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Project Accountant

Job Posted: 7 days ago

Salary: £ Competitive
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Glasgow

Expire in: 21 days

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

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