Project Accountant

Specialist interim Project Accountant required to support a large Retail organisation transition workload from London to Coventry.

Client Details

My client is a highly successful and respected Retail organisation who are a UK wide business. They have central offices in Coventry and a large finance function supporting its UK operations.

Description

The Project Accountant role will involve:

• Project Accounting support to aid in the transition of work from London to Coventry
• Document accounting processes (London) and support in the establishment of robust implementation of these processes in the Finance team (Coventry)
• Management Accounting Schedules & reporting (Orange/Red Book) including PPE cashflow
• Review and posting of periodic journals for Additions, Disposals and Depreciation charges
• Balance Sheet Reconciliations
• Co-ordinate and produce the entries required for the Fixed Assets entries for the Hyperion packs in the Statutory Accounts
• Manages the capitalization of all major works from Oracle Projects into the Fixed Asset Ledger, and all disposals from the Fixed Asset Ledger to the P&L account.
• Prioritise and manage the queries from Property and other depts.
• Review and approve the reconciliation of the Fixed Asset Register.
• Review processes within Team with a view to improving efficiency and accuracy of data.
• Prepare the base information to enable Divisional Support to perform corporate plans, budgets and forecasts for PPE
• Apply technical accounting expertise facilitate internal audits and support external audit preparation
• Identify where financial controls are not operating as required and drive remediation
• Support the delivery of Finance improvement initiatives and implementation of internal & external best practices to enhance process efficiency and quality of outputs including:
• Support in the Elimination, simplification and/or automation of transactional activities (e.g. journals, period end, reconciliations etc.)
• Reporting improvements e.g. report rationalisation, design and implementation

Profile

The ideal candidate will have some exposure to specific Project Accounting and have had some experience in supporting with a transition of work/jobs to a new location. You will be an active studier (CIMA/ACCA) or will be QBE with some experience ideally within Property and Fixed Asset accounting. You must be a team player with excellent communication skills and a drive to achieve set targets and deadlines.

Job Offer

Highly competitive salary, commercial project accounting exposure, significant opportunities to be considered for perm employment,