Assistant Project Accountant

Matchtech; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in project finance is seeking a proactive individual for their Orders to Receipts team. The successful candidate will manage a backlog of tasks, ensuring quality and timely deliveries while collaborating with multiple departments. This role requires strong analytical and communication skills, alongside accountancy experience, and offers a competitive salary in the UK.

Qualifications

• Accountancy experience required.
• Experience with finance systems and adaptability to new systems.
• Strong communication and analytical skills, self-starter.

Responsibilities

• Investigate IT system lines and recommend actions.
• Identify root causes and suggest process improvements.
• Maintain detailed plans and ensure project completion.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Clear communication

Accountancy experience

Finance systems exposure

Job description

The Role

We are recruiting a subcontractor in the Orders to Receipts team within the AIr Project Finance Capability centre to address a backlog of activities.

This role will support projects within the F35 Production, Development and T45 Organisation and will provide key support to the project to address the backlog.

Role Responsibilties:

Not limited to

Responsibilities will include; investigating IT system lines, interrogating options to ensure a correct recommendation and pursuing action to complete it.

Root cause identification and process improvement recognised along the way should be appropriately fed back to help set the standard going forward.

The role will interact with a variety of stakeholders and the successful candidate must be able to communicate with different departments and levels of the organisation effectively.

The project has a high degree of importance within the business so the successful candidate must be deadline driven, ensure clear communication of progress and issues faced in a time appropriate manner.

The successful candidate will be required to maintain a detailed plan, deliver the activities on time and to a good quality.

They will report into a Team leader who will provide direction and guidance but the candidate will need to be proactive to manage their own daily activities. They will work with other members of the finance team and other functional stakeholders to complete the programme of work.

They will be interrogating the IT systems for information on claims and receipts to identify corrective actions.

They will assist with setting up a clear and robust process going forward.

What are BAE Systems looking for from you?

Accountancy experience

Clear communication skills

Finance systems exposure / Ability to adapt to new systems

A self starter

Analytical skills

Strong problem solving skills

Ability to build good working relationships with key contracts in business

Security Requirements: SC (start on BPSS) & ITAR

This role will require the person to hold full Security Clearance (SC) prior to working onsite. You will need to obtain a BPSS check as part of this process. You must currently hold or be eligible and willing to obtain SC. In addition, this role involves direct and/or indirect access to ITAR Material which means there are restriction. If you are unsure as to whether you are eligible, please contact me to discuss.

The Umbrella rate quoted above is the Gross Umbrella rate (i.e. the rate we pay to the Umbrella Company inclusive of ALL employment costs). Please note, the rate paid by the Umbrella will be less, as will a Limited Deemed rate or Agency PAYE rate. Please get in touch to discuss the rates via these different payment vehicles.