Senior Project Accounting Lead — Cost Control & Forecasting

FERROVIAL CONSTRUCTION (UK) LIMITED; Buckingham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Ferrovial Construction in Buckingham is seeking a Senior Accountant to lead project financial reporting, forecasting and month-end close activities, ensuring accurate cost control and financial performance analysis. You will work with commercial and project teams to provide key financial insights and support informed business decisions.

The role involves coordinating monthly closes, managing accruals for subcontractors and suppliers, and delivering cost reporting packs and variance analysis to

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate monthly financial close activities, ensuring accurate and timely reporting of project costs, accruals, forecasts, and financial performance.
• Manage monthly accrual process for subcontractors, suppliers and resource works.
• Prepare and distribute accrual templates to commercial teams.
• Produce Flash, Draft and Final Cost Reports.
• Generate cumulative, period and detailed cost reporting packs.
• Support IFRS-15 monthly reporting requirements.
• Prepare quarterly IFRS-16 reporting updates.
• Monitor project financial performance and provide analysis to support decision-making.
• Produce pre-draft cost reports incorporating live costs and forecasts.
• Analyse Actual vs Forecast performance and cost variances.
• Review negative cumulative cost positions and project trends.
• Support section review meetings with commercial leadership.
• Prepare high-level cumulative cost summary reports on a monthly basis.
• Provide oversight of subcontractor costs, liabilities and payment schedules.
• Manage subcontract accrual reporting and validations.
• Monitor subcontract liabilities and support payment approvals.
• Ensure compliance with financial controls and accounting standards.
• Validate completeness and accuracy of accruals and forecasts.
• Perform reconciliations and maintain audit trails.
• Ensure adherence to reporting deadlines and governance requirements.
• Perform SOX control updates and compliance activities.
• Manage monthly trial balance mapping between Causeway and SAP.

Job description

Ferrovial Construction in Buckingham is seeking a Senior Accountant to lead project financial reporting, forecasting and month-end close activities, ensuring accurate cost control and financial performance analysis. You will work with commercial and project teams to provide key financial insights and support informed business decisions.

The role involves coordinating monthly closes, managing accruals for subcontractors and suppliers, and delivering cost reporting packs and variance analysis to