Project Accountant

Summary: Reporting to the Financial Performance Manager, you will serve as a supporting Project Accountant for our senior programme and delivery manager teams. In this role, you will take ownership of tracking and managing the costs of major projects and capital enhancement schemes. By collaborating closely with senior managers and project teams, you will monitor expenditure, conduct variance analysis, and deliver proactive solutions to optimize financial management. Your work will directly help our teams manage their costs effectively and drive operational and financial efficiencies within a complex, evolving industry. Main responsibilities:• Support financial planning, budgeting and forecasting processes to align with corporate targets, internal controls and compliance with all regulatory standards. • Provide financial analysis with insightful commentary to influence key business decisions, enhance operational efficiency and optimise financial performance across the business. • Track and analyse financial key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics, supporting insights that drive accountability and continuous improvement. • Support value creation by providing financial and commercial support during contract negotiations and the execution of commercial deliverables. • Help develop full project financial lifecycle plans and providing synergy solutions between initiatives. • Help support the costing and valuing of SoWs and raising subsequent Purchase Orders in collaboration with project managers, procurement, and external suppliers to effectively manage costs. • Support key business transformation initiatives, including digital and automation projects, to enhance reporting capabilities and operational financial efficiency. • Act as a trusted financial advisor to senior management and cross-functional teams, translating complex financial data into manageable financial actions. • Ensure the integrity of financial data and systems by maintaining a robust internal controls framework, and ensure strict compliance with all regulatory and accounting standards. • Help maintain meticulous records, managing the invoice query process and ensuring accurate cost coding. • Proactively collaborate with internal and external auditors to manage and mitigate financial risks, ensuring transparency and accuracy in all financial reporting. • Advise and educate the finance team and wider business, fostering a culture of innovation, continuous improvement and professional growth. • Supporting the finance team in adapting processes with new tools & technology to optimise and drive productive ways of working. • Elevate the organisation's financial acumen by helping to design and deliver targeted training programs. You'll need: Skills / Qualifications / Experience• Bachelor's degree in Accounting & Finance,Part-Qualified Accountant (CIMA, ACCA, ACA) or Qualified by Experience. • Demonstrable experience within large capital programmes, managing and tracking the benefits of enhancement infrastructure delivery and applying capitalisation rules. • Good understanding and knowledge of IAS 16 amp; IAS 38 pertaining to the recognition, measurement and disclosure of assets in financial statements. • Knowledge of IT/OT Convergence projects • The ability to review financial data, conduct in-depth variance analysis and leverage expertise in tools like Workday Finance with advanced Excel (and Google Sheets) to translate and present large datasets into clear actionable business insights for senior project amp; programme managers. • Good verbal and written communication skills to present financial information with authority and confidence, enabling you to clearly and simply convey key variance commentary that is transparent for senior leaders. • The ability to ensure budget compliance via strong reporting and analytical skills. Tracking actual costs against forecasts whilst providing potential solutions for savings and identifying any potential overspends. • The ability to monitor and control costs and to anticipate future challenges and opportunities and develop a proactive, solutions-oriented mindset to solve complex problems and navigate ambiguity whilst ensuring that your client group is kept informed, involved and supported in their projects. • An ability to build strong relationships, influence key stakeholders and negotiate effectively without direct authority, acting as a trusted project advisor to the programme management office. • The ability to support the delivery of projects, including finance transformation, finance process improvement initiatives and system implementations, by helping to support and drive the change. • Support major project initiatives and/or enhancement schemes, helping to track and follow up on cost saving initiatives. • An understanding of Lean and Six Sigma methodologies to help identify and implement process improvements that drive financial efficiency. •...