introduce an appropriate level of standard costing to enable integration into the group.  Full time over 4 days and office based.

Just some of  the key focus areas:

• Develop a detailed understanding of the company's current manufacturing, estimating and costing processes
• Review the actual costing methodology and associated structures within the current MRP system
• Assess how material, labour, overhead and production costs are currently calculated and applied.
• Work collaboratively with finance, commercial, engineering and all other non finance stakeholders to support the new costing methodology, ensure it is practical, accurate and embedded across the business
• Review and improve bills of materials, production routings and estimating processes
• Establish appropriate controls, reporting & variance analysis for the new costing model

The business

A growing and long established manufacturing business

About You

• Strong finance experience gained within a manufacturing environment
• Detailed and practical knowledge of manufacturing costing
• Experience of standard costing and variance analysis 
• A clear understanding of actual and standard costing methodologies and the transition between both
• Strong knowledge of bill of materials, production routings, labour costs overhead recovery and inventory valuation
• Experience of ERP & MRP systems
• Strong interpersonal skills and communication skills