Project Accountant

at  Definitive

Project Accountant, Grays, Essex, £55-60K + £5.4K Car Allowance + 10% bonus + Bens. You must be a qualified accountant with experience of contracting or projects. You will also need advanced Excel and the ability to work with large quantities of data.
This role will require at least 3 days a week in their Grays, Essex office.

As Project Accountant, you will be the financial lead on a significant project, and you will have the following accountabilities:

• Working closely with Operations & Commercial on a daily basis; responsibilities will include maintaining project controls, supporting forecasting & budgeting, month end duties and regular review and reporting.
• Collaborating with the commercial team to help pull together the site application for payment to the client.
• Working with the Site Support & Commercial teams to pull together the weekly cost Report.
• Function as a financial partner to the relevant leadership teams to ensure all financial issues are robustly and effectively managed and reported.
• Timely preparation of accurate monthly Cost and Value reconciliations and other financial reports, complying with all relevant accounting policies and requirements.
• Provide constructive challenge and input into project review meetings to ensure that issues are identified, reported, and addressed.
• Collaborate closely with the Commercial teams to understand and influence business performance and manage risks. Ensure risk is effectively reported.
• Prepare monthly reconciliations, manage the balance sheet, cash flow and credit control routines.
• Control WIP model and produce month end WIP/Overmeasure balances.
• Be initiative-taking in identifying variances from forecasts and consult with budget holders and commercial managers as appropriate.
• Manage Project Bank Account reporting to the Client and internally.
• Consult with the company’s accounting services team to ensure all project costs are recorded and accounted for correctly.
• Build strong relationships with all key stakeholders, both internal and external.
• Ensure reported positions are IFRS, Accounting Standards and Group Policy compliant
• Live the company Values.
• Ensure a focus on Zero Harm.
• The role will see you contribute significantly to a successful financial and commercial outcome to the project.

Your background:

• You will be a qualified accountant, preferably with contracting or projects background.
• You will have an eagerness to learn and develop, be able to work in a team and are independent and objective, whilst maintaining effective relationships.
• Good diligence, a disciplined and organised approach to work and the ability to manage and work with complex data is required, along with good Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel. You will need to use these skills to ensure that you hit deadlines put in front of you.
• Strong communicator, able to elicit information from internal and external stakeholders at all levels.
• Strong excel skills and ability to work with large quantities of data.
• Ability to build and maintain strong relationships within the finance team and across the business.
• Experience in ERPs including Oracle is advantageous.

Understand and implements appropriate controls to processes, procedure and reports.
This Project Accountant role is based in Grays, Essex and pays £55-60K + £5.4K Car Allowance + 10% bonus + Bens

Please refer the Job description for details