Job Description

The role sits within a fast-moving vibrant team that provide support to a range of projects and joint ventures. The individual will be a self-starter, who enjoys working with a range of stakeholders and brings financial process delivery experience and excel capability.

• To carry out all financial administration related to Turner & Townsend Defence projects, in liaison with the Commission Finance Manager
• To deliver a ‘Check, Review and Reconcile’ process for all sales invoices
• Promote and encourage positive working relationships with internal and external stakeholders; including project teams, clients and suppliers.
• Chasing aged debts to ensure timely cash collection and reconciliation for all cash receipts
• Support the finance delivery through project, commercial and financial control.
• Coordinate collation of timesheets, project deliverables and reporting to support invoicing.
• Prepare invoicing, purchase orders, Sub-contract agreements and payments, with clients and suppliers
• Dealing first-hand with financial/project queries from the client and Suppliers
• Administer and analyze large volumes of data with acute attention to detail.
• Support Commission Finance Manager with Month-End requirements, forecasting, internal and external audits and Ad-hoc tasks.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Intermediate/Advanced Excel and Word skills
• CIMA Part qualified/AAT Level 4 or previous experience within an equivalent Finance role.
• UK Security Clearance must be obtained
• Analytical Thinking – Solutions orientated thinking, including analysing causes, linkages and effects, in relation to whole jobs, projects, clients and division.
• Passion, Drive and Decisiveness – Passionate about own success and the success of the Finance team in equal measure combined with a decisive approach which maintains focus even in difficult circumstances in order to achieve standards of excellence
• Learning from others – Being open to and curious about ideas and thinking from fellow team members. Valuing and learning from people with different backgrounds and approaches and appreciating how this learning can both develop oneself and improve the service
• Working Together – Building strong two-way relationships with members of all teams and seeking an effective contribution from others
• Customer Focus – Building a strong relationship with the client (operational staff) and gaining a basic understanding of their business so as to enable the service to contribute towards their achievement of organizational objectives
• Delivering High Performance – Delivering, internally, all results and documentation to a consistently high standard
• Communicating and influencing – Communicating in a confident manner, both internally and externally
• Judgment and Integrity – Making balanced decisions and determining the right course of action, taking into account appropriateness, materiality, risks, benefits and the policy, values and priorities of Turner & Townsend
• Projecting a Positive Image – Maintaining an upbeat solution based approach to daily issues encountered
• Taking Initiative and being Proactive – Dealing with low risk situations on your own where necessary, confidently and to a close