* Exciting new opportunity to join a fantastic company
* Temp-Perm possibility!
About Our Client
New Temporary Project Accountant position with the possibility of going Permanent for a company based in Guildford!
Job 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.
The Successful Applicant
* 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
What's on Offer
Project Accountant
* Salary £48k-£58k
* Hybrid Working
* Temporary Assignment with the possibility of going permanent
* Holiday
* Pension
Contact
Shannon Hunter
Quote job ref
JN-102024-6564541
Phone number
+441483307654