Cost Performance Accountant

Posted 12 December 2025
Salary Competitive
Job type Contract
Discipline Business Support
Reference75672
Remote working Hybrid/Flexible

Job description

Cost Performance Accountant – Contract (Inside IR35)

Day Rate: £520 per day (Inside IR35)
Clearance: BPSS
Location: Frimley (Hybrid)
Contract Length: 12 months

Overview

A leading organisation within a complex, engineering-led environment is seeking a Cost Performance Accountant to join its Finance Transformation function. You will play a crucial role in delivering high-quality FP&A outputs, accurate forecasting, and insightful cost analysis that supports effective decision-making across the business.

You will work closely with finance stakeholders and operational teams, becoming a trusted partner and a key contributor to financial governance, cost visibility, and process improvement. The role is aligned to a major ERP transformation programme, supporting the design and implementation of standardised processes and best-practice reporting.

Key Responsibilities

  • Support delivery of an ERP programme alongside finance, payroll, and operations teams, ensuring optimal system design for Cost Performance and Payroll.

  • Collaborate with finance teams across the organisation to develop standardised, SAP-aligned processes.

  • Contribute to the implementation of enhanced reporting and forecasting using modern SAP analytics tools.

  • Identify opportunities for process improvement to drive efficiency and alignment with finance modernisation initiatives.

  • Support teams in the UK and internationally to ensure consistent, high-quality FP&A output.

  • Provide financial guidance on budgets, forecasts, cost transformation, and profitability drivers.

  • Present complex financial insights clearly to senior stakeholders across multiple business functions.

  • Maintain a strong financial controls environment.

What Good Looks Like

Candidates with experience in complex, matrixed organisations—ideally within defence, engineering, aerospace, or large-scale manufacturing—will be well suited to this role.

Essential Skills & Experience

  • Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA).

  • Strong Excel and Microsoft Office skills.

  • Demonstrable understanding of finance best practice.

  • Proven ability to build strong cross-functional stakeholder relationships.

  • SAP experience is essential; SME or super-user level highly beneficial.

  • Payroll accounting experience.

  • Demonstrated FP&A and cost management expertise.

Additional Information

Candidates must have permanent and unrestricted right to work in the UK. BPSS clearance is required prior to starting.