Assistant Manager – Management Accounting

A leading manufacturing organization in Sri Lanka

Location: Kelaniya, Sri Lanka

Manage and support management accounting, budgeting, forecasting, costing, and financial planning activities.
Prepare monthly management accounts, financial performance reports, variance analysis, and management dashboards.
Analyse manufacturing costs, product costs, margins, overheads, and operational expenses and provide actionable insights to management.
Coordinate the annual budgeting and periodic forecasting processes with operational and functional teams.
Monitor actual performance against budgets and forecasts, investigate significant variances, and recommend corrective actions.
Prepare product, customer, departmental, and operational profitability analysis to support commercial decision-making.
Manage and review standard costing, inventory valuation, cost allocations, and manufacturing variances.
Monitor key financial and operational KPIs relating to production costs, inventory, margins, working capital, and profitability.
Partner closely with Production, Supply Chain, Procurement, Sales, and Operations teams to improve cost efficiency and business performance.
Support CAPEX evaluations, investment analysis, business cases, and financial modelling.
Strengthen management reporting, financial controls, processes, and data accuracy across the organization.
Support month-end and year-end closing activities and ensure timely submission of management information.

Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Commerce, Business Administration, or a related discipline.
Professional qualification or part qualification in CIMA / ACCA / CA will be highly preferred.
Minimum 5+ years of relevant experience in Management Accounting, Cost Accounting, FP&A, or a related finance function.
Previous experience within a manufacturing environment is mandatory.
Strong exposure to budgeting, forecasting, product costing, variance analysis, profitability analysis, and management reporting.
Good understanding of manufacturing costs, standard costing, inventory valuation, working capital, and operational KPIs.
Experience using SAP or another ERP-based finance system will be highly advantageous.
Strong proficiency in MS Excel, financial modelling, data analysis, and management reporting.
Strong analytical, commercial, problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.

Competitive Management Package + Performance-Based Benefits + Company Transport + Other Corporate Benefits

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Phone: 077-5900566

Email: navodyak@globalsyncsolutions.com