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Project Accountant - 55k, permanent position. Location, Chatham, Kent, Hybrid working.
Responsibilities:
- Reporting of the contract monthly accounts, budgets, forecasts and strategic plans
- Identifying and targeting opportunities to improve the cash performance, financial performance and service delivery of the contract across its remaining term
- Responsibility for the preparation of key financial data in support of customer and stakeholder management
- Ownership of individual EACs for the major Projects, ensuring revenue recognition is in accordance with IFRS15 on a percentage of completion basis and that CTC and risk is reviewed and updated monthly
- Financial modelling, validation and update across various models, including tracking and reporting performance, challenging operational assumptions and identifying leading indicators / actions to be addressed
- Ensuring billing is accurate and timely
- Support to pricing activity and the associated governance process
- Own the production of timely and technically accurate contract accounts, EACs, budgets, forecasts and strategic plans including variance analysis for Projects and Small Works
- Maintain a close working relationship with Operations, particularly Head of Programmes, the Senior Project Managers and the Small Works Manager
- Own the production of monthly management accounts including site commentaries
- Reconcile operational data to that reflected in the accounts and on other ancillary source data systems
- Prepare customer facing balance sheet control account reconciliations and rectification actions required to resolve queries or issues
- Prepare contract specific journals
- Assist in the preparation of monthly contract review presentations identifying future opportunities and risks
Required experience:
- Recognised professional qualification, significant PQE
- Experience in Construction Industry or Defence Industry with Long Term Contract Accounting
- Knowledge of IFRS15 desirable
- Strong financial modelling skills utilising Excel
If you are interested in the role, please 'APPLY' and submit your CV for immediate consideration.
