Management Accountant - Manufacturing

Overview

Management Accountant - Manufacturing

📍 Sherborne, Dorset

💰 Up to £55,000

🕘 Day Shift | 1 Day Hybrid Working

We are working in partnership with a leading manufacturer based in Sherborne, Dorset, to recruit a Management Accountant with strong manufacturing and cost accounting experience.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a well-established, forward-thinking organisation where you will play a key role in driving financial accuracy and supporting operational performance. The role offers a competitive salary of up to £55,000, a day shift pattern, and 1 day per week hybrid working.

As Management Accountant, you will support the manufacturing function through detailed cost control, reporting, and financial analysis. You will act as a key link between finance and production, ensuring accurate product costing and meaningful performance insights.

• Supporting manufacturing-specific processes including product cost planning, standard cost estimates, and WIP calculations
• Monitoring and managing production orders and volumes to ensure financial accuracy
• Calculating and maintaining product standard costs
• Performing detailed cost accounting, including activity allocation, overhead calculation, variance settlement, and periodic reporting
• Calculating and updating work activity rates for cost allocation
• Analysing production costs, identifying variances, and delivering clear, actionable reports
• Ensuring correct classification of CAPEX and OPEX in production-related transactions
• Managing Bills of Materials (BOM) and routing control to validate accurate cost calculations
• Supporting SAP month-end and year-end close processes
• Analysing cost trends and profitability, tracking actual vs budget and forecast, highlighting deviations, and supporting management reporting

• Degree in Finance or Accounting, or professionally qualified/part-qualified (CIMA, ACCA, AAT)
• Minimum 2 years' experience in manufacturing cost accounting, product costing, and production order tracking
• Strong financial and variance analysis skills
• SAP experience desirable (full training provided)
• Confident working cross-functionally with production and operations teams
• Detail-oriented with strong analytical capability

• Salary up to £55,000
• Day shift working
• 1 day per week hybrid working
• Stable and growing manufacturing environment
• Opportunity to influence operational performance and cost efficiency

If you're a commercially minded Management Accountant with manufacturing experience and looking to make a tangible impact within a leading production business, we'd love to hear from you