Senior Project Accountant
- Recruiter
- Aston Carter Ltd
- Location
- Glasgow City
- Salary
- Include benefits
- Posted
- 13 Feb 2017
- Closes
- 20 Feb 2017
- Job Title
- Accountant
- Category
- IT/ Telecoms, Property / Housing
- Experience Levels
- Qualified Accountant
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
My client are a joint venture between Glasgow City Council and Serco plc that provides IT and Property services to Glasgow City Council. They have grown significantly since its inception in 2008 and has ambition plans for growth moving forward. Their Finance team provides a strategic commercial management and reporting function responsible for driving the effective and profitable operation of the business. The team receives transactional services from Serco’s Shared Service Centre and payroll services from Glasgow City Council’s Shared Service Centre. We are a separate legal entity with independent statory accounts, banking arrangements and audit requirements from those of its Shareholders. However, as a consolidating business unit within the Serco plc, their reporting and accounting obligations are also aligned with the requirements of a FTSE 100 organisation.
Purpose of Role
Strong project/commercial accountant with strong analytical skills and commercial acumen to support a wide range of programmes and projects being delivered.
Responsibilities
Member of the Finance Team responsible for providing financial accounting support to projects operating including:
- Responsible for the integrity of the Financial Project Recharges across all projects and programmes
- Monitoring all actual spend against proposals
- Forecasting project outturn
- Reporting on project margins
- Ensuring timely and accurate billing of projects
- Implement appropriate financial governance and controls for programmes and projects
- Responsible for the Commercial projects budgeting and forecasting process including monthly Cash Flow estimates
- Delivery of Commercial training to Project Managers and wider teams
- Integrity of the standardisation of the Project Finance books across all projects and programmes
- Review and integrity of the monthly Project and programme results
- Provide financial modelling and analytical support to the business development process, assisting with future business proposals and contract appraisals
- Act as a mentor, coach and reviewer to the Project Accountant
- Help drive the culture of continuous improvement across the Commercial Projects function
Person Specification
Skill Set:
- Track record of operating as a project accountant in a complex, evolving environment
- Strong financial accounting and project accounting experience gained in industry
- Strong analytical and financial modelling skills and experience of preparing business planning/ strategic models
- Ability to demonstrate sound commercial acumen
- Effective communication skills demonstrating an ability to build relationships at all levels of the organisation
- Ability to prioritise workload across competing demands
- Ability to challenge internal processes and practices
- Ability to challenge project managers’ forecasts and margin judgements
- ACCA, ICAS, CIPFA or CIMA qualified
- Experience of using SAP or similar ERP solution
- Intermediate to Advanced Excel skills