Project Accountant

Project Accountant - 6 month FTC - London/hybrid - Up to £70,000 pro rata

My client, a facilities management company is looking to hire a highly capable and hands-on Project Accountant to join our team on a 6-month fixed term contract. This role will focus on overhauling our invoicing, accounts payable (AP), and accounts receivable (AR) processes to unlock cash flow efficiencies, reduce error rates, and improve visibility across the financial lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities:

• Workflow Mapping & Evaluation: Analyse and document current invoicing, AP, and AR processes. Identify inefficiencies, delays, manual touchpoints, and issues affecting cash flow, billing accuracy, or operational speed.
• Process Redesign & Implementation: Design and roll out streamlined, scalable workflows for invoice generation, customer billing, supplier payments, and credit control-tailored to contractual obligations and operational realities.
• Reporting & Dashboard Development: Create practical reporting tools and dashboards to track aged debt, upcoming supplier payments, unbilled revenue, and overall working capital performance.
• Controls & Compliance: Establish robust financial controls and approval frameworks to minimise cash leakage, duplicate entries, and payment delays, while ensuring compliance with internal policies.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with commercial, operational, and finance stakeholders to ensure processes align with service delivery standards, contract terms, and customer relationship needs.

Key skills:

• ACA/CIMA qualified or equivalent
• Previous audit experience would be a bonus
• Experience in project-based or process improvement accounting roles
• Solid understanding of end-to-end financial operations, particularly billing, AR and AP
• Strong analytical and Excel/reporting skills, with experience building dashboards (e.g., Power BI, Excel, or finance systems)
• Confident communicator with the ability to engage stakeholders across finance and operations
• Track record of identifying and implementing process improvements in a commercial environment

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