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Fantastic opportunity for a technically strong finance professional to accelerate their career in a growing and evolving Manufacturing Group, ideally suited to someone making their first or second move from practice.Having a high level of exposure, you will be working with a pragmatic finance leadership team in a newly created Group accounting role, forging strong relationships with business unit finance, developing stronger and value adding Group reporting and processes.Managing the corporate month-end accounting processEstablishment of Financial Planning and Analysis frameworkPreparation of the monthly management reportsPreparation of the Group's consolidated financial statementsConsolidation of the Group budget for the management reporting packPreparation of the Board reporting packManaging the monthly variance analysis and providing commentary on the financial performanceLiaising with the external Auditors in the coordination of Year end.You will be a qualified accountant with strong technical skills (IFRS, UK GAAP, Consolidations, multi currency) with the desire to forge a career path with a leading manufacturing Group. Strong communication skills are vital as is an ability to build trusted stakeholder relationships, inside and outside of Finance.A process improvement mindset is key as well as a hands on approach and willingness to respond to business imperatives as necessary.

As a Transport Planner you will report into the Transport Planning Manager and Head of Transport Planning & Logistics on a daily basis. You will be based in the Alfreton area of Derbyshire and have the following areas of responsibility. This role will primarily be responsible for planning, in a timely manner transport requirements on a day 1 / day 2 basis, so that the team meet the required plan, logistics service and cost performance targets.Management of the transport planning of 50+ HGV & LGV Vehicles - a mixture of HGV & LGV vehicles. Populate and maintain scheduling and booking and tracker systems.Using a mix of manual tools undertake transport planning and daily execution / performance tracking of loads and vehicles. Share accurate information with own drivers and service providers to enable effective operations.Identify lane / loads requirements, risk and risk mitigations for own and third party providers.Work with internal stakeholders to utilise own fleet and third party to obtain the optimal costManagement of a fleet of sub-contracted drivers & hauliers for commerical gain.The successful Transport Planner will be commutable to the Alfreton area of Derbyshire. and have the following background:Either a Transport Professional with transport planning experience.Ideally 2+ years transport experienceExperience in Paragon Planning Software would be advantageous.Experience in managing drivers & planning routes.Strong internal and external customer service skill.

Initially a 6 month project to include understanding and documenting, year end, month end and weekly standard costing procedures, with the opportunity to grow and to add additional business partnering services to the group.Update standard costs in the bill of materialsReview standard and actual costs for inaccuraciesUnderstand Job variances, PPV's, Production recoveriesValidate the cost of goods sold as part of month-end closeRevise/review and provision obsolete inventory as neededReport on periodic variances and their causes. And where applicable drivers i.e., split between price, volume and mix split betweenBe the conduit between Finance and Operations to bring the monthly numbers to life and add operational valueYou will be a qualified or QBE Finance Manager with a deep understanding of Manufacturing accounting, standard costing, and have considerable exposure to ERP systems.