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.
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