At a Glance
- Tasks: Provide financial reporting and support for defence projects while ensuring data accuracy.
- Company: Leading defence client with a focus on innovative project accounting.
- Benefits: Competitive pay, hybrid working, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Experience with SAP and MoD procedures is a plus; travel may be involved.
- Why this job: Join a dynamic team and make a real impact in the defence sector.
- Qualifications: Professional accountancy qualification or part qualification required.
The predicted salary is between 33.1 - 33.1 £ per hour.
33.10 per hour PAYE / £44.28 per hour Umbrella
A Project Accountant is required to provide Financial reporting on defence projects and support to future bid campaigns for a leading defence client.
Offers: Liaise with the Senior Management Team to validate the financial integrity of offers before sending to customer.
- Develop work breakdown structures to generate project plans, work packages and schedules for future contract proposals.
- Ensure all finance data is accurate ensuring costs are allocated correctly and hours bookings are up to date across the programme.
- Risk management
- Ensure labour and sub-contractor costs are correctly booked.
- Support month end closing for financial reporting, ensuring correct accounting treatments on the programme.
- Lead the SSRO Audit from a finance view point
- Support with statutory audit answering any programme related queries.
- Assist with other finance month end tasks e. g. Support on Spares/Training activities.
- Actively support the programme with ad hoc financial requests
- Add finance expertise across the programme challenging delivery team where necessary.
- Internal control: monitor adherence to company policies and procedures (such as risk management) and the relevant accounting standards.
- Information system: maintain the defence related financial data in SAP, amend the reports, and address change requests to the IT department if required.
- Good working knowledge of accountancy principles
- Good report and procedure writing skills
- Use of MS office and Excel in particular
- Knowledge of risk management principles
- A structured /methodical approach to all planning/tracking tasks
- Knowledge of Single Source Regulatory framework
- Knowledge of Single Source Contract Regulations
- Knowledge of Mo D Commercial and Accountancy procedures
We require the post holder to have the following Education, Qualifications or special training:
Professional accountancy qualification or part qualification.
Experience within a financial controlling and or project reporting department
Experience of working with SAP
- Experience of Project accounting
- Experience of Mo D Commercial and Accountancy procedures
- Travel within UK and occasional travel within Europe
- Full driving licence preferred but not essential
- Normal working hours (37½ per week), hybrid.
- Eligible for Mo D Security Clearance
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