Project Accountant - 6 Months Temp Contract

at  Skout Solutions

ABOUT VENTIA

Ventia is a leading infrastructure services company, operating across Australia and New Zealand. Our clients are the owners and operators of assets that are critical to our local communities. We pride ourselves on working smart, safely and sustainably, harnessing the latest technologies and brightest minds. With a diverse and proud heritage, we have a track record of delivering essential services to the communities in which we operate.
With strong leadership and an ability to drive excellence through the commitment of our people, we at Ventia aim to provide an unrivalled opportunity for our people to develop their careers in a flexible, supportive and inclusive work environment. Our enterprise values of “Integrity”, “Collaboration”, “Challenge”, and “Ingenuity are championed widely across the organisation and encourages an enterprise mindset.

ABOUT THE ROLE

An exciting opportunity now exists in our friendly, supportive, and collaborative finance team for a switched-on Project Accountant on a 6 months Contract. The role is primarily focused on supporting the Project Finance Manager to deliver finance excellence to projects.
You will ensure solid processes are in place to achieve accurate reporting, timely insights to performance and data integrity. You will continually identify and improve systems and processes for better results.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES WILL INCLUDE (BUT NOT LIMITED TO):

• Delivering month-end results and analysis for construction and maintenance projects as well as supporting the ongoing maintenance and updating of the project forecasting and cost control tools to ensure accurate representation of the financial position of each project / contract.
• Ensuring site progress is accurately captured through the use of project accounting tools such as cost-to-complete and Estimate at completions.
• Updating working capital balances for each project through timely submission of monthly claims and proactive chasing of debt / retentions.
• Developing and maintaining financial dashboards to assist the project leadership team
• Providing insights into the financial performance of the project and communicate this to the project leadership team
• Reviewing and actioning relevant items on the open purchase order, cost & revenue reports before and after month end with the collaboration of the Operations team and Finance Manager
• Processing revenue/cost accruals and journals as directed by the Finance and Contract Managers.