Cost Performance Accountant
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- 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. xkybehq
Additional Information Candidates must have permanent and unrestricted right to work in the UK.
BPSS clearance is required prior to starting.