Cash Accountant

Domain

Performance and Support

Finance and management
- Accounting

Cash Accountant

Permanent

Professional, Engineer & Manager

Full-time

About the Role

We're looking for a commercially minded Finance professional to join our team, playing a key role in driving cash performance and delivering high-quality financial insight across Safran Actuation UK.

This is an excellent opportunity to work in a business partnering role where you'll collaborate with Finance, Supply Chain, Shared Services and operational teams to optimise cash flow, support strategic decision-making and influence business performance. You'll take ownership of cash reporting, forecasting and financial analysis while helping to shape business plans and improve financial processes.

Working within a supportive Finance team of qualified, part-qualified and early-career professionals, you'll have the opportunity to develop your expertise, build strong stakeholder relationships and make a visible impact across the organisation.

• Take ownership of cash reporting, bank reconciliations, forecasting and budgeting, ensuring accurate and insightful reporting for key stakeholders.
• Analyse monthly financial performance, identifying trends, variances and opportunities to improve business performance.
• Support the delivery of weekly forecasts, monthly forecasts, annual budgets and long-term strategic plans, ensuring data accuracy and alignment across the business.
• Lead the consolidation of sales and margin reporting across multiple value streams for actual results, forecasts and strategic planning.
• Develop and maintain reporting templates that meet the needs of Finance and wider business stakeholders.
• Ensure the integrity and accuracy of financial data by maintaining strong controls and governance processes.
• Investigate data issues, identify root causes and work collaboratively with stakeholders to implement improvements.
• Produce meaningful financial analysis that supports FP&A reporting and enables informed business decisions.
• Partner closely with Value Stream Finance Teams, Supply Chain, Finance Shared Services and other business functions to understand cash movements and foreign currency exposure, helping to optimise cash performance and mitigate FX risk.
• Support wider FP&A activities and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives across the Finance function.

This role offers the opportunity to gain exposure to strategic financial planning, commercial finance and cross-functional business partnering within a global engineering organisation. If you enjoy analysing data, influencing stakeholders and driving financial performance, this is an exciting opportunity to develop your career in a collaborative and forward-thinking Finance team.

• Competitive salary
• Company performance bonus scheme
• Pension scheme - up to 10% employer contribution
• Private medical insurance
• Comprehensive health cash plan
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
• Flexible benefits programme (buy & sell holiday allowance, discounted gym memberships, Maternity/ adoption leave- up to 52 weeks, first 26 weeks at full pay, subsequent 26 at 50% (basic pay) and Paternity/Non-Pregnant Parent/ Co-adopter leave 4 weeks full pay)
• Structured training & opportunities to progress

• Adaptability
  - Readily responds to changes in business requirements or scope of responsibilities.
• Analytical Thinking
  - Applies root cause techniques when faced with problems and uses the knowledge gained to mistake proof the process.
• Proactively identifies patterns in conflicting information.
• Business Innovation
  - Champions change and continuous improvement as business opportunities.
• Provides creative and thoughtful input to improve processes, methods, products.
• Customer Focus
  - Pursues the best customer-focused responses that add value to the business.
• Listening
  - Works to develop "win-win" agreements with co-workers and stakeholders.
• Communication
  - Communicates clear understanding of one's subject matter and offers informed positions. Follows up on commitments made to others; assures closure.

• Qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA, ACA or equivalent)
• Strong Analytical skills with advanced Excel skills.
• Excellent financial planning, analysis, and reporting skills
• Ability to digest and manipulate complex data sets to translate into meaningful information.
• FP&A or management accounting experience in a manufacturing and engineering business.
• Ability to prioritise workload, be self-motivated and be an effective communicator.

• Experience working in a matrixed or global organisation
• Knowledge of Aerospace
• Lean / continuous improvement mindset

Europe, UK, England

Stafford Road WV10 7EH
Wolverhampton