Kingspan Insulation has an exciting opportunity for a Costing Analyst to join their team based in Pembridge, Herefordshire. You will work on a full time, permanent basis working 39 hours per week and be paid a competitive salary of £20,000 – £25,000 per annum dependent on experience plus benefits.
Kingspan Insulation is a market leading manufacturer of premium and high performance rigid insulation products and insulated systems for building fabric and building services applications. Manufacturing excellence, first class customer service and unrivalled expertise in meeting the needs of the market are just some of the many strengths that Kingspan Insulation offers.
We are now looking to recruit a Costing Analyst reporting to the UK Cost Accountant within our Finance function. The purpose of the role is to ensure the accuracy of production reporting, internally and externally.
Responsibilities of our Costing Analyst will include:
– Setting up Master recipes and the review of costings for our Selby and Basildon sites
– Managing the change management system allocating priorities
– Ensuring all changes are updated in SAP and associated systems
– Updating all SOP changes as required for improving the accuracy of lean manufacturing reporting
– Identifying problems using daily production variance reports
– Taking appropriate action to resolve issues, compiling and distributing reports to local management.
– prepare and post accounting journals
– Meet monthly with the Purchasing department and Stock Accountant to prepare and reconcile outstanding supplier credit note reports
– Undertake project work as directed by the Cost Accountant.
Requirements of our Costing Analyst:
– Accounting qualification such as AAT or an equivalent degree
– Ability to demonstrate ongoing professional development
– Previous experience of working for a manufacturing organisation is essential
– Previous experience of working in a Finance team and of using SAP is desirable.
– The ability to challenge current processes
– Good Microsoft Excel skills and the ability to manipulate data.
