Capital & Projects Accountant

Role: Capital & Projects Accountant – 7-month contract Location: Hybrid – WFH plus travel to Oxfordshire, (1 to 2 days per week in Oxford) Rate: £31.20 per hour / 37 hour week Start: ASAP (once vetting completed) Key Skills: Either CCAB and / or ACCA qualified, strong forecasting, reporting and MS Excel skills, experience working with IT department stakeholders. Ideally NPPV3 qualified, (Police Force vetting) Our Client: Large, technology led UK Police Force The Role: (summary) Own end to end financial management of projects including reporting, policies and procedures. Own and manage all aspects of capital policy, budgeting and reporting. Deliver monthly project reporting to business units, governance boards and corporate finance highlighting risks, issues and opportunities to inform and enable decision-making. Work with Project Managers to ensure all projects maintain robust financial forecasts and projections and follow project and capital accounting methodology and adhere to the capital strategy. Take a strategic leadership role in the business case process to ensure compliance with financial standards and all business cases provide sufficient information to make informed investment decisions and explore all options to enable the force to deliver val…