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We're working with a highly regarded organisation seeking a Qualified Accountant to join its finance team in a newly created Project Accountant position.
This role is ideally suited to an ACA or ACCA Qualified Accountant who has built a strong foundation in accounting and reporting and has subsequently developed experience partnering with the business on projects, change initiatives, or investment programmes.
Offering a blend of technical accounting, commercial finance and stakeholder engagement, this is an opportunity to play a key role in supporting strategic business activity while helping drive improvements in financial processes, reporting and decision-making.
Key Responsibilities:
- Partner with project and business leaders to provide financial insight and support on key initiatives.
- Support budgeting, forecasting and financial planning activities across multiple projects.
- Monitor project performance, costs and financial outcomes, providing clear reporting and analysis.
- Assist with the accounting treatment of project-related expenditure and investment activity.
- Support the development and enhancement of project finance processes, controls and governance.
- Provide meaningful financial analysis to support strategic decision making.
- Build strong relationships with stakeholders across both finance and non-finance teams.
- Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives and systems enhancements.
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Skills & Experience:
- ACA or ACCA qualified.
- Trained within practice or possessing a strong technical accounting foundation.
- Experience in a finance business partnering, commercial finance, project accounting or FP&A environment.
- Strong understanding of budgeting, forecasting and management reporting.
- Experience supporting projects, business change, transformation programmes or investment activity.
- Advanced Excel skills with strong analytical capability.
- Ability to communicate financial information clearly to both finance and non-finance stakeholders.
- Experience improving processes, controls or reporting frameworks.
- Exposure to project costing, capital expenditure or related accounting treatments would be advantageous.
- Experience working with finance systems, ERP platforms or systems implementation projects is desirable.
- Commercial mindset with the ability to influence, challenge and build effective stakeholder relationships.
- Strong attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a changing environment.
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This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious Accountant looking to step into a highly visible role with significant stakeholder exposure and the opportunity to shape how projects are financially managed across a growing and evolving organisation.
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