Project Accountant (Belfast)

VanRath; Belfast; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic global business in Belfast is seeking a skilled Project Accountant. This newly created role offers significant progression opportunities and entails preparing financial reports, liaising with various stakeholders, and ensuring compliance with financial standards. Ideal candidates will be qualified accountants with strong communication and IT skills, looking to contribute to a growing finance team.

Benefits

Bonus

Flexible working

Progression Opportunities

Qualifications

• Proven ability to communicate complex issues.
• 2+ years' post-qualification experience.
• Strong understanding of ERP systems.

Responsibilities

• Preparation of monthly review packs for project managers.
• Ensuring financial integrity and adherence to processes.
• Providing timely financial data to support management.

Skills

Communication

Financial acumen

Business partnering

Strong IT skills

Education

Qualified accountant (ICAI, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent)

Tools

Oracle

TM1

Power BI

MS Excel

Job description

Project Accountant (Global Manufacturing/Belfast)

VANRATH is delighted to be working in partnership with a dynamic global business to recruit a technically strong Project Accountant to join the growing finance team. Reporting to the Financial Reporting Manager, this is a newly created role as the business is going through a period of sustained growth and will offer significant progression opportunities.

What's in it for you?

• £45,000-£50,000 + bonus + benefits (negotiable)
• Progression Opportunities
• Flexible/hybrid working

What you'll do

• Preparation of monthly review packs for portfolio and project managers
• Prepare project analysis & cost reports and propose corrective actions
• Completing rolling forecasts
• Liaising with Project Managers, Product Accountants, and Industry Managers
• Providing timely and accurate financial data to support successful management of the business
• Ensuring requirements for SSRO reporting are fulfilled, highlighting any control weaknesses and understanding the commercial environment
• Liaising closely with the manufacturing function and understanding the evolution of the product
• Preparing contract estimates for Multi-Year Budget & rolling monthly forecast information
• Working closely with the wider IAS finance team providing analysis & support
• Ensuring the portfolio of projects meets all audit demands
• Advancing the development of IT tools, reporting techniques, and skills through Oracle, digi dashboards, and BI portals
• Ensuring financial integrity and adherence to processes (UK GAAP, Chorus 2.0)
• Highlighting control weaknesses and escalating governance issues to the Head of Finance
• Providing financial guidance to the project control team
• Providing key inputs for internal and external audit requirements
• Carrying out month-end processing activities
• Adhering to month-end timetable
• Reviewing cost certificates
• Continuously improving data conception and accounting practices

About you

• Proven ability to communicate complex issues across a wide range of stakeholders
• Qualified accountant (ICAI, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent) with 2+ years' post-qualification experience
• Excellent financial and commercial acumen, with strong communication and business partnering skills to manage and influence stakeholders inside and outside the company
• Strong understanding of ERP systems (ideally Oracle), TM1 experience, Power BI
• Strong IT skills, highly proficient in MS Excel, etc.

For further information on this vacancy, or any other Senior Accountancy & Finance job in Belfast or Northern Ireland, apply via the link below or contact Joanne Gordon for a confidential chat today.