Accountant
Full Time £45,000 - £60,000 / yearJob Overview
- Employment type: Permanent
- Salary: £45,000 - £60,000
- Standard Hours: Flexible start / 40 hours per week
- Location: Bembridge, Isle of Wight
We are seeking a fully or almost fully qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA) with strong experience in a manufacturing environment to support financial control, cost management, and operational performance across the business.
This role plays a critical part in ensuring robust financial reporting, accurate costing, and informed decision-making within a complex aerospace manufacturing environment.
Key Responsibilities
Financial Control & Reporting
- Prepare monthly management accounts with detailed variance analysis
- Support statutory reporting and audit requirements
- Ensure compliance with UK GAAP and internal financial controls
- Assist with year-end accounts and external audit coordination
Manufacturing & Cost Accounting
- Maintain and review standard costing models
- Analyse production variances (labour, materials, overhead)
- Monitor WIP (Work in Progress) and inventory valuation
- Prepare revenue on a percentage basis, analysing and reviewing costs to complete
- Support bill of materials (BOM) costing and margin analysis
- Partner with operations to drive cost reduction initiatives
Budgeting & Forecasting
- Lead annual budgeting process for manufacturing operations
- Prepare rolling forecasts and cashflow projections
- Provide financial insight to support production planning
Operational & Commercial Support
- Business partner with production, supply chain, and engineering teams
- Support capital expenditure appraisal and investment cases
- Analyse pricing and profitability by programme / aircraft variant
- Improve financial processes and ERP system utilisation
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
- Fully or almost fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, or CIMA)
- Minimum 5 years’ cost accounting experience
- Proven experience in a manufacturing environment (ideally aerospace or engineering)
- Strong cost accounting and inventory management knowledge
- Experience working with ERP systems
- Advanced Excel skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilit
- Excellent stakeholder engagement skills
- Knowledge of project accounting
- Experience with standard costing systems
Personal Attributes
- Detail-oriented with high levels of accuracy
- Commercially minded with operational awareness
- Proactive and solution-focused
- Able to work independently and as part of a cross-functional team
- Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, evolving manufacturing environme