Project Accountant
- Recruiter
- Page Personnel
- Location
- Crawley, West Sussex
- Salary
- £35000 - £45000 per annum
- Posted
- 19 Jul 2019
- Closes
- 19 Aug 2019
- Ref
- 14033317/001
- Contact
- Samantha Day
- Job role
- Accountant
- Sector
- Accounting - Public practice
- Contract type
- Interim
- Hours
- Part time
Our client is looking for a Project Accountant to join their Accountancy Team at their office in Crawley for 12 Month Fixed Term Contract.
Client Details
Our client is looking for a Project Accountant to join their Accountancy Team at their office in Crawley for 12 Month Fixed Term Contract.
Description
Main Duties
- Review monthly cost reports making adjustments as required / follow up where further explanations are required.
- Review / prepare / assist with month end journals to be posted into SAP to ensure accurate reporting of project spend.
- Produce / review monthly management reports and commentary outlining variance to forecasts for capital spend by programme.
- Maintain accurate schedule of risks & opportunities for inclusion
- Prepare month end reports that clearly show the operational and financial performance of capital programmes.
- Variance analysis and explanation
- Provide financial support as necessary and relevant, and be the first point of finance contact to the project managers
- Review and challenge project cost plans to ensure actual data is accurate and forecasts are realistic. Where variances to plan exist, investigate further and be able to explain all differences
- Provide support in the creation of capital business cases (and overhead ones where relevant), ensuring that the financial elements are soundly based and realistic
- Support in the close out of capital projects, assisting the production of the project analysis sheet and ensuring all purchase orders are closed out in a timely manner
- Apply commercial/operational understanding to investigate any unusual patterns of spend against approvals, expected project durations, further spend etc. with the view to ensuring capitalisations are correct.
Profile
The successful candidate
- Newly qualified ACCA or CIMA studier
- Proven ability to build and develop strong networks
- Strong eye for detail and ability to prioritise workloads and conflicting priorities
- Keen to learn and develop
- Proven ability to work successfully as part of team
- Competent to a high standard using Excel and PowerPoint
- Good working knowledge of SAP desirable but not essential.
Job Offer
Project Accountant
Crawley
£35,000 - £45,000
12 Month Fixed Term Contract