The Accounting supervisor is an integral role in the country management team providing leadership to the team along with analysis, challenge and commercial support to the business 

As a senior member the role will be expected to help drive the finance agenda and set the tone for the team culture.

Typical Accountabilities:

Reporting & Controls

• Own the Accounting process and act as the main point of contact for all queries
• Ensure robust financial controls are in place within the business and drive compliance with the Essentra Accounting Policies Manual at all times
• Prepare monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements in accordance with local regulations and group polices and procedures
• § Responsible for monthly & quarterly returns including Intra-company & VAT amongst others
• Principal person responsible for authorising vendor and payroll payments
• Main point of contact for audits (both internal & external)
• Lead analysis of all areas of the financial statements to identify opportunities and propose actions to improve profitability and cash flow of the business
• Develop value adding reporting and review processes and procedures to ensure efficiency, timeliness of information and delivery of additional insight

Forecasting & planning

• Own the site forecast & planning process to ensure a rigorous, insightful output of P&L, balance sheet and capital requests
• Work hand in hand with cost owners to deliver a bottom-up budget that the business buys in to and owns. Pressure test the submissions to ensure the financial integrity of the numbers.

Business Partnering

• Provide analysis, challenge and commercial support to improve business performance and aid decision making
• Identify opportunities for improvement and ensure they are driven through to completion

Team Management

• Head up the finance team, ensuring the team is engaged, motivated and driven to deliver set objectives
• Drive the profile of the finance team across the site and ensure finance are seen true partners to the commercial functions
• Give appropriate & timely feedback to develop the team to maximise their potential

Required Skills & Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree 
• Previous experience leading a finance team, preferably in a manufacturing environment
• Excellent technical accounting skills including the ability to appraise monthly reporting submissions
• Experience of working in fast paced, dynamic environments, and under pressure.
• Comfortable using numerous accounting packages with a good understanding of systems and ability to understand data quickly
• High command of written and spoken English (B2) is mandatory. Native or bilingual Italian is a must
• Advanced Excel skills to enable manipulation of multiple data sources to deliver detailed analytic
• Use insight to proactively identify areas of improvement and working on own initiative
• Highly organised / structured approach, with the ability to co-ordinate a large number tasks simultaneously and ensure deadlines are met with clear, logical plans and foresight to pre-empt obstacles
• Own delivery of targets and hold relevant people accountable for delivery
• Ability to overcome obstacles whilst remaining professional and motivated.
• Share best practice amongst the team and work collaboratively to deliver to achieve team’s objectives
• Able to work effectively under pressure to deliver high quality work
• Resilience, pragmatism and robustness
• Comfortable working in ambiguous situations

What we offer:

• Attractive salary
• Discretionary Annual Bonus
• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Additional day of annual leave for Birthday
• Paid day off for volunteering
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Program

At Essentra we are ideally looking for individuals who enjoy working as part of a close team, are passionate about what they do and who strive to make a difference. We are always looking to better ourselves and are keen to recruit individuals who like to innovate and improve processes.

Essentra Plc, is a global market leader in plastic injection moulded and vinyl dip moulded components. We have a history of over 65 years, producing essential components across a huge range of industries and applications.

The BMP site is a manufacturing and distribution facility and a key part of Essentra. The location encompasses a high volume, product mix manufacturing, warehousing and distribution environment. Health, safety and environmental sustainability are core values that align to our business objectives.