Project Accountant

Project-Accountant-PQ-

Salary:30-40,000-(Plus-study-support)

Permanent-Office

About-the-Role

We-are-currently-supporting-a-growing-organisation-with-the-appointment-of-a-Project-Accountant-to-provide-financial-support-across-a-portfolio-of-projects.-This-is-a-hands-on-role-that-will-suit-an-up-and-coming-finance-professional-who-enjoys-working-closely-with-operational-and-project-teams,-ensuring-project-costs-and-revenues-are-accurately-recorded,-financial-reporting-is-maintained,-and-projects-are-appropriately-controlled-from-start-to-finish.-You-will-work-closely-with-Project-Managers-and-operational-stakeholders,-providing-financial-insight,-resolving-queries-and-helping-ensure-projects-remain-financially-accurate-and-well-managed.

Key-Responsibilities

• Provide-day-to day-financial-support-to-Project-Managers,-responding-to-queries-and-resolving-project-related-financial-issues.
• Support-the-financial-reporting-and-monitoring-of-newly-launched-projects.
• Prepare-regular-labour-utilisation-reports-and-analyse-labour-costs-and-resource-usage.
• Incorporate-relevant-labour-and-project-cost-information-into-management-reporting.
• Prepare-and-post-monthly-inventory-related-journals-across-UK-and-international-operations.
• Lead-regular-financial-review-meetings-with-Project-Managers-and-operational-stakeholders.
• Investigate-and-resolve-project-billing-and-invoicing-queries.
• Review-project-cost-postings-to-ensure-expenditure-is-accurately-coded-and-allocated.
• Review-revenue-postings-and-ensure-income-is-correctly-attributed-to-the-relevant-projects.
• Support-the-financial-completion-and-closure-of-projects,-ensuring-all-outstanding-financial-activity-has-been-addressed.
• Prepare-and-post-work-in-progress-journals-and-associated-adjustments.
• Prepare-and-post-project-related-accruals-and-prepayments.
• Maintain-project-budgets,-forecasts-and-estimates-within-financial-reportig-systems.
• Update-project-financial-information-to-reflect-variations,-changes-in-scope-and-additional-work.
• Monitor-corporate-card-expenditure,-ensuring-transactions-are-accurately-recorded-and-allocated-to-the-appropriate-projects.
• Process-and-allocate-employee-and-business-related-expenses-against-the-relevant-projects.
• Produce-adhoc-financial-analysis,-reporting-and-commentary-to-support-operational-and-management-decision-making.
• Identify-discrepancies,-investigate-variances-and-work-with-stakeholders- to-ensure-accurate-financial-information.

About-You

We-are-looking-for-a-commercially-minded-finance-professional-with-strong-attention-to-detail-and-the-confidence-to-work-directly-with-non-finance-stakeholders.

You-will-ideally-have-experience-of:

• Project-accounting,-management-accounting-or-a-similar-finance-role.
• Working-with-project-costs,-budgets,-revenue-and-work-in-progress.
• Preparing-and-posting-journals,-accruals-and-prepayments.
• Analysing-labour-utilisation-and-project-performance.
• Supporting-project-managers-and-operational-teams-with-financial-information.
• Investigating-financial-discrepancies-and-resolving-queries.
• Working-with-large-volumes-of-financial-data-and-producing-clear-reporting.
• Using-Excel-and-financial/accounting-systems-to-analyse-and-maintain-financial-information.

The-successful-candidate-will-be-organised,-analytical-and-proactive,-with-the-ability-to-manage-competing-priorities-and-build-effective-relationships-with-stakeholders-across-the-business.

The-Opportunity-This-is-an-excellent-opportunity-for-a-finance-professional-looking-to-take-ownership-of-a-varied-project-focused-remit-within-a-growing-organisation.-You-will-have-the-opportunity-to-work-closely-with-operational-leadership,-gain-broad-exposure-to-project-finance-and-play-an-important-role-in-improving-the-accuracy,-visibility-and-control-of-project-financial-performance.