https://jobs.co.uk/job/cost-accountant-hays--31797d37-1d9c-4d55-abb0-165b16e92269 RSS feed for Cost Accountant at Hays. en-gb Fri, 03 Jul 2026 18:00:24 GMT https://jobs.co.uk/job/cost-accountant-hays--31797d37-1d9c-4d55-abb0-165b16e92269 https://jobs.co.uk/job/cost-accountant-hays--31797d37-1d9c-4d55-abb0-165b16e92269 Fri, 03 Jul 2026 11:53:38 GMT Location: Londonderry | Salary: 10000-500000 Annual | Type: Permanent | Your new companyA growing engineering business is seeking to appoint a Cost Accountant to join its finance team. With multiple sites and a strong focus on operational excellence, the organisation offers the opportunity to work in a commercially focused environment where accurate costing, financial insight and continuous improvement play a key role in business success.Your new roleReporting to the Finance Manager, you will support engineering sites in multiple locations by delivering consistent costing data, robust financial analysis and reporting to improve business performance and decision-making.Your responsibilities will include:Collecting and analysing product cost data across multiple engineering sites.Supporting the development and maintenance of standard costing methodologies.Preparing detailed variance, margin and cost analysis reports.Reviewing material, labour and production variances and driving corrective actions where required.Assisting with annual standard cost updates, inventory valuation reviews and margin analysis.Working closely with production, engineering, supply chain and commercial teams to ensure costing accuracy.Becoming a key user of the SAP costing system ... Permanent