Financial Controller Project Manager

AtkinsRéalis; Aylesbury; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A world-class engineering firm based in Aylesbury seeks an Assistant Project Manager to oversee a £1 million portfolio of drainage projects. Responsibilities include managing financial aspects, producing reports, and maintaining stakeholder relationships. We value excellent communication skills and previous experience in project management. The role supports flexible working arrangements in a diverse and inclusive environment that fosters innovation and collaboration. Explore competitive salaries and a range of tailored benefits.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Professional development opportunities

Competitive salary and benefits

Qualifications

• Experience managing financial aspects of projects with budgets of £2 - £4 million.
• Ability to work collaboratively in multi-disciplinary teams.
• Experience in cost and revenue tracking and forecasting.

Responsibilities

• Manage the financial aspects of a portfolio of drainage projects.
• Produce monthly financial reports and risk assessments.
• Advise clients on project costs, programs, risks, and issues.

Skills

Financial management

Project management

Stakeholder management

Change management

Negotiation skills

Microsoft Project

Job description

Overview

The role involves supporting the delivery of a ~£1m portfolio of drainage projects, with a focus on financial aspects, such as budgets, expenditures, viability and involves planning and overseeing projects from start to finish, ensuring they are delivered on time and within budget. The Assistant Project Manager is responsible for financial analysis, creating budgets and forecasts, monitoring costs, reporting on progress, and implementing financial controls to maintain project health. Working in a multi-disciplinary team of engineers, supervisors, technicians and other professionals, you will be responsible for the delivery of work packages that form part of the overall highway delivery which will include highway improvement and maintenance schemes. We're looking for a self‑motivated individual who has excellent communication skills and someone who has experience of either project managing or acting as an assistant project manager on larger projects (COMAEA Level 1 is desirable).Your role

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the financial management of a large portfolio of schemes.
• Provide high quality project and programme management standards.
• Advise your client at any time on the project cost, programme, risks and issues.
• Maintaining and developing excellent Stakeholder and Alliance relationships.
• Produce monthly reports including project programmes, spend profiles and risk registers.
• Implement effective and efficient communication tools.
• Positively influence the internal team and seek to add value.
• APMQ, PMP, Prince 2.
• Alternatively, a good track record of project management ideally across transportation schemes.

Essential Criteria

• Appropriate previous experience of working in this field with budgets of £2 - £4 Million per annum.
• Experience managing financial aspect of a project.
• Experience in a consultancy is beneficial.
• Ability to work collaboratively and integrate into multi-disciplinary teams as.
• Ability to innovate and implement new ideas.
• Experience managing change.
• NEC 4 experience.
• Ability to use Microsoft Project.
• Experience in cost and revenue tracking and forecasting.
• Ability to report financial and progress information to Client audience.
• Ability to assess and resolve resource planning and coordination issues.
• Apply risk assessment and management principles and processes.
• Network effectively, negotiate well and influence people, broker relationships with stakeholders within and outside the project.

Are you ready?

Are you ready to take up a vital role in shaping some of our exciting projects? How about joining our talented team, where everyone has a voice, and together we face our clients' problems head‑on. It's a diverse and inclusive work environment where world‑class talent knows no distinctions.

We know that different people have different priorities, which is why we're here to support you. Flexible and remote working is a central part of our culture. So, talk to us about what's ideal for you – from reduced weeks to buying more leave over school holidays. And if you're returning from a career break, ask us how we can help you transition back into work with us.

AtkinsRéalis has a vision to shape the future, to lead where others will follow and to engineer the future of mobility today through Safety, Integrity, Collaboration, and Innovation. AtkinsRéalis is the first to achieve BIM level 2 accreditation. This secondment opportunity is for an Assistant Project Manager to be based in our Aylesbury office, co‑located with Client team to support the ongoing development and expansion of Alliance Partnership.

We are AtkinsRéalis, a world‑class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world‑class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career. Enjoy competitive salaries, employee rewards and a brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices. Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise. And combine our hybrid working culture and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life.