Strategic Global Project Finance Lead

Totum Partners; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Totum Partners is working with a leading international law firm to recruit a Project Finance Manager in Greater London. This high-profile role supports a portfolio of complex, global transformation programmes with approximately £30m in project value, acting as the finance lead to senior stakeholders.

You will provide robust financial insight, governance and control, lead a small accounting team, and ensure appropriate treatment of capital and revenue expenditure in accordance with accounting

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with at least 3 years post-qualification experience.
• Strong background in project accounting for large programmes.
• Experience reviewing business cases and governance.

Responsibilities

• Partner with senior leadership, PMO teams and Project Managers throughout the full project lifecycle.
• Review and challenge the financial assumptions underpinning business cases.
• Provide independent financial assurance on significant project investment.
• Monitor expenditure against agreed budgets and identify emerging risks, sensitivities and variances.
• Advise project teams on project accounting, cash flow, forecasting, VAT and international cost allocation.
• Ensure appropriate treatment of capital and revenue expenditure in line with relevant accounting standards.
• Lead post-project financial reviews and share lessons learned across the project community.
• Develop effective financial processes and controls for new initiatives.
• Supervise and review the work of two project accounting team members.

Skills

Financial modelling

Advanced Excel

Analytical skills

Stakeholder engagement

Communication

International environment

Education

Qualified accountant (CA/ACCA/ACA)

Tools

SAP

Project management qualification (PMP/PRINCE2)

Job description

Totum Partners is working with a leading international law firm to recruit a Project Finance Manager in Greater London. This high-profile role supports a portfolio of complex, global transformation programmes with approximately £30m in project value, acting as the finance lead to senior stakeholders.

You will provide robust financial insight, governance and control, lead a small accounting team, and ensure appropriate treatment of capital and revenue expenditure in accordance with accounting