Cost Accountant

Newcastle upon Tyne

£35,000 - £45,000

Permanent

BMC Recruitment Group are delighted to be recruiting for a Cost Accountant on behalf of a leading, fast growing organisation within the professional services and technology sector. This newly created position offers an exciting opportunity to play a key role within a high performing finance team, supporting cost control, financial analysis, and strategic decision making across the business.

Key Benefits they offer:

• Competitive salary (dependent on experience)
• Full‑time, permanent position
• Monday to Friday, standard office hours
• Hybrid working
• Free on-site parking
• 33 days annual leave including bank holidays (rising with length of service)
• Company pension contribution (increases with service)
• Regular company/team events
• Opportunities for long‑term career development within a growing group

Your Duties & Responsibilities include:

• Preparation of accurate monthly Management Accounts with insights and commentary (P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow)
• Support with subsidiary and consolidated monthly management accounts from an overheads perspective
• Business partnering with department heads, providing cost centre reporting, budgeting and forecasting support
• Weekly nominal and spend analysis to identify trends and variances
• Preparation of Balance Sheet reconciliations
• Reviewing and analysing accruals and prepayments
• Supporting internal and external audit requests
• Overhead tracking for key business projects
• Management of exceptional costs reporting
• Supporting complaints and operational loss reporting
• Working alongside finance teams to develop a universal coding structure for overheads
• Reviewing automated payroll journals and performing payroll reconciliations (MTD/YTD)
• Liaising closely with Purchase Ledger to ensure accurate invoice coding
• Conducting ad-hoc overhead and cost analysis for various departments
• Assist with VAT submissions
• Preparation of journals

Systems, Processes & Controls

• Act as a key contributor to continuous improvement initiatives across finance systems and reporting
• Support ongoing enhancements to Workday (or similar ERP) reporting
• Foster collaboration between FP&A, Purchase Ledger, Tax and Technical Accounting teams
• Identify opportunities to improve reporting quality, process control and data accuracy
• Act as a systems administrator for finance and banking systems

Experience Needed:

• Strong Excel skills – essential
• Experience producing management accounts and balance sheet reconciliations
• Variance analysis and cashflow knowledge
• Understanding of purchase ledger cycles, forecasting, accruals, and prepayments
• Experience working to tight deadlines
• Exposure to Workday or similar ERP – desirable
• Financial services experience – desirable

Qualifications Required:

• Fully qualified Accountant (ACCA / ACA / CIMA / ICAS)