Project Accountant

Babcock International; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 44,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense and engineering company is seeking a Project Accountant to join their team in Plymouth or Bristol. In this role, you will provide financial insights that drive strategic decisions and resource management while collaborating with Project Managers. The ideal candidate is fully qualified ACCA, CIMA, or ACA, and has strong Excel skills. This position offers competitive compensation and the flexibility of hybrid working arrangements.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to Digital GP and health consultations

Employee share scheme

Payment of Professional Fees

Qualifications

• Deliver financial reporting and analysis in a project-based environment.
• Use Excel for financial modelling and reporting at a high standard.
• Communicate effectively across all levels of the business.

Responsibilities

• Produce and analyze monthly accounts according to reporting timetables.
• Maintain data integrity and audit trails for audits.
• Create monthly and quarterly GFE status packs for management.

Skills

Financial reporting and analysis

Using Excel to a high standard

Effective communication

Organizational skills

Attention to detail

Education

Fully qualified ACCA, CIMA or ACA

Tools

Excel

Job description

Job Title: Project Accountant

Location: Plymouth, Devon or Stoke Gifford, Bristol + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation: £43,935.00 + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Shape the future of defence and engineering finance

At Babcock, we're working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Project Accountant at our Devonport Royal Dockyard or Babcock Technology Centre site.

The Role

As a Project Accountant, you'll be at the heart of financial performance across our nuclear business. This is a dynamic and impactful role where your insights will help drive strategic decisions and resource management. You'll work closely with Project Managers and senior leaders, providing accurate, timely financial information that supports effective control and delivery across our Government Furnished Equipment (GFE) projects.

Day-to-day, you'll play a critical role in driving financial performance and enabling proactive management of resources within the business.

• Producing and analysing monthly accounts in line with reporting timetables
• Maintaining data integrity and audit trails for internal and external audits
• Creating monthly and quarterly GFE status packs for management review
• Raising customer invoices accurately and on time, aligned with contract terms
• Providing supporting documentation for invoicing, including VOWDs and audit evidence

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with 3 days in the office/onsite and 2 days working from home.

Essential experience of the Project Accountant

• Delivering financial reporting and analysis in a project-based environment
• Using Excel to a high standard for financial modelling and reporting
• Communicating effectively across all levels of a business
• Managing multiple priorities with strong organisational skills
• Maintaining high standards and attention to detail

Qualifications for the Project Accountant

• Fully qualified ACCA, CIMA or ACA (part-qualified candidates may also be considered)
• Strong working knowledge of Excel
• Excellent interpersonal and organisational skills

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.

What we offer

• Generous holiday allowance
• 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.
• '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.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.