Project Accountant

Staging It; Bristol; Hybrid; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking an experienced Interim Project Accountant to enhance financial processes across multiple sites. This hands-on role involves reviewing current practices, implementing improvements, and collaborating with finance teams to ensure operational efficiency. The position offers a 6-9 month contract with a competitive day rate and hybrid working conditions.

Qualifications

• Professional contractor background, ideally qualified or significant process improvement experience.
• Demonstrable experience in finance process improvement or change delivery roles.
• Solid understanding of internal financial controls and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Lead the review and documentation of current processes across finance functions.
• Identify and implement process improvements to increase automation and data quality.
• Collaborate with finance teams to align workflows and ensure consistency.

Skills

Finance process improvement

Internal financial controls

ERP systems

Data mapping

Education

Professional accounting qualification

Tools

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations

Job description

Robert Half are working with a large, multi-entity organisation with operations across the south-west is seeking an experienced Interim Project Accountant to lead a programme of financial process improvement and controls alignment.

This hands-on role will focus on reviewing and enhancing core finance processes across several sites, preparing the function for future systems development and operational efficiencies. The successful candidate will work closely with senior finance stakeholders and operational teams to embed best practice and deliver measurable improvements.

Interim Project Accountant - Finance Process Alignment

Duration: 6-9 Month Contract
Day Rate: £350-£400pd via Umbrella
Hybrid: (2 Days On-site per Week)
Start: Mid to Late June 2025

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the review and documentation of current processes across Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Cash & Bank, Fixed Assets, Prepayments, and Standard Costing.
• Identify and implement practical process improvements to increase automation, reduce duplication, and improve data quality.
• Collaborate with finance teams across regional hubs to align workflows and ensure consistency in controls and reporting.
• Support early-stage planning for future integration into Microsoft Dynamics 365 or equivalent ERP.
• Ensure all changes are clearly documented and improvements are embedded sustainably across the business.
• Contribute to team structure design and process handovers that increase capacity and operational efficiency.

Candidate Profile - Essential:

• Ideally a professional contractor background either qualified or qualified by significant process improvement experience.
• Demonstrable experience in finance process improvement or change delivery roles.
• Solid understanding of internal financial controls, compliance, and best practice operations.
• Comfortable working with ERP systems, particularly Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations or similar.
• Proactive and able to work independently while building relationships across finance and operational teams.

Desirable:

• Exposure to standard costing desirable
• Experience in data mapping or finance systems development.
• Based within South West for ease of travel to multiple sites.

If you're a professional contractor available and interested in process improvement please reach out to me directly or 0117 993 5414

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