Cost Accountant

1 month ago


London, United Kingdom Michael Page (UK) Full time

About Our Client

A large and key public sector entity within the UK government, located in London.

Job Description

The Cost Accountant duties will include:

  • Delivering cost recovery process as per agreed time lines, resolving internal and external issues on cost recovery for services that are recharged to government departments.
  • Overseeing and managing budget management and forecasting for delivery of services - working closely with budget holders, service delivery teams and direct line reports
  • Managing month end reporting and process.
  • Preparing financial models to price projects, products and mixed deliverables.
  • Providing support with data analysis and narrative for government reporting.


The Successful Applicant

The successful Cost Accountant will be a Qualified Accountant with good technical accounting skills who has previous line management experience to manage three staff.

Your exposure will include relevant experience working in managing cost recovery and include a full range of finance cycles (monthly, quarterly, annually).

You will need to be a confident user of Excel.

What's on Offer

A salary range from £58,000 to £64,000 plus an excellent benefits package including civil service pension scheme.

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