Sentry Aerospares is an award-winning company specialising in providing rotable spares support to airlines worldwide with superior customer support, comprehensive stockholding of the most demanded and hard-to-find parts, together with a responsive 24/7 AOG (Aircraft on Ground) service, and a focus on quality that permeates through every facet of the organisation.
As the business continues to grow and evolve, we are strengthening our finance function by introducing a qualified Accountant role to support enhanced processes, automation, and more value-driven financial insight.
What does the role look like?
The Commercial Accountant will play a key role in delivering accurate financial reporting, strengthening financial controls, and supporting the Finance Manager with insightful analysis to drive business performance.
Reporting to the Finance Manager, the Commercial Accountant will take ownership of core accounting activities while supporting the wider finance team and business stakeholders.
Main Responsibilities and Duties:
Financial Reporting & Control:
- Take ownership of balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring all accounts are fully supported and discrepancies are resolved
- Maintain and improve financial controls and processes to support a growing and evolving business
- Assist in the preparation of statutory accounts and audit deliverables
Month-End & General Ledger
- Lead key elements of the month-end close process, including journals, accruals, and prepayments
- Review and approve journals prepared within the team
- Ensure integrity of the general ledger and consistency in accounting treatment
Operational Finance Oversight
- Provide oversight of Accounts Payable and Receivable processes, ensuring accuracy and efficiency
- Support resolution of complex queries and drive process improvements across transactional finance
- Assist in processing employee expense reports and ensuring compliance with policies
- Track and reconcile company credit card transactions
Business Support & Analysis
- Support the Finance Manager with financial analysis, reporting, and performance insights
- Assist with budgeting and forecasting processes, ensuring alignment with business performance
- Provide financial input to support operational and commercial decision-making
Process Improvement & Automation
- Identify opportunities to streamline and automate finance processes
- Support implementation of new systems, tools, and reporting improvements
- Drive a culture of continuous improvement across the finance function, building on recent automation initiatives
Collaboration & Stakeholder Management
- Partner with internal stakeholders across departments to improve financial understanding and accountability
- Communicate financial information clearly to both finance and non-finance colleagues
- Support and mentor junior team members where required
Skills and Experience
- Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, or CIMA)
- Strong experience in financial accounting and month-end processes
- Solid understanding of accounting principles, controls, and reporting
- Experience working in a fast-paced, commercial environment
- Strong analytical skills with attention to detail
- Advanced Excel skills; experience with accounting systems and reporting tools
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- Proactive, solutions-focused, and able to drive improvements independently
- Experience in aviation, aerospace, or asset-heavy industries
- Exposure to process automation or finance transformation initiatives
The most important thing to us is team fit. If you don’t quite meet the full list of desirable skills but you align with our values of obsessing over service, passion and determination and accountability and you’re looking for an environment where you can make an impact, we want to hear from you!
What success looks like
- Accurate and timely financial reporting with minimal oversight
- Strong, well-documented balance sheet and robust financial controls
- Month-end processing is efficient, well-managed and continuously improving
- Finance processes are streamlined, with clear ownership and accountability
- The wider business benefits from clear financial insight and support
What this role offers
- A dynamic and supportive environment with a growing business
- Opportunity to contribute to finance transformation and process improvement
- 25 days holiday plus additional days for long service
- Corporate life insurance
- Corporate health insurance (After qualifying period)
- Modern eco-friendly facilities and on-site gym
- Mental Health & wellbeing support
- Staff events
- Performance based bonus
Join us at Sentry Aerospares and become a valued part of a team that is dedicated to excellence and innovation in the aviation industry. Apply today to make a meaningful impact in a role that offers both challenges and rewards.
Pay: £45,000.00-£55,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Company events
- Cycle to work scheme
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Enhanced paternity leave
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Life insurance
- On-site gym
- On-site parking
Work Location: In person
