Siemens Energy
Project Accountant / Project Controller
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Job Title: Project Controller
Start Date: 07/09/2026 (ASAP / Immediate start)
Contract Duration: 12 Months (End date: 06/09/2027)
Pay Rates:
- PAYE: £175.00 / day
- Umbrella: £236.56 / day - Inside IR35
Hours:
- 37 hours/week (Mon–Fri, core hours 8am–6pm)
Location & Hybrid Pattern:
- C A Parsons Works, Newcastle upon Tyne NE6 2YL
- 1 day per week in office (Thursdays)
- Candidates must reside within a 1-hour commute of the site.
- Must have a functional home-office setup with dual screens for remote days.
About the Role:
Randstad Sourceright, a leading provider of RPO & MSP Recruitment Services, is currently recruiting for a Project Controller to work for Siemens Energy.
As a Project Controller within Siemens Energy's Renewable Energy business, you play a key role in supporting the financial and administrative execution of service projects across the UK and Ireland. You will be responsible for maintaining project financial data, supporting forecasting and reporting activities, managing billing processes, and ensuring compliance with Siemens Energy standards and procedures.
This role requires strong attention to detail, excellent organizational skills, SAP knowledge, and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced operational environment. Working closely with operational teams and finance colleagues, you will help maintain financial transparency and support effective business decision-making.
Responsibilities:
- Maintenance of project lifecycle in SAP from order booking to order closure
- Forecasting, budgeting, monthly variance analysis of cost centres, feedback and advice to ops on cost and recovery topics
- Invoice preparation, customer billing, and active cash-in follow-up
- Monitoring accounts receivable, resolving billing or payment issues with stakeholders
- Supporting Commercial Project Managers with commercial reporting and analysis
- Handling commercial topics such as internal charging, or personnel hiring-out
- Supporting audits and internal controls with accurate documentation
- This is a hands-on execution role: accuracy, timing, reliability and ability to prioritise are essential
- You will operate with a high degree of autonomy, managing the full lifecycle of cost centers and budgets independently with minimal day-to-day oversight.
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Key Skills and Experience Required:
- Finance Experience: Essential. Candidates should have proven experience in project controlling, finance, accounting, financial analysis, or a similar role, with responsibility for forecasting, reporting, budgeting, cost control, or billing activities.
- Communication Skills: Excellent presentation, and communication skills, with the ability to build relationships and influence stakeholders across multiple organizational levels
- Technical Knowledge: Working knowledge of IFRS basics, project/order accounting, and revenue recognition
- Mindset: Strategic and results-driven mindset, capable of challenging the status quo, driving change, and delivering continuous performance improvements
- Digital Tools: Self-motivated, proactive, collaborative, and eager to learn, with a passion for digitalization
- MS Office and SAP: Advanced proficiency in MS Office applications (especially Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint) and SAP, with the ability to leverage digital tools effectively
- Qualifications: Open to Qualified by Experience (QBE), or Part-Qualified applicants with solid finance backgrounds.
- Language Skills: Fluent in English with excellent written and verbal communication skills
Essential Skills:
- SAP Fluency: Direct, hands-on experience using SAP for order management, cost center reporting, and project lifecycle tracking. Must be competent to operate in SAP without training.
- Advanced MS Excel: Proficiency with complex formulas (VLOOKUP, INDEX/MATCH, XLOOKUP), Pivot Tables, and large dataset management.
- Financial & Project Accounting Experience: Previous finance experience, project controlling, or commercial analysis role.
- Accounting Concepts: Practical understanding of project lifecycle accounting, IFRS basics, and revenue recognition principles.
- Technical Knowledge: Must have a firm grasp of accounting basics, specifically accruals, variance analysis, and revenue recognition.
- Hands-on Operational Execution: Comfortable with day-to-day administrative tasks, including customer billing/invoicing, Accounts Receivable (AR), and cash-in follow-up.
- Communication & Stakeholder Management: Ability to collaborate with and challenge operational teams and Commercial Project Managers (CPMs).
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Desirable Skills:
- Digitalization & Data Tools: Experience with Power BI, Excel Macros, VBA, or automation tools (Power Automate).
- Sector Experience: Prior background in renewable energy, engineering, construction, utilities, or large-scale project services.
- Professional Qualifications: Studying towards or part-qualified in ACCA, CIMA, ACA, or Qualified by Experience (QBE) in project finance.
- Process Improvement: Demonstrated track record of identifying inefficiencies and optimizing financial processes/controls.
About the Team
Service Onshore UK & IE supports the entire UK and Ireland Onshore Wind Service business, providing comprehensive financial and project controlling oversight across the portfolio. The team works closely with operational, commercial, and management functions to ensure accurate project forecasting, cost control, revenue recognition, budget management, and financial performance reporting. By delivering financial transparency, identifying risks and opportunities, and driving process improvements, Project Controlling enables informed decision-making and supports the successful execution and profitability of service operations across all UK and Ireland onshore wind farms.
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