Project Accountant

Babcock Mission Critical Services España SA.; Portsmouth; Hybrid; GBP 55,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks a Project Accountant to play a pivotal role in a significant Private Public Partnership. This exciting position involves managing contract accounts, enhancing financial performance, and collaborating closely with stakeholders. You'll be responsible for accurate reporting, financial modelling, and ensuring timely billing. Join a forward-thinking company that values your contributions and offers excellent development opportunities, a comprehensive benefits package, and a commitment to inclusivity. If you're ready to make a real impact, this role is for you!

Benefits

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to Digital GP

Employee share scheme

Employee shopping savings portal

Payment of Professional Fees

10-days special paid leave for Reservists

Holiday Trading

‘Be Kind Day’ for volunteering

Excellent development opportunities

Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Experience in producing timely and accurate contract accounts and reporting.
• Stakeholder experience with the ability to maintain close working relationships.
• Strong financial modelling skills using Excel.

Responsibilities

• Report on contract monthly accounts, budgets, and forecasts.
• Identify opportunities to improve cash and financial performance.
• Ensure accurate and timely billing and support pricing activities.

Skills

Financial Modelling

Stakeholder Management

Variance Analysis

Long Term Contract Accounting

Reconciliation of Operational Data

Education

Recognised Professional Qualification

Tools

Excel

Job description

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Project Accountant

Location:

Portsmouth, GB, PO6 3EN

Onsite or Hybrid: Hybrid

Job Title: Project Accountant
Location: Chatham, Kent + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: £55,000 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF63977

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Project Accountant at our Chatham, Kent site.

The role
As a Project Accountant, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. A pivotal role in support of a Private Public Partnership operating across a 30-year concession, in delivery of a subcontract worth over £2bn at the point of award.

Day-to-day, you’ll report to the Head of Finance, and closely support the Head of Programmes, with a focus on increased fidelity and financial performance and controls in relation to risk management, reporting, cash generation, budgeting and forecasting. You’ll be responsible for

Reporting of the contract monthly accounts, budgets, forecasts and strategic plans.

Identifying and targeting opportunities to improve the cash performance, financial performance and service delivery of the contract across its remaining term.

Preparation of key financial data in support of customer and stakeholder management.

Financial modelling, validation and update across various models, including tracking and reporting performance, challenging operational assumptions and identifying leading indicators / actions to be addressed.

Ensuring billing is accurate and timely and provide support to pricing activity and the associated governance process.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and is based at Chatham. Some travel to other sites is required (Minley, Hampshire and Portsmouth).

Essential experience of the Project Accountant

Experience in a similar role that involved owning the production of timely and technically accurate contract accounts and reporting, forecasts and strategic plans including commentary and variance analysis.

Stakeholder experience with the ability to maintain a close working relationship at all levels.

Previous experience of reconciliation of operational data to that reflected in the accounts and on other ancillary source data systems.

Experience in construction industry or defence industry with Long Term Contract Accounting.

Strong financial modelling skills utilising Excel.

Qualifications for the Project Accountant
Recognised professional qualification and significant post qualification experience.

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

What we offer

• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually
• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing

Babcock International
For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email [e-mail] with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

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