Essential

• Part-qualified or newly qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA, ACA or equivalent finance experience).
• Strong understanding of core finance processes such as accounts payable, billing, reconciliations, reporting, financial controls and month-end activities.
• Experience using digital tools, automation, reporting solutions or AI-enabled technologies to improve business processes.
• Experience supporting system implementations, process improvements or transformation initiatives.
• Strong training, coaching or change management experience.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts in a simple, user-friendly way.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and stakeholders.

Desirable

• Experience with Unit4, Deltek Vantagepoint or similar ERP/project accounting platforms.
• Exposure to Power Platform, Python, SQL, VBA or other automation technologies.
• Experience within a professional services, consultancy or project-based environment.
• Experience creating training materials, user documentation and testing artefacts.

You'll be:

• A positive advocate for change and new ways of working.
• Curious about technology and excited by the potential of automation and AI.
• Practical and delivery-focused, ensuring solutions are embedded successfully.
• Collaborative, approachable and able to build strong relationships across different teams.
• Organised and resilient, with the ability to prioritise effectively in a fast-paced environment.
• Eager to learn, develop and take on increasing responsibility as you grow in the role.

Why Join Buro Happold?

At Buro Happold, we believe in creating a better, more sustainable world. You’ll be part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and excellence. We offer a supportive environment where your contributions make a real difference.

What we Offer You:

• Bring your knowledge and expertise to one of the world’s most respected consultancies.
• Hybrid working arrangements.
• Attractive salary and benefits package including, private medical insurance, life assurance and income protection.
• Holiday entitlement of 25 days per annum (exclusive of bank holidays) and flexible holiday arrangements.
• Generous company pension scheme.
• Flexible benefits including cycle scheme, dental insurance, optical cover, travel insurance, season ticket loans, and corporate discounts.
• Enhanced parenthood leave policies.
• 3pm finish on the last Friday of the month.
• A strong commitment to your continuous development. Whatever stage in your career, we have a learning and development programme that will enable and empower you.
• Entitlement to two memberships to professional bodies or subscriptions.
• A commitment to your wellbeing through a comprehensive employee assistance programme and wellbeing activities. A supportive and inclusive environment that will welcome you through social and outreach activities from the Young Employees Forum to mentoring.
• An international culture that wherever your career takes you at Buro Happold, you won’t be far from the exceptional.

Apply now and be where exceptional is everywhere.

A place for everyone.

Buro Happold values individual's flexible approaches to working patterns as an important part of the way you work and achieve balance. We welcome applications from those who are seeking flexibility in their careers.

Our exceptional portfolio of projects is the result of the diversity of thought, identities, backgrounds and experiences that shape us. Appreciating each other’s differences is key, we want employees to feel they don’t have to mask elements of their identity to thrive.

We are working to change the lack of representation of marginalised groups in the built environment and are particularly keen to hear from anyone who feels they are underrepresented in the industry. We have much to learn from one another. Embracing difference allows us to develop the most innovative and elegant solutions.

Please let us know if there are any adjustments we could make to the application process to make it easier and more comfortable for you. Contact recruitment@burohappold.com so we can work with you to support you throughout your application.