Cash Accountant in Wolverhampton

About the Role

Reporting to the Finance Accounting Manager, you will play a key role in managing, analysing and optimising cash performance across Safran Actuation UK entities. This is an exciting opportunity to influence business performance by delivering accurate cash reporting, insightful forecasting and meaningful financial analysis while working closely with stakeholders across Finance, Supply Chain and Shared Services.

You will be responsible for maximising cash performance, reducing aged debt, managing supplier payments and providing valuable insight into foreign currency movements and hedging exposure. Working as part of a collaborative finance team, you will help ensure robust financial controls, continuous process improvement and compliance with accounting standards.

Role Summary:

• Reporting to Finance Accounting Manager
• Responsible for analysing, controlling and optimising cash for the Safran Actuation UK entities.
• Support the Finance Accounting Manager to ensure financial data submissions are accurate and provide good quality information to allow meaningful analysis.
• Maximising the UK entities cash performance while focusing on reduction of aged debt and managing payments to suppliers with the Finance Shared Services (FSS).
• Own the reporting of actual cash results, bank reconciliations and delivery of insight-driven cash forecasts and budgets.
• Partner with Value Stream Finance Teams, Supply Chain, FSS and other functions around the business to understand changes in their currency flows to enable key insights to the impact on currency hedging and operational cash performance to make recommendations to mitigate foreign exchange exposure.
• Work as part of a Finance team consisting of qualified, part qualified and entry level staff.

Key Responsibilities:

• Ownership of the management and reporting of cash across all the Safran Actuation UK Entities which includes Wolverhampton, Banbury, Claverham and Group holding companies.
• Ownership of month end Actual cash reporting, budgeting, and ongoing forecasting of cash by collaborating with various internal stakeholders to understand and report the fluctuations in currency flows.
• Clear communication: can explain foreign currency and hedging financial impacts in plain language to non-financial leaders with the ability to tell the story.
• Actively seek opportunities and make recommendations to mitigate foreign currency exposures.
• Oversee the Accounts Receivable, Credit and Collections and Accounts Payable functions with a direct link into the Finance Shared Services (FSS).
• Own the daily/weekly/Monthly overdue customer debt reporting and actively lead the reduction of overdue debt position across the business in addition to managing the supplier payments process with the FSS to maximise the cash position of the business.
• Oversee the reconciliations of the bank accounts, Accounts Receivable, and Accounts Payable functions with a direct link into the Finance Shared Services (FSS).

Key Requirements

Key Behaviours

• Adaptability - Readily responds to changes in business requirements or scope of responsibilities.
• Analytical Thinking - Applies root cause techniques when faced with problems and uses the knowledge gained to mistake proof the process.
• Proactively identifies patterns in conflicting information.
• Business Innovation - Champions change and continuous improvement as business opportunities.
• Provides creative and thoughtful input to improve processes, methods, products.
• Customer Focus - Pursues the best customer-focused responses that add value to the business.
• Listening - Works to develop "win-win" agreements with co-workers and stakeholders.
• Communication - Communicates clear understanding of one's subject matter and offers informed positions. Follows up on commitments made to others; assures closure.

Essential

• Qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA, ACA or equivalent)
• Strong Analytical skills with advanced Excel skills.
• Excellent financial planning, analysis, and reporting skills
• Ability to digest and manipulate complex data sets to translate into meaningful information.
• FP&A or management accounting experience in a manufacturing and engineering business.
• Ability to prioritise workload, be self-motivated and be an effective communicator.

Desirable

• Experience working in a matrixed or global organisation
• Knowledge of Aerospace
• Lean / continuous improvement mindset

What do we offer?

• Competitive salary
• Company performance bonus scheme
• Pension scheme - up to 10% employer contribution
• Private medical insurance
• Comprehensive health cash plan
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
• Flexible benefits programme (buy & sell holiday allowance, discounted gym memberships, Maternity/ adoption leave- up to 52 weeks, first 26 weeks at full pay, subsequent 26 at 50% (basic pay) and Paternity/Non-Pregnant Parent/ Co-adopter leave 4 weeks full pay)
• Structured training & opportunities to progress

Company Information

Safran is an international high-technology group operating in the fields of aerospace (propulsion, equipment and interiors), space and defense. Its mission is to contribute sustainably to a safer world, where air transport becomes ever more environmentally friendly, comfortable and accessible. Present on every continent, the Group employs 110,000 people and generated €31.3 billion in revenue in 2025. Safran holds, either independently or through partnerships, leading global or European positions in its markets.

Safran was ranked second in the Aerospace & Defense sector in TIME magazine's "World's Best Companies 2025" ranking.

Safran Electronics & Defense is an international company with more than 19,000 employees who bring together expertise and team spirit to design high-technology solutions for the aerospace, defense and space sectors. By combining human and technological intelligence, the company develops products and services for both civil and military customers, operating on land, at sea, in the air and in space.

Locate your future workplace: Stafford Road WV10 7EH Wolverhampton England United Kingdom