Project Accountant

Company: Michael Page
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Location: Glasgow
Job Description:

Michael Page are delighted to partner with our client to recruit a Project Accountant. The role sits with portfolio of products and projects including complex product development, systems integration, product manufacturing and service support projects. The role will take responsibility for a portfolio of projects, and will become the primary financial contact for those projects and become a key member of those project delivery teams.

Client Details

Our client is market leading Global Manufacturing Business and has a varied portfolio of projects, across Air, Land and Sea domains, including complex product development, systems integration, product manufacturing and service support projects. The Business is enjoying a period of high growth that is anticipated to continue across our 5-year planning period. The role will operate across the business in a visible role and will offer a fantastic platform for development and progression.

Description

The successful candidate will likely have the following responsibilities:

  • Ensure that forecast orders, sales and invoicing are updated on a regular basis including identifying R&O’s monthly
  • Assist in the completion of the Program Dashboards and CSRs.
  • Monitor project expenditure and delivery with a tight focus on cash milestones.
  • Support Programme Managers to understand actual costs incurred.
  • Support Programme Managers to ensure costs to completion estimates and estimates at completion for programmes are correctly reflected.
  • Monitor, report and control projects balance sheet and working capital.
  • Play an active part in the reconciliation of project costs within oracle and manage monthly reconciliations
  • Undertake key activities as part of the monthly close activities, ensuring the accuracy of results.
  • Monitor and maintain data quality, consistency and integrity across primary systems within span of control.
  • Maintain and enhance the financial control environment, ensuring that all areas of the Balance sheet within span of control are accurate, robustly challenged and recoverable.
  • Support the relevant sector Business Controllers in preparation of annual budgets and forecasts.
  • Participate as required in bid process and support commercial on claims / additional tasks.

Profile

The successful candidate will likely have the following profile:

  • A good understanding of commercial and financial aspects of the business
  • Be comfortable working with ambiguity and proposing solutions to complex issues
  • Be able to present and explain the implication of complex business issues
  • Be able to interact with non-finance managers and individuals at all levels in the business
  • Be flexible to work in a changing environment
  • Hold a professional accounting qualification / part qualified status
  • Ideally educated to degree level (preferably in a finance, or related discipline) and/or have proven experience of Project Accounting within an engineering/manufacturing background
  • Highly proficient in Excel.

Job Offer

This role offers a competitive package plus great wider benefits. Please apply for further discussions.

Posted: April 1st, 2026