Accountant

Tesat-Spacecom GmbH & Co. KG; Filton; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading aerospace company in Filton, UK, is seeking a qualified Accountant to support financial processes and reporting. The successful candidate will lead project work, ensuring accuracy and compliance with accounting standards like IFRS and UK GAAP. Key responsibilities include overseeing financial statement preparation and driving process improvements. Competitive salary and extensive benefits, including flexible working hours and personal development opportunities, are offered.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Flexible working hours

Bupa health insurance

Personalised development plan

Free onsite parking

Qualifications

• Previous experience in finance, ideally as a Qualified Accountant.
• Experience in month-end and consolidation processes.
• Leadership or supervising skills required.

Responsibilities

• Lead monthly closing and financial statement preparation under IFRS and UK GAAP.
• Drive continuous improvement and harmonisation of procedures.
• Oversee internal controls and risk reporting.
• Issue accounting guidance for key business decisions.
• Ensure accuracy of financial statements through data review.

Skills

Financial reporting

Leadership skills

Compliance awareness

ERP/SAP knowledge

Education

Qualified Accountant

Tools

ERP/SAP

Job description

SECURITY CLEARANCE: You will be subject to BPSS and Export Control checks (including a criminal record check), Airbus is establishing a new company, called Airbus Belfast Limited, following a trade and assets acquisition of a key supplier. This entity is projected to have a turnover of approximately £400m. The newly created Airbus Belfast Accounting team requires an Accountant to join its ranks, supporting numerous stakeholders who rely on timely and accurate financial information. Airbus Belfast Limited is entering a period of dynamic change, offering a varied and challenging work environment. The successful candidate will lead project work to establish new processes and drive a leaner, more efficient way of working to meet the company’s financial requirements. A deep understanding of the business’s activities is essential for the Accounting team.

How you will contribute to the team

• Lead monthly closing and financial statement preparation under IFRS and UK GAAP, while strictly managing mandatory ONS reporting and providing key data inputs to the Tax team for computations.
• Drive continuous improvement and the harmonisation of procedures across other Airbus entities, acting as the primary coordinator for deliverables from the shared service centre (AGBS).
• Oversee internal controls and risk reporting via the ERM tool, serving as the main point of contact for both internal and external auditors.
• Issue clear accounting guidance to support Controlling in key business decisions and projects, based on a deep understanding of business operations.
• Ensure the accuracy of financial statements by supervising the team’s effective trend analysis and data review.

Qualifications

• Previous experience working in a finance profession, ideally a Qualified Accountant.
• Experience in creating accounts, month‑end and consolidation processes.
• Knowledge of ERP/SAP or equivalent financial software.
• Leadership or supervising skills.
• Experience in developing/creating new processes. This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the company’s success, reputation and sustainable growth.

Benefits

• Financial Reward: Competitive salary, annual profit share, contributory pension, share options, car leasing scheme, free onsite parking, season ticket loan, tax‑free technology scheme, shopping discounts and much more.
• Work / Life Balance: 35 hour week, flexible working around core hours and Friday afternoons off, option to buy/sell holiday.
• Personal Development: Personalised development plan, Airbus Leadership University and unlimited access to 10,000+ e‑learning courses, internal mobility including international opportunities.
• Health & Wellbeing: Bupa health insurance (including assisted fertility treatments and gender dysphoria & reassignment support), wellbeing benefits (including 24/7 online GP and mental health support), discounted family health/dental insurance/eye tests, cycle‑to‑work scheme, on‑site canteen and coffee shop, lunchtime yoga/meditation.
• Family and Caregiving: Life assurance, enhanced pay for parental leave (23 weeks at 100% pay), adoption/shared parental/caregiving leave, purpose‑built maternity rooms on site.
• Inclusive Environment: Wellbeing room, Multi‑faith room, Employee Representative Groups (Gender, LGBTQ+, International, Generational, Disability, Social & Cultural Diversity, Neurodiversity).

Equal Opportunities

Airbus is, and always has been, committed to equal opportunities for all. We welcome all applications irrespective of social and cultural background, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation or religious belief. We will never ask for any type of monetary exchange in the frame of a recruitment process. Any impersonation of Airbus to do so should be reported to [e-mail].

Additional information

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