Contract Management Accountant – Cost & Forecasting

Randstad Finance; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Part time

Job summary

Randstad Finance in Ipswich is recruiting a Management Accountant on a contract basis to protect financial integrity and own project cost governance, monthly cost accounting, budgeting, and subcontract expenditure across high-volume works.

You will forecast rolling cost and quantity projections, perform variance analysis with site commercial leads, and ensure compliance with purchase orders and supplier valuations.

Qualifications

• Experience in project cost control within civil engineering, earthworks, heavy construction, or major capital schemes.
• Strong ERP systems proficiency with emphasis on SAP; advanced Microsoft Excel modelling skills.
• Excellent communication skills with the credibility to challenge and advise across production, commercial and executive finance teams.
• Solid grounding in subcontractor accruals, purchase ledger compliance, audit trails, and deadline-driven reporting cycles.

Responsibilities

• Month-End Cost Accounting: oversee cost closing, allocate expenses from central facilities and calculate liabilities for subcontractors and suppliers.
• Commercial Cost Control & Budgeting: monitor project budgets against forecast and maintain ledger accuracy across complex package codes.
• Operational Variance Analysis: partner with site-based leads to deliver monthly variance analysis on labour, materials, and indirect costs.
• Forecasting & Planning: develop rolling quarterly and annual cost and quantity projections and track run rates to identify risks and efficiencies.
• Supply Chain Financial Controls: ensure compliance across purchase orders, GRNs, and subcontractor valuations, supporting supplier account resolutions.

Skills

Excel modelling

Stakeholder management

Cost control

Governance

Tools

SAP

Job description

Randstad Finance in Ipswich is recruiting a Management Accountant on a contract basis to protect financial integrity and own project cost governance, monthly cost accounting, budgeting, and subcontract expenditure across high-volume works.

You will forecast rolling cost and quantity projections, perform variance analysis with site commercial leads, and ensure compliance with purchase orders and supplier valuations.