Supply Chain Accountant

Location: Bury St. Edmunds

Mac Kenzie King are excited to be recruiting a Supply Chain Accountant for a successful and growing manufacturing business, based near Woolpit. As part of continued growth, they are looking to appoint a Supply Chain Accountant to join their finance team in a newly created and highly commercial role. This is an excellent opportunity for a part-qualified or newly qualified accountant who enjoys working closely with operational teams, analysing data, and helping drive business performance through meaningful financial insight.

As a Supply Chain Accountant you’ll act as a key business partner to Procurement and Supply Chain teams, supporting decision making through analysis, forecasting, costing and performance reporting.

Key Responsibilities:

Managing and developing the standard costing process. Analysing product costs and identifying key cost drivers. Monitoring purchase price variances and investigating trends. Supporting inventory accounting, stock control and reconciliation activities. Providing analysis on freight and logistics costs. Partnering with procurement and supply chain stakeholders to improve performance and profitability. Supporting budgeting, forecasting and working capital planning. Contributing to continuous improvement initiatives across finance and operational processes.

Attending operational and planning meetings to provide financial insight and challenge. Skills & Attributes:
Part-qualified or recently qualified ACCA, CIMA or equivalent. Experience in management accounting, financial analysis or business partnering. Strong Excel skills and confidence working with large, complex datasets. An analytical mindset with the ability to investigate variances and identify root causes. Excellent communication skills and the ability to build relationships across non-finance functions. Previous exposure to manufacturing, supply chain, logistics or inventory environments would be advantageous but is not essential.