Manufacturing Birmingham c. £45,000 + bonus + benefits Ref: 9997 The Company Our client is a dynamic, privately-owned manufacturing business with a reputation for quality, innovation, and ambitious growth. As they continue to scale and invest in new capabilities, they are looking for a commercially astute Cost Accountant to help unlock value, improve margins, and enhance operational performance. The Role Reporting directly to the Finance Director, this is a high-impact role at the heart of the business. You will lead on the development, implementation and refinement of costing methodologies across the business-covering standard, actual, absorption and activity-based costing models, depending on the product line or manufacturing process. With a keen focus on margin optimisation and commercial decision-making, you'll support everything from pricing strategy to operational efficiency and inventory valuation. You'll be hands-on in the factory, collaborating with production, procurement, and engineering teams to ensure costs are correctly captured, understood and challenged where needed. Whether you're building accurate Bills of Materials, reconciling variances, reviewing job or batch costs, or improving the overhead allocation process, your insights will directly influence profitability and planning. The Candidate You'll bring proven cost accounting experience within a manufacturing setting, ideally acros...