Project Accountant

Elevation Recruitment Group are delighted to be recruiting for AMG Chrome on a retained basis as they look to recruit a new Project Accountant into the team. AMG Chrome Limited is a world-renowned supplier of specialty metals, alloys and other materials into the super-alloy, aerospace, steel, hard-facing, welding and aluminium industries. At their core is the manufacture of pure chrome metal, high purity degassed chrome metals and chrome powders, however they also offer ferro titanium, ferro boron, aluminium powders and a range of other powdered metal products.They have a workforce of over 200 employees and have been manufacturing metals at their site in Rotherham for over 80 years.They have earned their reputation as a responsive, technology-focussed, innovative supplier of their metals to the industries they serve. Their service and product excellence is supported by technical and quality expertise, along with a logistics network team to service their key markets across the world.AMG is committed to achieving the highest standards of safety and environmental conduct at all of its manufacturing facilities and producing materials that help their customers to minimize negative environmental impact.

Reporting straight into the Head of Finance, the purpose of this role is to be the finance lead on maintenance budgets, manage various projects across capital & revenue on an ongoing basis to facilitate and help ensure value for money in the business. You will act as the key person in the business to perform financial appraisal of capex projects proposed by the businesses. Benefits include: - Competitive salaryOnsite Gym Private medical care 25 days holiday plus statutory daysCompany pensionFlexible start finish times - 8am/9am It will be a varied role with duties to include: -

• Provide the finance input & review all capital expenditure applications.
• Understand the project scope and question / challenge what is being put forward by the project team to ensure we are getting value for money on proposed investments. .
• Develop project justifications alongside the project teams
• Monitor the flow of capex / revenue application forms
• Help to identify new potential projects based on work with the maintenance team on budget spends.
• Manage the Reforecast / Plan capital & revenue project proposals through to approval
• Completing post investment reviews on project spend
• Large project cost monitoring post approval: review spend vs. approved cost
• Review of projects to identify overspends and to assist with timely submission of additional funds forms before projects are over their approved project spends.
• Assist with training the business on capex applications
• Identifying and implementing improvements to the capex process
• Track project expenditure commitments and variances vs. plan / RFC.
• Develop and maintain monthly reporting to Directors & Department Heads to review capex progress
• Monitor the maintenance budgets with the maintenance team; Hold maintenance team to account and be the conscience for hitting budgets.
• Provide insights and challenge on the maintenance reporting
• Provide insights into areas of high expenditure - help to identify potential cost reduction opportunities
• Manage the maintenance budgets process. Analysis to be provided on variances to prior versions.

To be successful, you will ideally have the following skills and experiences: -

• CIMA/ ACCA/ ACA Qualified
• Previous experience in working in a manufacturing environment
• Cost accounting experience
• Good IT skills - high degree of ability to utilise Excel
• Spreadsheet development concepts including documentation and error checking to ensure ongoing integrity of the data
• Demonstrate knowledge of accounting principles

This is an excellent opportunity for an operationally focused Management Accountant who likes to get out from behind their desk and really add value in a buisness, working closely with the operational teams. You wwill also have access to somee great mentors in thaat their is a well established and supportive FD in the buisness, as well as a great Head of Finance that this role will work closely with. There are also several FCs for the different buisness units so there is plenty of knowledge across the group you can gain insight and support from.