Are you looking to build a long-term career in Finance? Then look no further! Start your career with an apprenticeship with Wienerberger Ltd. You will be gaining valuable workplace experience whilst working towards your CIMA Level 4 qualification.

About the role

Purpose:

• To provide support and assistance to the Factory Controllers
• Support the production management accounts for the Brick & Tile production sites.
• Ensure accurate monthly reporting of production KPI’s to site management team

Key Tasks:

• SAP – Processing, reporting and analysis.
• Support Factory budgeting, costing and forecasting.
• Energy cost reporting and monitoring.
• Communication of financial information to operational and production managers.
• Assisting the above managers with understanding the implication of the data and the actions required to enhance the performance of their site.
• Dealing with site queries and accurate maintenance of cost centre data.
• New product development – creating Bill of Material’s and costings of new products.
• Maintain accuracy of Bill of Material’s for existing products
• Assist in the month end close and create monthly reporting packs for the factories and board of directors
• Support BAB analysis and investigation of variances.
• Deal with purchase order queries from site.
• Reconciliation of Stockyard adjustments
• Support Production Controller with stockyard cost centre management
• Support Fixed Asset accountant with monthly/quarterly reporting
• Reconcile SAP and Daily Production postings
• Creation and Distribution of Maintenance Spend Tracker

About the Qualification

CIMA Certificate in Business Accounting gives you the fundamental knowledge of business and accountancy. You must pass all four exams to gain the Cert BA qualification. On successful completion, you can opt to progress onto the CIMA Professional qualification and subsequently become a qualified Management Accountant.

• Fundamentals of Business Economics
• Fundamentals of Management Accounting
• Fundamentals of Financial Accounting
• Fundamentals of Ethics, Corporate Governance and Business Law

Personal qualities required

• GCSE’s Maths and English (A-C) & 3x A Levels (Grades A-C)
• Experience of MS Office packages (with strong Excel skills)
• Possess drive for self-development and growth.
• Able to deliver to tight deadlines and manage a diverse workload
• Possess strong communication skills
• Resilient and flexible, with the ability to cope with a changing environment
• Can work well as part of a team, and be able to build effective relationships across the business
• Ability to work on your own initiative