A London based Creative Agency are seeking a Group Project Finance Manager to join their growing team.
Based in London in state-of-the-art offices, this award winning design and architectural firm focusses on large scale sustainable and eco-friendly projects in cities all over the world.
A world leader in urbanism and industrial design, the company has maintained a relaxed non-corporate environment which encourages creativity and collaboration. Reporting directly into the Finance Director and will the main point of contact and Business Partner for one of their key studios, managing all financial matters. Preparation of the annual group budget for the year for each project, from billings and earnings through to resourcing and expenditure, whilst assessing profitability.
Prepare the quarterly group forecast, highlighting and analysing variances to produce the forecast for the next quarter for each project.
Month end reviews – Preparing the month end reporting finances for review by the Financial Director, analysing variances.
Project Specific activities included:
Producing Cash Flow schedules for Projects based around the world;
Dealing with FX Profits/ Losses monthly due to the geographical location of the Firm’s projects;
Dealing with Clients and Sub Consultants daily regarding financial and contractual queries;
Produce project dashboards with accompanying analysis for key stakeholders
Working closely with business leaders in order continually improve processes.
Due to the commercial nature of the role, project accounting and business partnering is key. Please apply if you are a fully qualified accountant either from an audit background or industry trained, ideally within a project/design/time billing environment. You will have great attention to detail and feel comfortable working with their creative teams on a daily basis.