Project Accountant

Babcock Mission Critical Services España SA.; West Devon; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering services provider is seeking a Project Accountant to join their team in Plymouth or Bristol. This role involves managing financial performance, producing monthly accounts, and ensuring compliance with reporting requirements. The ideal candidate should have experience in financial reporting, strong Excel skills, and be a qualified ACCA, CIMA, or ACA. Competitive benefits package offered, including a matched contribution pension scheme and digital health services.

Benefits

Matched contribution pension scheme

Digital GP services

Employee share scheme

Holiday Trading benefit

Professional fees payment

Paid leave for volunteering

Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Essential experience in financial reporting within a project-based environment.
• Proficient in Excel for financial modeling and reporting.
• Strong communication skills across all business levels.

Responsibilities

• Producing and analyzing monthly accounts according to reporting timetables.
• Maintaining data integrity for internal and external audits.
• Raising customer invoices accurately on time.

Skills

Financial reporting and analysis

Strong Excel skills

Effective communication

Organizational skills

Attention to detail

Education

ACCA, CIMA or ACA qualification

Job description

Project Accountant

Location: Devonport, Plymouth, GB, PL1 4SG or Bristol, GB, BS16 1EJ

Onsite or Hybrid: Hybrid

Job Title: Project Accountant

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

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

We are seeking a Project Accountant to join our team at our Devonport Royal Dockyard or Babcock Technology Centre site. As a Project Accountant, you will be at the heart of financial performance across our nuclear business, working closely with Project Managers and senior leaders to provide accurate and timely financial information.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• 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

To be successful in this role, you will need:

• Essential experience of delivering financial reporting and analysis in a project-based environment
• Strong Excel skills for financial modelling and reporting
• Effective communication skills across all levels of the business
• Ability to manage multiple priorities with strong organisational skills
• Maintenance of high standards and attention to detail

In addition, you will need to be fully qualified ACCA, CIMA or ACA (part-qualified candidates may also be considered) with a strong working knowledge of Excel and excellent interpersonal and organisational skills.

In return, we offer a competitive benefits package, including:

• 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.

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].

We are 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.