The Cost Accountant will play a key role in supporting regulatory and cost recovery activities, ensuring that funded and regulated services are accurately costed, allocated and reported in a transparent and compliant manner
Job Summary
The Cost Accountant will play a key role in supporting regulatory and cost recovery activities, ensuring that funded and regulated services are accurately costed, allocated and reported in a transparent and compliant manner.
This role is responsible for maintaining robust cost recovery models, ensuring full traceability to underlying financial data, and supporting high‑quality financial reporting for internal governance and external regulatory submissions.
At SGS, employees are eligible for a competitive pension scheme, life assurance, 22 days annual leave plus bank holidays, length of service awards, and health and wellbeing initiatives.
Matching Summary
The Cost Accountant will play a key role in supporting regulatory and cost recovery activities, ensuring that funded and regulated services are accurately costed, allocated and reported in a transparent and compliant manner.
Skills & Requirements
Must-have
Cost accounting and cost recovery
Advanced Excel financial modelling
Regulatory compliant cost allocation
Financial reconciliation and controls
Stakeholder engagement and reporting
Nice-to-have
Experience in regulated environment
Supporting audits and regulatory submissions
Continuous improvement mindset
Key Requirements
Professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) or working towards
Strong experience in cost or management accounting