At a Glance
- Tasks: Provide financial oversight and support for high-value projects while ensuring accurate reporting.
- Company: Leading engineering firm with a focus on project-driven success.
- Benefits: Competitive day rate, hybrid working, and exposure to major projects.
- Other info: Immediate start with potential for contract extension and career growth.
- Why this job: Join a dynamic team and influence key commercial decisions in a critical period.
- Qualifications: CA or ACCA qualified with strong project accounting experience.
Senior Project Accountant (Interim) Glasgow | Hybrid Working | Competitive Day Rate
Robert Half is partnering with a leading engineering and project-driven organisation to recruit an Interim Senior Project Accountant for a key assignment supporting a portfolio of complex, high-value projects.
This opportunity is ideally suited to a qualified accountant with strong project accounting experience who can quickly integrate into the business, provide financial leadership across project teams, and support critical commercial and operational decision-making.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide financial oversight and support across multiple ongoing projects and contracts.
- Deliver accurate project reporting, forecasting and financial analysis to senior stakeholders.
- Support project managers with budgeting, cost control, profitability analysis and risk management.
- Review project performance, identifying financial risks and opportunities.
- Ensure appropriate revenue recognition and contract accounting treatment, including IFRS 15 compliance.
- Assist with project reviews, contract evaluations and commercial decision-making.
- Improve reporting processes and strengthen project finance controls where required.
- Support month-end, forecasting and business planning cycles.
- Partner with operational teams to drive project performance throughout the contract lifecycle.
About You
- CA or ACCA qualified.
- Strong understanding of IFRS 15 and long-term contract accounting.
- Commercially minded with the ability to influence operational stakeholders.
- Available at short notice or immediately available preferred.
- What's on Offer
- Immediate start opportunity.
Competitive day rate.
Hybrid working arrangement.
Exposure to major projects and senior stakeholders.
Opportunity to support a business through a critical period of project delivery.
Initial contract with potential for extension.
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Senior Project Accountant in Glasgow employer: Robert Half Careers
Join a dynamic and innovative international organisation in Manchester, where your expertise as a Group Reporting Manager will be valued and impactful. With a strong focus on employee development, a collaborative work culture, and the opportunity to work closely with senior leadership, this role offers not just a competitive salary and bonus but also a chance to contribute to meaningful improvements within the finance function. Embrace the entrepreneurial spirit of our growing team and take your career to new heights in a supportive environment that champions professional growth.
