Contracting Finance Manager £50,000 depending open experience Petersfield Full time | Permanent Are you fully ACCA/CIMA qualified Accountant or close to completion?
Do you have experience within an operational finance role?
Attega Group is working on behalf of our client as their in-house recruitment provider.
We are currently recruiting for a full time Contracting Finance Manager to join their team.
The main purpose of this Contracting Finance Manager role is to provide financial oversight and control across the UK Contracting business, ensuring that financial risks are understood, challenged and managed throughout the contract lifecycle. The role operates at the intersection of Finance and Commercial, supporting delivery teams while maintaining strong financial discipline across revenue recognition, cost forecasting and contract risk.In return, our client is offering a salary of up to £50,000 P/A, depending on experience.
Company benefits also include:
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays
- Pension after probation
- Company events
- Progressional and training opportunities
This role is full-time and permanent. The hours of work will be 08:00 to 16:00 Monday to Thursday and 08:00 to 15:30 on Friday (30 minutes for lunch) hours per week.
Reporting to the Financial Director your responsibilities will include:
- Support the preparation and review of monthly Contracting results, ensuring accuracy and completeness of revenue, costs and margins.
- Own and review cost to complete assessments, ensuring consistency and appropriate challenge.
- Support the preparation of contract-specific provisions including COS, CRN and BDP.
- Ensure revenue recognition is appropriate and aligned with contract performance.
- Participate in regular project reviews with Commercial and Operational teams.
- Identify and assess financial risks across the contract lifecycle.
- Apply sound judgement to escalate risks in a timely and appropriate manner.
- Maintain visibility of contract performance and emerging issues.
- Work closely with the Commercial team to challenge assumptions, forecasts and contract performance.
- Build effective working relationships with stakeholders
- Present monthly Contracting results to the Contracting Management team.
- Provide clear commentary on performance, risks and variances.
- Support budgeting and forecasting processes for the Contracting business.
The ideal candidate:
- Qualified accountant (ACCA / CIMA / ACA) or nearing qualification.
- Experience in an operational finance role.
- Strong understanding of financial reporting and cost control.
- Confident communicator with the ability to challenge constructively.
- Experience within construction, contracting or project-based environments. (Desirable )
- Understanding of revenue recognition and cost-to-complete accounting. (Desirable)
For more information on our Contracting Finance Manager role, please contact Liz in the Attega Group offices today!