Senior Site Accountant
Haltermann Carless Group is a leading global provider of solutions for high-value specialty hydrocarbons, operating in a variety of markets covering Mobility, Life Science, Industrial and Energy sectors. The company develops tailor-made products using advanced technologies, exploring new feedstock sources, and working with business partners, research institutes, and universities.
Our organization employs around 500 people and is headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany. Group turnover is circa £k400m. Products are distributed worldwide through the long-established brands of Haltermann Carless, ETS Racing and Electrical Oil Services (EOS). The company is owned by International Chemical Investors Group (ICIG).
This role is based in our Harwich office in Essex. Harwich is one of the key production sites within the Haltermann Carless Group. Here we manufacture our Caromax® aromatic solvent portfolio for Agrochemicals and Fuel Additives, and a variety of Oil & Gas products. Additionally, we blend high-performance Fuels, which are used for specific applications, such as racing or historic cars, first fill or engine development.
We are looking to recruit an experienced CIMA/ACCA qualified Accountant to join our small finance function (10 people).
Responsibilities
Management Accounting/Month End Reporting for Harwich Site
Play a lead role in the month end closing process with primary focus on :
- Sales & Profitability analysis and reporting.
- Process Orders settlement; Capitalized overhead allocations.
- Utility and Other Variable cost reporting.
- Inventory accounting
- Overall responsibility for the UK costing runs for Standard and Actual costs.
- Working Capital/Capital employed analysis and reporting including Fixed Assets and Leases.
- Fixed Production Costs – analysis and explanation of variances to Plan and forecast
- Key Balance sheet items reconciliations
Inventory Management and Costing
- Overall responsibility for the financial control and reporting of Inventory for Harwich site at month end and year end.
- Valuation issues
- Liaise across Harwich site on stock issues and reporting.
- New Material costing
- Run ad hoc investigations into costing issues, e.g. price variances.
Finance Business Partnering
- Support Senior Commercial Managers in all aspects of Finance relating to Harwich products (Aromatics and Energy)
- Analysis of Profitability by area to help understand costs and margins
- Completeness of Monthly Accounts including Accruals and Allocations
- Support Plan and Forecast processes
- Capex and Opex
Plan & Forecasts
- Support Harwich site in building Plan and Forecasts.
- Fixed costs for Harwich operations.
- Fixed Assets/Leases.
- Annual Production recovery rate calculations and update.
Year End Reporting & Audit
Be the first port of call for Auditor requests and queries during interim (November) and year end (February/March) relating to :
- Sales, Cost of Sales and Inventory
- Purchasing & Sales cut offs
- Stock Counts – oversee sites.
- Financial Reconciliation of Stock
- Net Realizable Stock valuations
Qualifications and Experience
- CIMA/ACCA qualified Accountant
- Recent experience of working with a major ERP platform, preferably SAP (FI-COPA module)
- Strong IT and analytical skills using MS Excel with basic skills in PowerPoint and Word
- Previous costing and general ledger experience in a process manufacturing environment
- Flexible, resilient and proactive
- Analytical thinking and solution-oriented approach
- Able to demonstrate effective written and verbal communication skills.
- Well organized and able to manage different priorities
- The ability to work in a cross-functional team environment either independently or as part of a team.
Benefits
- 25 days holiday plus bank holiday increasing to 27 days with service
- Life assurance
- Company pension
- Healthcare Scheme
- Bike to Work / Electric Car scheme
- Volunteering days
