Senior Project Accountant

STRABAG; Manchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Project Accountant to ensure the integrity of financial reporting and maintain robust controls. This role involves close collaboration with commercial teams, focusing on accurate billing, cash forecasts, and minimizing risks. The ideal candidate will bring strong project accounting experience, excellent communication skills, and a commitment to compliance. Join a dynamic team where your expertise will contribute to successful project delivery and financial performance in a thriving construction environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in a project-based finance team within construction or similar industry.
• Strong understanding of commercial contracts and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Ensure integrity of ledgers and control environment for the project.
• Produce monthly and ad-hoc reporting including forecasts and reconciliations.
• Work with commercial teams to minimize WIP position and achieve cash targets.

Skills

Project Accounting

Financial Reporting

Communication Skills

Education

2 Year PQE Accountant

Recognized Professional Body (ICAEW, ACCA, CIMA)

Job description

STRABAG Manchester, England, United Kingdom

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• Senior Project Accountant is responsible for maintaining and ensuring integrity of ledgers and control environment for the project, whilst building close working relationships with the commercial and delivery teams.
• Production of monthly and ad-hoc reporting requirements including rolling forecasts, cash-flows, balance sheet reconciliations other reporting requirements.
• Understand the commercial contracts in use in order to challenge the commercial position ensuring reporting represents a fair and accurate reflection on contract performance
• Work closely with the Senior Management to improve project reporting and reduce commercial risk.
• Ensure accurate and timely billing of costs to the client including subsequent management and collection of aged debts.
• Ensure cash forecasts are robustly prepared and accurately reported.
• Work with commercial teams to minimise the WIP position and achieve cash collection targets
• Provide governance around the project delegated authority process to ensure compliance at all times and provision of controls to eliminate non-conforming authorisations, purchases and retrospective purchase orders.
• Oversee production of staff utilisation forecasts to reduce non-productivity and provide an accurate forecast of staff recoverability
• Expenses management covering processing and compliance to company policies
  
  

Tasks

• Senior Project Accountant is responsible for maintaining and ensuring integrity of ledgers and control environment for the project, whilst building close working relationships with the commercial and delivery teams.
• Production of monthly and ad-hoc reporting requirements including rolling forecasts, cash-flows, balance sheet reconciliations other reporting requirements.
• Understand the commercial contracts in use in order to challenge the commercial position ensuring reporting represents a fair and accurate reflection on contract performance
• Work closely with the Senior Management to improve project reporting and reduce commercial risk.
• Ensure accurate and timely billing of costs to the client including subsequent management and collection of aged debts.
• Ensure cash forecasts are robustly prepared and accurately reported.
• Work with commercial teams to minimise the WIP position and achieve cash collection targets
• Provide governance around the project delegated authority process to ensure compliance at all times and provision of controls to eliminate non-conforming authorisations, purchases and retrospective purchase orders.
• Oversee production of staff utilisation forecasts to reduce non-productivity and provide an accurate forecast of staff recoverability
• Expenses management covering processing and compliance to company policies
  
  

Qualifications

• 2 Year PQE accountant with a recognised professional body (eg ICAEW, ACCA or CIMA)
• Experience in a project based finance team within the construction, infrastructure or similar industry
• Strong communication skills
  
  

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Accounting/Auditing and Finance

• Industries

  Construction

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