Job Description

• Support Project Accountant with month end project reviews.
• Aid Project accountant on regular project reviews with senior stakeholders.
• Maintain project portfolio administration for the Cities Business unit including:
  • Ensure projects comply with business rules before they are approved for use.
  • Ensure correct processes are followed when closing out projects after completion.
• Responsible for generating working capital reports and querying balances.
• Highlight and report on key project opportunities and risks.
• Aiding the project accountant with recording monthly action logs as a result of project reviews.
• Monitoring invoice schedules and ensuring invoices are raised in a timely manner.
• Monitoring invoicing levels and following up with engineering groups.
• Project related housekeeping tasks within the finance system.
• Ensure correct revenue treatment is applied and posted on a regular basis.
• Ensuring project queries are addressed for auditing purposes.
• Ensure timesheets by the technical teams are submitted in a timely manner
• Answer questions and provide assistance to stakeholders and clients as needed
• Other ad-hoc tasks to support the regional offices and wider function.

What we offer:

• Competitive Salary.
• Paid Study Support with 2 days study leave + 1 day for exam.
• Flexible working arrangements (current on trial basis 2 days working in office, 3 days from home).
• Generous holiday entitlement of 25 days per annum, exclusive of Bank Holidays.
• Company Pension Scheme.
• Life Assurance.
• Income Protection.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Relevant degree to the role.
• Working towards a further professional qualification (e.g. ACCA, CIMA or similar).
• Strong Microsoft excel skills.
• Ability to work to deadlines and priorities workload.
• Good communication and organizational skills.
• Experience of collaborating with a team of people as well as working on a one-to-one basis.
• Driven attitude to work as there will be the ability to grow in the role and to take opportunities to progress.
• Prior experience of the finance software would be an advantage, but not essential
• Prior experience of a project focused organization would be an advantage, but not essential
• Prior experience of Vision would be an advantage, but not essential