Project Accountant

TN United Kingdom; Bristol; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A rapidly growing consultancy business is seeking an experienced Project Accountant to lead a critical finance project. This role focuses on developing and implementing a revenue recognition process that aligns with long-term customer contracts, ensuring accurate financial reporting. The ideal candidate will possess strong technical knowledge in revenue recognition, experience in finance processes within SMEs, and a proactive approach to managing large datasets. Join a dynamic team where your contributions will directly impact the company's financial integrity and reporting accuracy.

Qualifications

• Strong technical knowledge of revenue recognition principles.
• Experience in improving finance processes in a growing SME environment.

Responsibilities

• Implement effective revenue recognition processes for long-term contracts.
• Collect and consolidate financial data from across the business.
• Collaborate with CFO to ensure correct accounting entries.

Skills

Revenue Recognition Principles

Finance Process Implementation

Data Analysis

Attention to Detail

Project-Based Business Experience

Job description

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Robert Half have partnered with a rapidly growing consultancy business to recruit an experienced Project Accountant on an interim basis to lead a critical finance project.

Project Objective:

To develop and implement an appropriate revenue recognition process that aligns with long-term customer contracts, ensuring accurate and consistent financial reporting going forward.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support on the project to implement an effective revenue recognition process for long-term contracts.
• Collect and consolidate relevant financial and operational data (e.g., invoices raised, hours worked) from across the business.
• Populate an existing template spreadsheet with the required data to enable assessment of appropriate revenue recognition.
• Review and analyse underlying commercial contracts to determine contract type (e.g., time & materials vs. milestone-based) and corresponding revenue implications.
• Collaborate closely with the CFO to determine and post correct accounting entries in the company's accounting system.
• Transition the revenue recognition model into a repeatable monthly process for use in management reporting.
• Identify and support improvements to other financial policies and processes, including accruals and prepayments, as needed.

Candidate Profile:

• Strong technical knowledge of revenue recognition principles.
• Previous experience implementing or improving finance processes in a growing SME environment.
• Comfortable working with large datasets, spreadsheets, and multiple data sources.
• Able to interpret and apply commercial contract terms to accounting scenarios.
• Self-starter with a proactive approach and strong attention to detail.
• Experience working with project-based businesses, ideally within consultancy, construction, or defence sectors, is advantageous.

For more information or to apply, please contact Ben Williams or Hannah Curnow on 01179 935400 or apply directly to this advert.

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