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Main Accountant
Location: Ipswich Project Office / Sizewell C Project Site
Join the exciting journey of one of the UK's largest nuclear projects at Sizewell C!
The Civil Works Alliance (CWA) is seeking a capable and experienced Main Accountant to support the Head of Accounting and help oversee core financial operations.
In this role, you will act as deputy to the Head of Accounting, with direct responsibility for supervising the Accounts Payable and General Ledger teams. Your focus will be on maintaining strong financial controls, supporting timely and accurate reporting, and ensuring the smooth day-to-day functioning of the accounting team.
A key part of your responsibility will be to help build and sustain a reliable, high-performing, and service-oriented finance function-supporting both CWA and the broader Civil Works Programme (CWP).
If you're looking to step into a role with responsibility, visibility, and the opportunity to influence how finance supports a major infrastructure programme, this position offers a meaningful next step.
Key Responsibilities
* Lead monthly close activities including account reviews, manual accruals, income adjustments, balance sheet revaluations, bank reconciliations, and partner reporting-ensuring accuracy and timeliness across the board.
* Manage subcontractor financials, from reviewing and posting monthly valuations to coordinating payments and validating monthly accruals.
* Oversee tax compliance, including VAT and CIS returns, and manage accounting operations related to Brexit (e.g., import duties, postponed VAT). Ensure correct application of the Domestic Reverse Charge for new subcontractors and suppliers.
* Support audit readiness, coordinating both internal audits with the client and external audits with partners, while maintaining an up-to-date asset register and continuously improving accounting procedures.
* Contribute to a high-performing finance team by driving process consistency, maintaining strong financial controls, and supporting the Head of Accounting as deputy.
What skills & experience are we looking for?
* Strong communication skills - Confident in both spoken and written English, with the ability to clearly convey financial information to a wide range of stakeholders.
* Collaborative mindset - Comfortable working across diverse teams, including Production, Commercial, Finance, and Cost Control, building trusted relationships to support project success.
* Deadline-driven - Well-organised and dependable, with a commitment to meeting strict reporting timelines.
* ERP experience - Previous experience with SAP or similar systems is a strong advantage.Experience of managing people / direct reports
Why SZC?
This is your chance to contribute to one of the UK's most ambitious infrastructure projects, shaping the future of energy while working in a supportive, dynamic environment. Be part of a team that values innovation, safety, and sustainability at every stage of the journey-from investment to construction and beyond.
About Laing O'Rourke
We are an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia.
Certainty, reliability, quality - this is what our clients want. And at Laing O'Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it. Laing O'Rourke's story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients.
As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we would like to enable access to candidates with long term health conditions and disabilities through the 'Offer an interview scheme'. This supports applicants that meet the essential criteria by offering an interview for the advertised position. Please let us know prior to interview what adjustments are required as well as discussing how we can support you in the workplace.
We want to ensure our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you need the application form in an alternative format or you would like to know more about our recruitment process, please email resourcingteam@laingorourke.com
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Company
We are an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia.
Certainty, reliability, quality – this is what our clients want. And at Laing O'Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it. Laing O'Rourke's story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients.
“As an engineering enterprise, Laing O'Rourke is committed to playing a vital role in building a stronger and more sustainable economy that benefits society in general.”
– Ray O’Rourke KBE, Chief Executive Officer
Our Origin Story:
Diversity & Inclusion:
Laing O'Rourke is committed to inclusion; an employer that maintains the highest standard of employment practice and one which aims to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse society in which we live and work.
Laing O'Rourkebelieves that when we go to work, we should feel we are going to a place where we are accepted, understood and valued and that we should make others we work with feel this way too.
DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION SUBCOMMITTEES
Laing O'Rourke have ten Diversity & Inclusion Subcommittees. The purpose of the diversity and inclusion sub-committees is to offer a safe and supportive environment to listen and share personal experiences and insights, as well as play a sympathetic role for each other.
The sub-committees help to drive education, events and initiatives across the organisation as well as help colleagues to understand their purpose.
Current subcommitteesinclude Dis-Ability, Carers, Ethnicity, Gender, Families that live abroad,LGBTQ+, Women & Menopause, & Working Families.
Support for Disabled Employees:
* LOR recruitment, HR Teams, Leadership and management have undertakendisability awareness trainingand are eager to provide an inclusive and accessibility experience to job applicants and new colleagues
* LOR Dis-ABILITY Subcommitteeis an Employee Network Group of colleagues passionate about disability inclusion. Its aims are to raise awareness and remove barriers around disability, neurodiversity and long term health conditions to support creating an inclusive and diverse workplace for everyone.
* Disability Confident Leaders– We are using the requirements of the government scheme to create an inclusive environment for disabled job applicants and existing colleagues.
* LOR are members of theBusiness Disability Forum, giving access to a wide range of resources and information. Our line managers have access to their best practice guides and confidential support line.
* LOR are partnering withEven Breakto have access to exemplary advice around disability inclusion.
Sustainability:
In April 2021 Laing O’Rourke announced new global sustainability targets. These include:
* To be a net zero company by 2050
* By 2033 to achieve equal gender balance across currently 5,500 international staff
Rewards andBenefits:
* Private Medical Insurance
* Pension – basic and enhanced schemes
* Health and Wellbeing
* Virtual GP
* Health Assessment (Age 50+)
* Phased return to work (80% of working week for 100% pay)
* Employee Assistance Programme
* 5 days leave extra can be purchased
* Employee Discounts
* Allowances – car or transport allowance, depending on role/grade
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