Project Administrator FTC

PA Consulting Group; Royston; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Job summary

PA Consulting Group in Melbourn, Hertfordshire, is seeking a Project Administrator on a 12-month fixed-term contract with a hybrid pattern requiring two days per week in the office. You will support the Account Administrative team, manage sold projects, ensure time is booked to projects and raise invoices for Consulting teams.

The role demands financial acumen, accuracy, and strong Excel skills, with experience in PeopleSoft Projects or similar tools.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years’ recent experience in a finance team.
• Proficient financial acumen with numerical and administrative skills.
• Experience with PeopleSoft Projects or similar corporate tools; strong Excel skills.
• Meticulous attention to detail and a proactive, solution-driven approach.
• Able to adapt to change and work under pressure with high level of accuracy.
• Strong business and commercial awareness in a services context.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; able to build relationships with stakeholders.
• Ability to think critically and use initiative to solve problems.

Responsibilities

• Accurate commercial filing and Audit compliance.
• Manage weekly Time Report Process.
• Open and maintain sold jobs in financial systems; ensure correct invoicing.
• Upload and submit invoices via client portals; manage debt with Credit Control.
• Provide data and respond to KPI requests from Sales and senior management.
• Support to wider team with ad hoc tasks.

Skills

Finance experience

Excel

PeopleSoft Projects

Numerical skills

Attention to detail

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Adaptability

Initiative

Tools

PeopleSoft Projects

Job description

Global Innovation and Technology Centre, Back Lane, Melbourn, Hertfordshire, SG8 6DP, United Kingdom, Melbourn SG8 6DP, GB

We believe in the power of ingenuity to build a positive human future.

As strategies, technologies, and innovation collide, we create opportunity from complexity.

Our teams of interdisciplinary experts combine innovative thinking and breakthrough technologies to progress further, faster. Our clients adapt and transform, and together we achieve enduring results.

We are over 4,000 strategists, innovators, designers, consultants, digital experts, scientists, engineers, and technologists. And we have deep expertise in consumer and manufacturing, defence and security, energy and utilities, financial services, government and public services, health and life sciences, and transport.

Our teams operate globally from offices across the UK, Ireland, US, Nordics, and Netherlands.

PA. Bringing Ingenuity to Life.

• This is a 12 month Fixed Term Contract
• Hybrid requirement - 2 days a week in the office in Melbourn, SG8 or in London, Victoria

This role will work with the Account Administrative team supporting the Consulting and GTM teams.

We are looking for a creative problem solver who loves to explore problems with senior stakeholders and project managers, ensuring in depth knowledge of client contracts and costs.

You will be responsible for working with our project management system, opening and maintaining sold projects, ensure the complete booking of time to projects and raising invoices for one or more of the Consulting teams.

The role requires commercial awareness ensuring timely invoicing and a good working relationship with Credit Control.

Key elements include:

• Proactive monitoring of the weekly WIP and debt position of the jobs they look after and offer support when invoices need to be sent.
• ‘Weekly Job Not Set Up Hours’ and ‘Unresolved Hours Monday – Thursday’ should be monitored and maintained a low level so that weekly reporting is accurate for the business.

Key responsibilities include:

• Accurate commercial filing and Audit compliance
• Managing weekly Time Report Process
• Opening and maintaining sold jobs in financial systemsEnsuring accurate and timely Invoicing
• Using Client Portals to upload and submit invoices and manage debt
• Support Credit Control with chasing of debt
• Accountability to respond and report to government requirements within our secure sectors
• Accurate financial reporting to Partners, Assignment Managers and Head of Sectors.
• Provide data and respond to Sales Executive and Senior Board members KPI’s
• Support to wider team on adhoc tasks

Hybrid working - our approach is to be in the office minimum of 2 days per week.

Qualifications

To rise to the challenge this Project Administrator role brings, you will possess:

• A minimum of 2 years’ recent experience working in a finance team, with a desire to become an expert in organisational agility
• Proficient financial acumen numerical and administrative skills.
• Previous experience with PeopleSoft Projects or other corporate tools as well as strong Excel skills
• Meticulous attention to detail and a creative-solution driven approach.
• Susceptible to change and expected to operate a high level during change processes
• Numerate and able to analyse large amounts of data and figures
• Sound business and commercial knowledge ideally gained in a services organisation
• Exceptional interpersonal skills and ability to build strong relationships with top-level stakeholders
• Excellent written and communication skills
• The competence to apply strong, critical thinking skills to help solve complex problems
• Able to use initiative, work well under pressure, without close supervision

Please be aware that some of our UK roles at PA Consulting require a UK security clearance.

All PA people are required to undergo background checks and to achieve the Baseline Personnel Security Standard however, some UK roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting, where applicants must have at least 5 years of continuous residency in the UK.

We therefore ask that you only apply if you meet the residency requirements (i.e. you are a British citizen or have been resident in the UK for the past 5 years), as this is the prerequisite for a security clearance. If you're unsure about your eligibility, we encourage you to review the UK Government’s guidance on security vetting before applying.

Additional information

Life At PA encompasses our peoples' experience at PA. It's about how we enrich peoples’ working lives by giving them access to unique people and growth opportunities and purpose led meaningful work.

Our purpose guides how we work with our clients and our teams, and support our communities, to deliver insight and impact, solving the world’s most complex challenges. We're focused on building a workplace that values human difference and diverse mindsets, and a culture of inclusion and equality that unlocks the potential in our people so everyone can be their best self.

We recruit, retain, reward and develop our people based solely on their abilities and contributions and without reference to their age, background, disability, genetic information, parental or family status, religion or belief, race, ethnicity, nationality, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity (or expression), political belief, veteran status, or any other range of human difference brought about by identity and experience.

We welcome applications from underrepresented groups.

Adjustments or accommodations - Should you need any adjustments or accommodations to the recruitment process, at either application or interview, please contact us on [e-mail]