Full job descriptionSome finance roles keep score. This one helps drive the future of site manufacturing in Newport. We’re partnering with a highly successful and growing manufacturing business that combines advanced production, engineering excellence, and commercial ambition. Their products are used globally, their order books are strong, and investment in people and technology is at the centre of their growth strategy. They’re looking for a commercially minded Cost Accountant who wants more than month-end reporting.This is an opportunity to become a key voice within the business working closely with operations, production, supply chain, and senior leadership to improve margins, challenge inefficiencies, and influence strategic decisions across the site. If you enjoy being on the factory floor as much as being in spreadsheets, this could be the role for you.

You’ll be leading product costing and margin analysis across multiple manufacturing lines, partnering with production teams to identify cost-saving opportunities and process improvements, analysing material, labour, and overhead variances to support operational performance, budgeting, forecasting, and inventory valuation activities, developing meaningful KPIs and performance reporting for senior management and driving improvements in cost control, stock accuracy, and manufacturing efficiency. You’ll play an active role in continuous improvement and operational finance projects whilst supporting strategic decision-making with insightful commercial analysis.

Previous experience in a manufacturing or production environment is required and you can be a part, full or QBE accountant. You’ll be a confident communicator who can build relationships across finance and operations and you’ll have an analytical mindset with strong Excel and systems experience. This is not a business standing still. The company has continued to invest heavily in automation, technology, sustainability, and expansion - creating a modern manufacturing environment where finance genuinely partners with operations. You’ll join a leadership team that values ideas, encourages innovation, and gives talented people room to grow. If you’re a management accountant with cost accounting experience looking for a role where your analysis genuinely influences operational and commercial performance, we’d love to hear from you.

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