New Temporary Project Accountant position with the possibility of going Permanent for a company based in Guildford!
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New Temporary Project Accountant position with the possibility of going Permanent for a company based in Guildford!
Description
Operate as finance lead on bidding activities. This involves reviewing & validating the bid costings that have been prepared by Engineering. Ensure that associated financial criteria are correctly applied (e.g. foreign currency, customer approved rates, profit margins, taxation, provisions & contingencies).
Work with Bid manager to determine appropriate milestone payment plans to ensure most favourable cash position.
Regular review of project actual costs, commitments and forecasts with the Project team & project managers, in conjunction with the project schedule.
Working closely with project managers to ensure financial objectives are met and to play a key role within the project decision making process whilst striving to act as the "CFO" of the project.
Regular review of overall financial project health and steer of recovery actions (e.g. cash, debtors, in year financial trading position).
Presentation of financial status in relevant management reviews.
Regular review of the project risk register ensuring a strong risk management culture and financial link.
Work across functions to resolve queries, mitigate issues and ensure project data is of the highest quality.
Providing required management accounting project data according to the reporting schedule of the business. Includes sales, profit & cash flow quarterly forecasting.
Management of all customer financial reporting requirements & interaction with customer's financial / reporting tools for both bids and projects.
Support to any required internal / external project related audits.
Taking an active role in identifying and delivering improvements to processes within finance and the business.
Ad-hoc requests from team leader.Profile
Proven and demonstrable experience in a relevant role.
Experience within a project related environment covering both costing, bidding and delivery is essential.
Experience within a dynamic and fast paced organisation.
Positive attitude and strong work ethic
Excellent organisational, analytical and team working skills.
Flexible and able to multi-task; managing a number of different bids and projects simultaneously and being able to adapt to changing priorities.
Solid understanding of finance & applicable project accounting standards.
Excellent inter-personal & communication skills - both written and verbal.
Able to develop good working relationships with key people in the business.
High level of concentration and attention to detail with ability to sense check.
May be working towards an accountancy degree Job Offer
Project Accountant
Salary £48k-£58k
Hybrid Working
Temporary Assignment with the possibility of going permanent
Holiday
Pension