Project Accountant in Southport

Office Location: Southport/ Liverpool/ Hybrid. Hybrid working available with the flexibility to work from home and collaborate in-office when needed. We believe we offer our colleagues the best hybrid and flexible working practices, balancing working from home with time collaborating and socialising with colleagues in our modern offices.

We are seeking a commercially minded Project Accountant to play a pivotal role in shaping the financial success of our most significant projects and acquisitions. Reporting to the Director of Project Finance, this role sits at the heart of strategic decision-making, providing robust financial insight across project forecasting, M&A viability, and post‐acquisition performance.

As the business continues to scale, you will work closely with Transformation, Integration and Executive Leadership teams, ensuring financial rigour, strong governance and confidence in WIP valuation. This is a high‐impact role for a qualified accountant who thrives in a fast‐paced, change‐driven environment and enjoys influencing outcomes at senior level.

Key Attributes:

• Proactive, commercially minded and solutions focused.
• Confident in challenging assumptions and influencing decisions.
• Able to work under pressure and manage multiple priorities.
• Collaborative working style with strong stakeholder engagement skills.

In Return Fletchers Offers:

• 35 hours working week
• Bonus scheme (subject to targets being met)
• 35 days holiday a year including bank holidays and Christmas Closure, with an option to purchase up to 3 extra days' holiday per year
• Pension scheme with tax‐efficient salary sacrifice option
• Life Assurance Policy
• Medicash policy to cover some dental, optical and other medical expenses
• Company sick pay
• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and IVF schemes
• Flexible, agile working environment with a positive work‐life balance
• Varied calendar of funded company social events
• Monthly voucher awards for winning nominees
• A genuinely supportive and friendly culture
• Ongoing training and professional development opportunities

Main Responsibilities:

• Financial Forecasting, Viability & Acquisition Modelling: Build robust financial models to evaluate the viability, returns and risks of new projects and acquisition targets prior to approval. Prepare scenario modelling (base, best, and worst case) and sensitivity analysis, including acquisition specific assumptions. Support business case and investment committee submissions with evidence‐led financial insight and recommendations. Assess long‐term financial impacts of projects and acquisitions to ensure alignment with Group strategy, capacity and capital constraints. Provide financial analysis to support project and acquisition prioritisation and investment decisions.
• Project & Acquisition Financial Management: Lead the financial tracking and reporting of assigned projects and acquisitions, ensuring accuracy, transparency, and control. Maintain project and acquisition budgets, forecasts, and cash flow projections. Monitor performance against plan, highlighting variances, risks, opportunities, and emerging issues. Track, validate, and report on post‐acquisition synergies in close collaboration with the Integration team, ensuring benefits realisation is clearly understood and governed. Ensure financial processes and controls are adhered to throughout the project and acquisition lifecycle. Provide insightful financial analysis and reporting to senior stakeholders.
• Internal WIP Audits: Conduct internal WIP audits, ensuring accuracy, compliance and confidence in WIP valuation as the business scales. Ensure financial processes and controls are adhered to.
• Stakeholder Support: Act as the financial partner to Project Managers, Integration leads, and senior stakeholders. Attend project, integration and investment meetings, providing expert financial input and challenge where appropriate. Provide insightful WIP financial analysis and reporting to senior stakeholders.

Essential Skills And Experience:

• Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) or equivalent experience.
• Strong project accounting and financial analysis background.
• Proven experience in financial forecasting, modelling and assessing project viability.
• Excellent communication skills, able to present financial information to non‐financial stakeholders.
• Advanced Excel and strong financial modelling skills.
• Ability to handle and analyse large data sets.
• Highly organised, analytical and detail driven.

Desirable Skills And Experience:

• Experience working in transformation or change programmes.
• Experience in professional services, legal, insurance or similar environments.

About Fletchers Group: Fletchers is a fast‐growing, dynamic law firm specialising in personal injury and clinical negligence law, with outstanding rankings in both The Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners. Following several strategic acquisitions, we have evolved into the Fletchers Group, with ambitious plans for continued growth and innovation. We aspire to be the best place to work in the legal sector. Our workplace culture is inclusive, informal, and supportive, with a strong focus on colleague wellbeing and happiness. We are proud to offer some of the best hybrid and flexible working arrangements in the industry — because we understand that balance drives performance. At Fletchers, we also value connection and collaboration. We create exciting opportunities for teams to come together and thrive. Whether you are starting your career or aiming for leadership, you will find a clear path to progress and development here — from apprenticeships and professional qualifications to senior roles and Partnership. We seek out a broad range of challenging, high-quality legal work, enabling our people to build meaningful and progressive careers. And we do not just talk about development — we invest in it, with a significant proportion of our colleagues working towards relevant qualifications at any given time. We reward those who help build our success and live our values. Our benefits package is designed to grow with you, offering real opportunities to share in our long‐term strength. Our base pay and bonus structure is built to recognise and reward high performance. Join us and be part of a law firm that is not only growing, but redefining what it means to work in legal services. Fletchers Group is an inclusive employer with a diverse workforce: we welcome applications from any and all backgrounds. We are committed to providing a culture and environment where everyone can thrive, understanding and celebrating that no colleague is the same.