Accountant – Aviation
Competitive Salary
Permanent
Bembridge
Monday – Friday – up to 2 days wfh
28 days holidays + 8 BH (36 Total)
Client Overview:
The client is a leading aircraft manufacturer that has been building aircraft continuously for over 70 years. The company is world renowned for having the most successful civil aircraft ever produced in the UK.
Role Overview:
They 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
Manufacturing & Cost Accounting
Budgeting & Forecasting
Operational & Commercial Support
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
Benefits
Please can all interested candidates email their CV to josh@copello.co.uk or to discuss in more detail, call Joshua Moss on 07435 806 852
Competitive Salary
Permanent
Bembridge
Monday – Friday – up to 2 days wfh
28 days holidays + 8 BH (36 Total)
Client Overview:
The client is a leading aircraft manufacturer that has been building aircraft continuously for over 70 years. The company is world renowned for having the most successful civil aircraft ever produced in the UK.
Role Overview:
They 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
- 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 environment
Benefits
- 36 annual leave days (inclusive of Bank and Public Holidays)
- Contributory pension scheme with a salary sacrifice option
- Private healthcare scheme
- Flu vaccination
- Dental and optical cover
- Employee Assistance Program
- Support with learning and professional development (courses and licenses)
- Health screening and therapies
- Digital GP
- Referral bonus
Please can all interested candidates email their CV to josh@copello.co.uk or to discuss in more detail, call Joshua Moss on 07435 806 852