Project Accountant

Flux Consulting; London; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A civil engineering consultancy in London is seeking an experienced Project Accountant / Invoicing Manager to manage financial operations on projects. The role includes managing billing processes, working closely with project managers, and ensuring budget compliance. Ideal candidates will have accounting experience in the engineering field, strong Excel skills, and excellent communication abilities.

Benefits

Annual bonus

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Previous accounting experience within an engineering, architecture, or similar industry.
• A good understanding of WIP.
• Strong experience in business partnering.
• Strong Excel skills.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.

Responsibilities

• Lead the billing process and produce invoicing reports.
• Work with Project Managers to finalize invoice amounts.
• Manage and resolve billing queries.
• Assist with budgeting and forecasting.
• Audit invoicing logs for accuracy.

Skills

Accounting experience within an engineering or architecture industry

Understanding of WIP

Business partnering experience

Excel skills

Communication skills

Tools

Rapport3

Job description

Project Accountant / Invoicing Manager
London
Up to 55,000 plus bonus (two per year)

Growing multi-discipline civil engineering conusltancy currently seeks experienced Project Accountant / Invoicing Manager to assist with their rapidly-growing workload.

Based in the London office, you will work closely with the Financial Controller and the Project Managers in managing the financial side of the new and ongoing projects, including analysing project balances, budgets, and billings.

Your key duties will include but not be limited to:

Leading the billing process, including starting the process of producing invoicing reports for the Project Managers.
Work with Project Managers to run through draft invoices/projects to work out amounts to be billed and amounts to be kept on the WIP.
Apply the WIP treatment per project when required
Approve final invoices produced by finance colleagues and check for any errors.
Manage and keep on top of any billing queries that will occur during the month.
Uploading the invoices that require submission to client portals.
Auditing the invoicing log at the end of the billing cycle to ensure all is correct and all invoices issued to then create reports once checks are completed.
Work with Project Managers to set up and input budgets for new projects and maintain and update budgets on existing projects.
Assist the Financial Controller with forward forecasting of revenue based on budgets set for each project.
Managing the employee utilisation and reporting to the board.
Excellent system knowledge up to super user level.
Any ad-hoc reporting required by the Financial Controller or the board.

The attributes we are looking for to fill this role are as follows:

Previous accounting experience within an engineering, architecture, or similar industry.
A good understanding of WIP.
Strong experience in business partnering.
Strong Excel skills.
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
Previous experience with Rapport3 would be advantageous.