Inventory & Cost Accountant

Accountable Recruitment are delighted to be partnering with a leading manufacturing company based on the Wirral to recruit an experienced Inventory & Cost Accountant.

Reporting to the Site Controller, the Inventory & Cost Accountant will have end-to-end responsibility for the accuracy, reconciliation and financial control of raw materials, work-in-process and finished goods inventory.

Responsibilities Include:

• End-to-end inventory reconciliation, ensuring physical stock, ERP records and financial positions are accurate.
• Lead cycle counts and stock takes, investigating discrepancies and implementing controls to prevent recurrence.
• Manage customer-owned inventory, ensuring accurate tracking, reconciliation, valuation and reporting.
• Monitor material movements from receipt through production, consumption, conversion, sale, return and replacement.
• Analyse material consumption, production yields and inventory variances, working with Operations to identify root causes and corrective actions.
• Reconcile inventory, purchase and sales transactions with customer commitments, invoicing and financial ledgers.
• Develop and maintain robust ERP/database reporting, reducing reliance on manual spreadsheets and ensuring a single source of accurate inventory data.
• Support standard costs, BOMs, routings and inventory valuation processes.
• Establish and maintain ef...