Project Accountant

Babcock Mission Critical Services España SA.; Warrington, Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the UK nuclear sector is seeking a Project Accountant to ensure accurate lifecycle reporting and financial management across multiple projects. You will work in a dynamic environment, collaborating closely with finance and project control teams to optimize financial performance in nuclear defense initiatives. This full-time position offers hybrid working arrangements, competitive compensation, and a robust benefits package including development opportunities and a matched contribution pension scheme.

Benefits

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to Digital GP and annual health checks

Employee share scheme

Holiday Trading

‘Be Kind Day’ for volunteering

Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Experience managing cost-related outputs from project controls teams.
• Good understanding of the project controls function and ability to interact well with colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Leading financial elements for projects within the Nuclear Defence Support programme.
• Creating accurate financial forecasts based on project status and historical data.
• Developing and maintaining Project Baseline Budgets.

Skills

Project Controls

Cost Management

Financial Reporting

SAP

Education

CIMA Qualified Accountant

Job description

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Project Accountant

Location:

Warrington, GB, WA3 6YD Faslane, Helensburgh, GB, G84 8HL Bristol, GB, BS16 1FJ Rosyth, Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy, GB, KY11 2YD Bristol, GB, BS16 1FJ

Onsite or Hybrid: Hybrid

Job Title: Project Accountant
Location: Warrington, Bristol, Rosyth or Clyde + Hybrid Working Arrangement
Compensation: Competitive + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF64756

At Cavendish Nuclear 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 one of our Warrington, Bristol, Rosyth or Clyde sites.

The role

As a Project Accountant, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You will be an integral member of the team in a dynamic role responsible for improving the accuracy and visibility of lifecycle reporting for Cavendish and its stakeholders within a Nuclear Defence Support programme.

Day-to-day, you’ll be leading the financial elements for the projects within the programme and also working with the central finance function to provide financial reporting, covering margins, tracking forecasting, cashflow, producing project reports, such as management accounts, budget change, costs, margin, accruals and journals.

• EAC review & consolidation at project level – including down to net profit
• Oversight of monthly supply chain cost accruals/VOWD and revenue recognition process
• Creating accurate financial forecasts based on project status and historical data
• Manage the invoicing process for the project and track payments from customers
• Develop/implement and maintain the Project Baseline Budgets including Control Account Plans/Responsibility Assignment Matrix and WBS Dictionary (SOW).
• Management and control of cost risk budget and drawdown and input into the risk management process.
• Responsible for the monitor, control and validation of project’s accruals and commitments and the control of resource and financial forecast data.
• Management and control of financial change management on the project and assurance of alignment with the business/contractual requirements.
• Provision of internal and external financial performance & cost reports including earned value and variation analysis.

This role is full time, thirty-seven hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with two-three days in the office/onsite and three-two days working from home.

Essential experience of the Project Accountant

• Good understanding of project controls function and ability to interact well with cost engineers, planners, Quantity Surveyor, Project Controls Manager
• Experience of working in a team delivering large complex programmes, preferably nuclear and other sectors such as Oil and Gas, Construction.
• Experience managing cost-related output from project controls teams within a project
• SAP experience is highly desirable

Qualifications for the Project Accountant

• CIMA Qualified Accountant with demonstrable experience post qualified
• 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 the majority of 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

Cavendish Nuclear
As a leader within the UK nuclear industry, Cavendish Nuclear, part of Babcock International Group, provides a comprehensive range of critical nuclear solutions in clean energy, defence and civil new build and decommissioning projects. Together, we’re innovating to make nuclear safer, faster and cost-effective across the nuclear energy life cycle. Your career with us could take you anywhere within Babcock International Group – from Canada, the USA to Japan. Work with us to create a safe and secure world, together.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please [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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