Project Accountant
- Employer
- Page Personnel
- Location
- England, London, City of London
- Salary
- £35000 - £38000 per annum
- Closing date
- Jan 18, 2019
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- Job Role
- Management Accountant
- Sector
- Management Consultancy
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Job Details
The Project Accountant is responsible for project and financial reporting in the UK business. You will work with project managers to set up, update and maintain project information and budgets within the project accounting system. This entails working with the Head of Finance to track performance against forecast, reporting information accurately and regularly to project and senior managers.
Client Details
This global consultancy business have a strong client based across Europe, Middle East and Africa. Their head office is based in the City of London.
Description
As the Project Accountant you will be responsible for the following:
- Setting up of new projects with correct information.
- Review and adjust revenue recognised on accounting system to ensure revenue is reported as accurately as possible for fixed-price projects.
- Ensure Time & Material projects are continually updated to show accurate contract values and forecasted hours.
- Track milestones and liaise with project managers to ensure invoices are sent on time, that they are accurately raised, and that the customer is ready to accept the invoice. In addition, ensure contact information about clients is correct.
- Obtaining bid and performance bonds for projects.
- Collections: contact client one week after invoice is raised to confirm safe receipt of invoice and all is in order for on-time payment.
- Warn Head of Finance of potential collections problems and discuss routes to escalate.
- Post cash receipts when invoices paid.
- Management reporting of above areas including project performance, revenue recognised for the month-to-date, overdues and other KPI's.
- Assist with the year-end audit and any other ad hoc requirements.
Profile
To be considered for the role of Project Accountant you must have the following:
- 3-5 years work experience withing a similar role
- CIMA / ACCA part-qualified
- Exposure to a large ERP e.g. Oracle / SAP / Dynamics
Job Offer
£35,000 - £38,000 + benefits
Company
When it comes to recruiting and placing part qualified (PQ) accountants and transactional finance candidates, Page Personnel gets the job done. We have 200 specialist recruitment consultants who know the finance market inside out and can help you to find the right role or the right candidate for your specific requirements. As part of a network of 21 countries we’re also able to offer global insight and access to international candidates.
We maintain close links with institutions like CIMA and ACCA, so it’s a market we fully understand. Our expertise also extends to areas like credit control, accounts payable and payroll and graduate recruitment.
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