Project Accountant

Sewell Wallis is working with a fast-growing, innovative company based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, in their search for a Project Accountant.

Reporting directly to the CFO, the Project Accountant will play a vital role within the project team, providing both finance and project management with timely, effective and accurate financial information to support the upcoming, large scale investment.

The successful candidate will be the key financial lead helping manage project governance, tracking of expenditure, and preparation of financial forecasts and reports to assist in delivering the project effectively and within the project budget.

What will you be doing?

• Support & maintain robust financial controls for the project.
• Support & maintain the project budget, expenditure and forecasting reports, ensuring any variances to plan are fully analysed and commentated.
• Financial responsibility for all elements of projectCAPEX:
  • Reconciliation of Project Balance Sheet & Fixed Asset Register
  • Oversight and tracking of all purchase orders and purchase invoices, working closely with procurement team to align payment terms and cashflow
  • Cashflow management and forecasting for all expenditure
  • Liaise with external suppliers as necessary
• Maintain rolling financial forecasts and prepare weekly cashflow projections
• Key lead on R&D tax credit process and project related external audit activities
• FX management
• Support the financial month end/year end reporting procedures
• Maintain and track information relating to job creation and related cost
• Reconciliation of monthly staff payroll cost allocation
• Assist CFO with all aspects of ongoing financial feasibility and funding requirements

What skills will you need?

• ACA/ACCA/CIMA Qualified
• Experience working within a group structured entity
• Experience with R&D tax claims
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to liaise with finance and non-finance managers
• Strong Excel skills

What's on offer?

• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
• Bonus scheme
• Flexible Working Hours
• Private Medical Insurance
• Pension - matched up to 8%
• Health and wellbeing programme

Send us your CV below or contact Lawrie Bacon for more information.

To apply please send your CV, quoting our reference and specifying which website you saw this position advertised on. Due to the high volume of applications please accept that if we have not responded to your application within seven days, your application has not been successful. Sewell Wallis is a specialist recruitment company with a vast amount of experience in our industry we offer permanent, temporary and interim recruitment support for accounting and finance, human resources and business support positions. We recruit at all levels within finance from Purchase Ledger Administrator and Credit Controller level through to Financial Controller and Director positions. With offices in Sheffield and Leeds, we are well situated to cover all of South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Manchester. Please visit our website for more information on accountancy and finance jobs and human resources or business support positions.