Project Accountant/Invoicing Manager

Ardent Consulting Engineers; London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering consultancy based in London is seeking a Project Accountant/Invoicing Manager. The successful candidate will oversee the billing process, manage project budgets, and support the Finance Director. They must have previous accounting experience in engineering or architecture and strong Excel skills, along with exceptional communication abilities.

Qualifications

• Previous accounting experience within engineering or architecture.
• Good understanding of WIP management.
• Strong experience in business partnering.
• Strong Excel skills.
• Excellent communication skills, written and verbal.

Responsibilities

• Manage the billing process and produce invoicing reports.
• Collaborate with Project Managers on invoicing.
• Approve final invoices and check for errors.
• Manage billing queries.
• Input and maintain project budgets.
• Forecast revenue based on budgets.
• Report employee utilization.

Skills

Accounting experience

Understanding of WIP

Business partnering

Excel skills

Communication skills

Tools

Rapport3

Job description

Job Summary

The Project Accountant/Invoicing Manager based in our London office, will work closely with the Finance Director, Finance Team and the Project Managers in managing the financial side of new and ongoing projects, including analysing project balances, budgets, and billings. The key duties will include but not be limited to:

• Leading the billing process, including starting the process of producing invoicing reports for the Project Managers.
• Work with Project Managers to run through draft invoices/projects to work out amounts to be billed and amounts to be kept on the WIP.
• Apply the WIP treatment per project when required
• Approve final invoices produced by finance colleagues and check for any errors.
• Manage and keep on top of any billing queries that will occur during the month.
• Uploading the invoices that require submission to client portals.
• Auditing the invoicing log at the end of the billing cycle to ensure all is correct and all invoices issued to then create reports once checks are completed.
• Work with Project Managers to set up and input budgets for new projects and maintain and update budgets on existing projects.
• Assist the Finance Director with forward forecasting of revenue based on budgets set for each project.
• Managing the employee utilisation and reporting to the board.
• Excellent system knowledge up to super user level.

Any ad-hoc reporting required by the Finance Director or the board.

Profile

The attributes we are looking for to fill this role are as follows:

• Previous accounting experience within an engineering, architecture, or similar industry.
• A good understanding of WIP.
• Strong experience in business partnering.
• Strong Excel skills.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Previous experience with Rapport3 would be advantageous.