Project Accountant

Recruiter
Confidential
Location
Manchester
Salary
Competitive
Posted
14 Jul 2021
Closes
09 Aug 2021
Sectors
Accountancy
Contract Type
Contract
Hours
Full Time
PROJECT ACCOUNTANT
FIXED TERM CONTRACT
MANCHESTER
GBP40,000

A market leader across transport systems is seeking a Project Accountant. You will be responsible for the delivery of effective project accounting and commercial support. This role is based in Manchester and offered on a fixed term contract basis until May 2022 with a possibility to become permanent in the future.

BENEFITS

You will receive 26 days holiday (not including bank holidays) along with an excellent pension, flexible working policy and generous investment in personal development. There is also a large range of other benefits to suit your lifestyle.

RESPONSIBILITIES

As a Project Accountant your key duties will include:

* Completing monthly forecast, proposal of reasonable adjustments and submission

* Reporting reconciliations with SAP, variance analysis vs budget and forecast

* Maintaining and reconciling with current budget/forecast, raising of variances with the Commercial Manager for approval to change

* Planning, co-ordinating and submitting budget

* Hedging and hedge accounting of all foreign currency exposures on projects

* Preparing monthly Financial Review meeting and presentation

* Inputting actuals, forecast, POC model phasing and risk register phasing

* Updating forecast dates for milestones, actions, chase up and update to PMs

* Raising of NCCs in the system and aid in set up of lessons learned with responsible PM

* Raising of Invoicing & payment of supplier invoicing

* Registering maintenance, ownership of portion of RR risks and drive to mitigation with key stakeholders

* Setting up meetings for the project - financial review, quarterly review, risk register review and publishing of minutes for these meetings for purposes of ICFR

REQUIRED SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

To be considered for the role of Project Accountant, you must have:

* Qualified (ACCA/CIMA/ACA) or equivalent with experience in a project-based industry

* Excellent accounting skills with ability to demonstrate understanding and interpretation of key financial statements

* Knowledge and experience using SAP

* Familiarity with percentage of completion

* Strong willingness to learn and develop

NEXT STEPS

If you're interested in becoming a Project Accountant, apply today with your current CV. Our team will review your application to see if it's a match and get in touch to learn more about you. If you aren't contacted within 7 days, please assume your application was not selected.

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