Project Accountant

BAM UK & Ireland; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wide range of family-friendly policies

8% matched pension contributions

Life assurance

26 days holiday

Personal and professional development

Job summary

BAM UK & Ireland is seeking a Project Accountant to support various projects in Northern England and Scotland. This role involves financial reporting, cash management, and stakeholder communication, requiring a fully qualified accountant (ACCA/CIMA/ACA) or a final-year student. Candidates must demonstrate strong analytical skills, the ability to build relationships, and a willingness to learn in a dynamic environment. The position offers competitive benefits, including pension contributions and generous holidays.

Qualifications

• Fully qualified accountant or in the last year of study.
• Committed team player willing to learn and grow.
• Must be diligent and use initiative to resolve issues.

Responsibilities

• Build relationships and support program leadership teams.
• Develop and maintain reporting to support business decisions.
• Challenge and support during project financial reviews.

Skills

Fully qualified accountant (ACCA/CIMA/ACA)

Knowledge of SAP

Analytical mind

Team player

Flexibility under pressure

Job description

What if your next step led further than you thought?

With a reputation built over 150 years, BAM has the depth, scale and momentum to offer you more than a next step. We offer you a path. One that can take you across sectors, into leadership, or even around the world. We invest in development because we want our people to stay and grow. Wherever you want to go, we’ll help you get there.

BAM UK & Ireland are looking for a Project Accountant to support our Northern and Scottish region projects.

Making Possible

• Leadership Support – build relationships and improve collaboration with program/framework leadership teams & operations and commercial (Commercial assistants & QS) teams. Demonstrating strong understanding of project financial performance and associated key project risks & opportunities.
• Reporting and Analysis – develop and maintain reporting to support business decisions and risk mitigation, key areas being P&L, cash and orderbook. Ensure Management reporting activities are aligned with organization goals and objectives across the sector. Provide accurate and accessible management information for all key stakeholders with a range of daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly reports. Including clients with accurate spend forecasts for budget management purposes.
• Financial Reviews – Providing challenge and support as part of the Senior Leadership during project reviews & monthly and quarterly financial reviews
• Month End – Achievement of month-end deadlines demonstrating accurate accounting records and internal controls. Ensure strict adherence to revenue recognition policy and processes throughout
• Budgeting and Forecasting – timely and accurate completion of budgets and forecasts with comprehensive trend and KPI analysis including management of financial risk and opportunity registers.
• Cash management – co-ordinate project cash flow forecasts with monthly WIP and debt reviews to improve/maintain working capital. Support application for payment and end to end O2C activities. Managing the JV bank account and application processes as appropriate.
• Rate Management – periodic review of internal CTE rates and external sales rates in line with commercial agreements. Exploring cost recovery opportunities through different costing methods.
• Financial Modelling & Bids – Work closely with key business partners to create and maintain key financial and scenario based models which support strategic business decisions. E.g. key customer/framework bids. Carry out partner and client risk assessments for the division during the tender stage gate process. Rate Management – periodic review of internal CTE rates and external sales rates in line with commercial agreements. Exploring cost recovery opportunities through different costing methods.
• Wider Support – Manage or co-ordinate end to end O2C, P2P and R2R activities within the area to ensure best practice embedded. Closely support/manage project administration staff.
• Adhoc activities to support work winning or delivery of the area’s strategic and operational objectives.

Your team

This role can be based anywhere across the north of England and Scotland.

What’s in it for you?

• A wide range of family friendly policies
• 8 % matched pension contributions
• Life assurance
• 26 days holiday
• Personal and professional development

What do you bring to the role?

• Fully qualified accountant (ACCA/CIMA/ACA) or in the last year of study.
• Committed team player.
• Enthusiastic and motivated.
• Open to new ideas and ways of working.
• Flexible under pressure.
• Ability and willingness to grow, learn and develop.
• Knowledge of SAP highly desired
• Analytical mind with the ability to translate detailed and complex information into concise and coherent management information.
• Must be diligent and use own initiative to resolve issues.
• Ability to build and maintain strong relationships within the finance team and across the business.
• Willing to learn with resilience

We strive to create an environment where everybody feels welcome and valued. We’re on an exciting journey to employ the best talent to join us regardless of social background, race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability or other characteristics.