1. Project Accountant - Market Leading Global Manufacturing Business
2. Glasgow - Hybrid
About Our Client
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.
Job Description
The successful candidate will likely have the following responsibilities:
3. Ensure that forecast orders, sales and invoicing are updated on a regular basis including identifying R&O's monthly
4. Assist in the completion of the Program Dashboards and CSRs.
5. Monitor project expenditure and delivery with a tight focus on cash milestones.
6. Support Programme Managers to understand actual costs incurred.
7. Support Programme Managers to ensure costs to completion estimates and estimates at completion for programmes are correctly reflected.
8. Monitor, report and control projects balance sheet and working capital.
9. Play an active part in the reconciliation of project costs within oracle and manage monthly reconciliations
10. Undertake key activities as part of the monthly close activities, ensuring the accuracy of results.
11. Monitor and maintain data quality, consistency and integrity across primary systems within span of control.
12. 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.
13. Support the relevant sector Business Controllers in preparation of annual budgets and forecasts.
14. Participate as required in bid process and support commercial on claims / additional tasks.
The Successful Applicant
The successful candidate will likely have the following profile:
15. A good understanding of commercial and financial aspects of the business
16. Be comfortable working with ambiguity and proposing solutions to complex issues
17. Be able to present and explain the implication of complex business issues
18. Be able to interact with non-finance managers and individuals at all levels in the business
19. Be flexible to work in a changing environment
20. Hold a professional accounting qualification / part qualified status
21. 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
22. Highly proficient in Excel.
What's on Offer
This role offers a competitive package plus great wider benefits. Please apply for further discussions.