Water Infrastructure Project Accountant

Portsmouth Water; Havant; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days annual leave

Pension up to 15%

Bonus up to 6%

Life assurance 4x salary

Private medical insurance

Job summary

Portsmouth Water is seeking a Project Accountant to support the Finance Manager on the Havant Thicket Reservoir project. You will provide financial insight, controls, and reporting across CRA and AWA workstreams, ensuring compliant, value-focused outcomes for this landmark infrastructure programme that shapes water resilience in the region.

You will develop budgets, monitor spend, prepare monthly accounts and investor reports, and collaborate with project teams to support decision making and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in mathematics, accounting or related field.
• More than 5 years of experience in project accounting for large or complex construction programmes.
• Professionally qualified or qualified by experience.
• Experience of using Contract Management and ERP software would be an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain robust financial controls for the project.
• Ensure that financial controls are adequate, adhered to and are periodically reviewed.
• Develop and maintain the project budget, spend and forecasting for the project through to completion.
• Ensuring that supplier costs are reflected accurately in the monthly management accounts.
• Liaise closely with the project team to prepare programme costs for reporting.
• Produce the project’s monthly accounts and generate monthly reports for the investors, Southern Water and Portsmouth Water.
• Provide ad hoc decision support reports as required, for example to aid dispute resolution or evaluate impact of change.
• Support regulatory reporting and engagement with Key stakeholders.
• Manage the spend control processes, ensuring that invoices are paid to contractors and raised to Southern Water in accordance with contractual commitments and with appropriate cashflow reporting.
• Support the year-end financial reporting procedures.
• Support in producing the monthly Steerco and JPAG reports together with any additional papers.
• Support in producing the Finance month end and Sub Group Pack.

Skills

Strong communication

Analytical skills

Excel proficient

PowerPoint

ERP knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in mathematics, accounting or related field

Tools

Contract Management

ERP software

Job description

Portsmouth Water is seeking a Project Accountant to support the Finance Manager on the Havant Thicket Reservoir project. You will provide financial insight, controls, and reporting across CRA and AWA workstreams, ensuring compliant, value-focused outcomes for this landmark infrastructure programme that shapes water resilience in the region.

You will develop budgets, monitor spend, prepare monthly accounts and investor reports, and collaborate with project teams to support decision making and