Project Accountant

ACCA Careers; East Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

ACCA Careers in Derby is seeking a Finance Business Partner to work closely with senior leaders, supporting strategic and operational decision making across the business. You will deliver timely performance reporting, revenue recognition, and cost control, challenge plans and budgets, and provide insights through KPIs and variance analysis.

The role requires a qualified accountant with strong business partnering, stakeholder management, and advanced Excel/Power BI skills, with hybrid working 2–3

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with strong business partnering experience.
• Excellent stakeholder management and analytical ability.
• Proficient in Excel and Power BI.

Responsibilities

• Produce weekly and monthly performance reporting with a focus on revenue recognition and cost control.
• Deliver clear variance analysis with insightful commentary on workstream performance.
• Develop and maintain operational KPIs and volume drivers for revenue and cost management.
• Support preparation, review, and robust challenge of annual budgets and forecasts.
• Lead and manage ad hoc financial reviews, analyses, and investigations into key risks, issues, and opportunities.
• Recommend and implement enhancements to financial reporting, governance, and control processes.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Business partnering

Analytical ability

Excel

Power BI

Education

Qualified accountant (ACCA/CIMA/ACA)

Tools

Excel

Power BI

Job description

The Finance Business Partner to work closely with senior leaders and their teams, supporting both strategic and operational decision making across the business

Client Details

Growing, privately owned, £100mt/o Infrastructure Services business based in Derby

Description

You will act as a trusted advisor to Divisional Operating Directors, supporting and challenging them to optimise financial and operational performance. This includes ensuring P&L delivery, effective cost control, accurate revenue recognition, and alignment of investment and projects with wider business objectives.

What you'll do

• Produce accurate and timely weekly and monthly performance reporting, with particular focus on precise revenue recognition and key cost control
• Deliver clear, value-adding variance analysis with insightful commentary on workstream performance
• Develop and maintain relevant operational KPIs and volume drivers for revenue and cost management
• Support the preparation, review, and robust challenge of annual budgets and subsequent forecasts
• Lead and manage ad hoc financial reviews, analyses, and investigations into key risks, issues, and opportunities
• Recommend and implement enhancements to financial reporting, governance, and control processes

Profile

You will be a Qualified accountant with strong Business Partnering experience, exceptional Stakeholder Management skills and excellent analytical ability (Excel, Power BI, etc)

Job Offer

£55-60k, with career progression and Hybrid working (2-3 days per week in central Derby)