Project Accountant

A leading provider of critical, complex engineering services that play a vital role in supporting national defence, emergency services, and civil nuclear sectors are looking for a Project Accountant to join their excellent finance team in Kent.

Day-to-day, you’ll report to the Head of Finance, and closely support the Head of Programmes, with a focus on increased fidelity and financial performance and controls in relation to risk management, reporting, cash generation, budgeting and forecasting. You’ll be responsible for

• Reporting of the contract monthly accounts, budgets, forecasts and strategic plans.

• Identifying and targeting opportunities to improve the cash performance, financial performance and service delivery of the contract across its remaining term.

• Preparation of key financial data in support of customer and stakeholder management.

• Financial modelling, validation and update across various models, including tracking and reporting performance, challenging operational assumptions and identifying leading indicators / actions to be addressed.

• Ensuring billing is accurate and timely and provide support to pricing activity and the associated governance process.

Essential experience of the Project Accountant

• Experience in a similar role that involved owning the production of timely and technically accurate contract accounts and reporting, forecasts and strategic plans including commentary and variance analysis.

• Qualified accountant

• Excellent Excel modelling skills

• Stakeholder experience with the ability to maintain a close working relationship at all levels.

• Previous experience of reconciliation of operational data to that reflected in the accounts and on other ancillary source data systems.

• Experience in construction industry or defence industry with Long Term Contract Accounting.

• Strong financial modelling skills utilising Excel.