Manufacturing Accountant

Keep the work on the floor, and we'll take the accounts from here

The accounts should not be another job on top of getting orders out of the door. We look after the books, the tax and the returns for manufacturers, including businesses in Swansea and across South Wales, and we explain them in plain language so you can see what a job has actually made.

Tell Rhys about the business, and he will come back with a clear next step.

Who this is for

For owners who are on the floor, not stuck in the books

This is for people running a manufacturing business, where the work is in materials, labour and finished jobs, and the accounts are the part that slips. You need someone who understands that the floor comes first, and who will take the numbers on without turning every conversation into jargon.

The owner

Owners running the workshop or the factory, without a finance team translating the job costs into something they can use.

The industry

Materials, labour and half-finished work. A normal set of books can hide the margin on a job, even when the order book looks healthy.

How we work with them

You stay with production. We take the books, the tax and the returns, and we talk them through so you know what has been spent and what a job is really worth.

The problem

The books fall behind the work on the floor

Manufacturing accounts throw up problems a straightforward sales business does not. Materials go out before the invoice comes in, labour sits across several jobs, and it is easy to feel busy while the margin on each order stays unclear.

  • Materials and labour get mixed across jobs, so the margin on a single order is harder to see than it should be.
  • Work that is still on the floor has already cost money, but it has not turned into a sale yet, and the bank balance does not explain that.
  • A full order book can hide a job that is costing more than it will bring in, until the accounts catch up months later.

Why RNE

Someone who will take the weight of the accounts

The books, the tax and the returns get looked after while the orders are moving, and they get explained in plain language rather than being left until the year end. The fee is talked through before any work starts, so you know what you are agreeing to.

  • The accounts come off your desk, rather than landing after the workshop has closed.
  • The fee is talked through before you commit, so there is no surprise once the work is underway.
  • You know who is looking after the work, because you speak to Rhys rather than being passed around a team.

Worth knowing

What usually comes up before you decide to start

  • The worry

    You still speak to the person doing the work

    A manufacturing business does not have time to explain the same job to a new person every time. You speak to Rhys here, he explains what he is going to look after before anything starts, and you can see what you are paying for, so you are not left wondering who is actually holding the numbers.

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  • The fees

    The fee is talked through before you start

    There is no public price list, because the fee follows the work and a manufacturer is rarely a standard package. Rhys talks through what you need and what that costs before you agree to anything, so the first conversation covers the number rather than leaving it until an invoice turns up.

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FAQs

Questions about manufacturing accounts

These are the questions owners usually ask once the orders are moving and the accounts have fallen behind the floor. If yours is not here, that is what the first conversation is for.

  • Do you handle the records as well as the year end?

    We look after the books through the year and the accounts at the end of it, so you are not starting from a pile of paperwork when the return is due. Tax sits with that work, rather than turning into a separate job later on.

  • Can you explain the numbers without the jargon?

    Yes. The point of the work is that you can follow it. Rhys talks through what the figures mean in plain language, so you can see how the business is actually doing.

  • What do you need from me to get started?

    Tell Rhys what you make, how jobs are costed, and where the numbers feel messy. He will tell you what he needs from there, rather than sending a long list before he understands the work.

  • How do fees work?

    The fee follows the work, so there is no public price list. It is talked through before you commit, and you hear the number before anything starts.
Rhys Evans

A note from Rhys

If the orders are moving and the accounts are the part that keeps slipping, that is the bit I can take off you. Tell me what you make and where the numbers feel messy, and I will come back with a clear next step rather than a pile of jargon.

Rhys Evans, Director, RNE Accounting

From the first call to a clear next step

01

Tell Rhys about the business

What you do, where the numbers feel messy, and what you want off your desk.

02

He looks at what you need

Books, tax, payroll, or a mix of the three, depending on how the business actually runs.

03

You agree the next step

The fee is talked through before you commit, so you know what happens next before any work starts.

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Message Rhys About Your Accounts

Tell us about your business and accounting needs. Rhys will come back to you to arrange next steps.

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