Accountant
Full Time
Job Description
- Ensuring that contracts are in place, payments are correctly supported / documented and payments timetables are adhered to.
- Code and approve payments, ensuring they are being paid promptly.
- Resolve any payment issue with the site team
- Feedback on any payment issues
- Project budgets and maintain project financial controls. Ensuring that budgets are in place for all development works and that sign-off is obtained before expenditure is committed.
- Approve contracts / budgets in Proliance
- Highlight and escalate if there are instances of works commencing without budget approval
- Report and forecast overhead / staff expenditure on the project vs project and departmental budgets
- Prepare 5 week and long term cash flow forecasts for the project and report on the accuracy of these
- Explanations and commentary of variances on any of the above reports
- Assist with preparation of bi-annual accruals and any other reports / information required for half year or year end
- Prepare recovery of monthly progress claims from owner and any other external parties
- Any other adhoc duties as required
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Either Part qualified accountant.
- Understanding of CIS scheme and VAT an advantage.
- Previous experience working on construction projects an advantage.
- Excel skills to an intermediate/advanced level – pivot tables, vlookups.
- Experience with JD Edwards an advantage.
Reference no: 73312