Overview
Join to apply for the Project Budget Controller role at Freedom. Freedom's Professional Services team are looking for a Project Budget Controller to be based out of our Leeds office on a hybrid basis. This will ideally be someone with some Accounting experience and working towards their AAT qualification.
Working closely with Finance and Team Leaders, the Project Budget Controller will monitor and report on project and portfolio activities and KPIs, reporting into the Operations Manager for the business unit.
Responsibilities
* Providing the design business with project and portfolio level data, such as total number of projects with underspend, BU invoicing histograms, and tracking of overtime on projects.
* Running standard and ad-hoc reports for the management team on projects and/or people, as requested.
* Undertaking specific project investigations; performing root-cause analysis to determine why projects are not performing or suffering poor performance.
* Ensuring timesheets are submitted in a timely manner.
* Collation of resource utilisation data from staff timesheets.
* Undertaking project reviews in real-time as part of the monitoring function, ensuring budgets are not exceeded and costs are allocated correctly.
* Invoicing (including raising of credit notes), and monitoring against forecast.
* Raising purchase orders and goods receipting.
* Identification of budget releases at month end.
* Support with onboarding of new customers.
* Owning the Focalpoint platform for managing projects in the design business, acting as key point of contact for any Focalpoint issues or requests for information by engineers/management.
* Understanding all functionality in Focalpoint and advising on best practices for use of the platform.
* Supporting Engineers/TLs on Earned Value Analysis of their projects.
* Communicating best practice, e.g. project naming and timesheet reporting.
Qualifications
* Previous experience in an Accountancy setting with an understanding around accounting logic.
* Ideally working towards AAT qualification.
* Good MS Excel skills including lookups and pivot tables. - Essential
Benefits
* Pension with a leading provider and up to 8% employer contribution
* 25 days holiday
* Personal Wellbeing and Volunteer Days
* Private Medical Insurance
* Free 24/7 365 Employee Assistance Program to support mental health and well-being (including counselling sessions and legal advice)
* Flexible benefits including Dental Insurance, Gym Memberships, Give As You Earn, Travel Insurance, Tax Free Bikes
Next Steps
As a business, we’re on a journey to build a culture where everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. This starts with recruitment and how we bring people into the organisation. We’ll outline the recruitment process to you ahead of time with plenty of notice. If you require accommodations to participate in the application or interview process, please let us know and we will work with you to ensure your needs are met.
About Us
Freedom is part of the NG Bailey Group, one of the leading independent engineering and services businesses in the UK. Founded in 1921, with a turnover of £500m and 3000 employees, we are proud of our history of developing great people through our investment in training. We are committed to a culture of fairness and respect, with progression supported by regular reviews, training and ongoing support.
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