Project Accountant

Project Accountant Warwick Based Hybrid working 6 month contract Up to £350 day rate inside IR35 Robert Walters has partnered with a well known client who we have worked with many times before, looking for a Project Accountant to join them for 6 months on a hybrid basis. The main focus will be to provide financial support to a number of projects and proactively support the management information, forecast and financial reporting on certain projects.

Key responsibilities of the Project Accountant:
• Ensure suitable financial reports are built and maintained, detailing spending done by projects for the portfolio
• Ensure that following approvals projects are set up in a timely manner to accurately account for project costs in accordance with the approved investment proposal paper’s
• Ensure that project costs are recognised in the books based on the value of work done principles, where possible provided directly by our partners
• Provide accurate, timely and consistent month end reporting in accordance with Finance timetables to project managers and programme delivery managers
• Run forecast, consolidation and review processes to provide robust monthly forecasts for in-flight and unsanctioned projects, accurately allocated, and including risks & opportunities
• Support processes to ensure that approved forecasts and annual budgets and business plans are input into local financial systems in an efficient and accurate way, in accordance with financial time-tables
• Ensure that the regional financial controls in operation are efficient and effective and in conjunction with Shared Services teams ensure compliance with accounting policies and regulatory requirements.
• Work in partnership with UK Shared Services accounting teams, ensuring the accuracy, completeness and appropriateness of all management accounts and reporting statements

Experience required from the Project Accountant:
• Experience of using major accounting systems, budgeting and forecasting, financial performance reporting and engagement with business management, preferably in a large, international corporate setting
• Accounting qualification – ACA, ACCA, CIMA or similar
• Business Capabilities – Commerciality/Customer/Data management/ Stakeholder management
• Strong organisational skills
• Strong ownership in supporting the implementation of new financial processes through to successful conclusion
• Strong communication skills including the ability to clearly articulate what is required by whom and by when
• Ability to positively influence behaviours of all involved in the projects financial processes, both finance and non finance
• Ability to work well under own initiative and within wider team
• Good levels of Excel and data manipulation skills