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Project Accountant

Job Posted: 19 days ago

Salary: £ 50,000 - 55,000 / Annum
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Leicester

Expire in: 9 days

Job Description

Project Accountant 
Leicester 
Full Time, Permanent 
 
SF Partners are delighted to be partnering with a leading organisation to recruit a Project Accountant on a full-time, permanent basis. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a high-performing Commercial Finance team supporting a large multi-site operation. The role will focus on providing financial oversight, governance, and commercial support around CAPEX and property-related spend. Working closely with operational and property teams, you will monitor repairs, maintenance, and capital investment activity, while delivering monthly reporting and insight to senior leadership. This opportunity is ideally suited to a newly qualified accountant with strong business partnering skills and CAPEX experience, looking to join a fast-paced, high-performing environment. 
 
Key Responsibilities 
- Business Partnering 
- Act as the primary finance contact for monitoring actual spend against forecasts across multiple operational areas. 
- Lead regular review meetings with stakeholders to challenge assumptions, understand project timelines, and ensure accurate financial forecasting. 
- Support the preparation and enhancement of management reporting and dashboards relating to capital expenditure and maintenance costs. 
- Budgeting, Forecasting & Financial Tracking 
- Manage the full lifecycle of capital expenditure budgets, from initial approval through to project completion and closure. 
- Perform monthly variance analysis, providing clear explanations for overspend, underspend, or changes in timing. 
- Produce accurate cash flow forecasts to support wider treasury and liquidity planning requirements. 
- Governance & Financial Control 
- Maintain and enforce capital expenditure policies, ensuring appropriate classification between capital and operational spend. 
- Conduct post-investment reviews on major projects to assess delivery against expected financial and operational benefits. 
- Own and reconcile key balance sheet accounts on a monthly basis, providing supporting documentation, commentary, and highlighting any risks or concerns

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