Project Accountant

£33.10 per hour PAYE / £44.28 per hour Umbrella A Project Accountant is required to provide Financial reporting on defence projects and support to future bid campaigns for a leading defence client. The main responsibilities of the post holder will be: - Offers: Liaise with the Senior Management Team to validate the financial integrity of offers before sending to customer. - Develop work breakdown structures to generate project plans, work packages and schedules for future contract proposals. - Forecast: Assist in the preparation of operating plans and forecast updates to the annual budget. Also reporting deviations to budget. - Ensure all finance data is accurate ensuring costs are allocated correctly and hours bookings are up to date across the programme. - Risk management - Contracts reviews: Prepare Group contract reviews and monthly Estimate at Completion (EACs) updates. Ensure labour and sub-contractor costs are correctly booked. - Support month end closing for financial reporting, ensuring correct accounting treatments on the programme. - Lead the SSRO Audit from a finance view point - Complete annual SSRO Supplier report submissions - Support with statutory audit answering any programme related queries. - Assist with other finance month end tasks e.g. Support on Spares/Training activities. - Focal point for programme related queries - Actively support the programme with ad hoc financial requests - Add finance expertise across the programme ..... full job details .....