Our client is looking for a Project Accountant to join their Accountancy team in Guildford.
Client Details
Our client, a well-known & growing business based in Guildford, is looking for a Project Accountant to join their Accountancy team.
Description
Project Accountant - Guildford
* Costing & Bidding
* 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.
* Assist bid managers with RMC pack preparation.
* Work with Bid team to ensure compliance to the Bid Process.
* Project Control
* 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
A successful applicant will have experience with the above & be available on short notice, ideally studying AAT/ACCA/CIMA.
Job Offer
Salary £45,000 - £55,000
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