Senior Project Accountant

Overview

In this role you will act as a trusted finance partner for large-scale contracts, delivering robust financial control, insightful reporting and commercial challenge. You will own project-level financials, support strategic decisions, and drive improvements in project finance processes. You will collaborate with Project Managers and senior stakeholders to influence business performance and governance. This is a senior, growth-oriented position with potential line management opportunities in a global engineering environment.

Pay / Benefits

• training and development opportunities
• internal career progression
• flexible working arrangements
• health and wellbeing initiatives
• inclusive and equal opportunity environment

Responsibilities

• Partner with Project Managers and operational stakeholders to provide financial leadership across large-scale contracts
• Own financial reporting, forecasting, budgeting and month-end activities for assigned projects
• Apply IFRS 15 revenue recognition principles accurately across project activities
• Deliver timely management reporting and financial insights to support decision-making
• Challenge assumptions, costs and forecasts to improve financial performance
• Support contract reviews, governance meetings and leadership discussions
• Maintain and enhance financial models, tools and processes for efficiency
• Ensure projects comply with accounting policies, controls and governance
• Monitor cash flow and invoicing to maximise commercial outcomes
• Support bids, variations and new opportunities with robust financial guidance
• Build relationships with customers and external stakeholders as a credible finance representative
• Mentor junior finance colleagues and potentially undertake line management

Key requirements

• Professional accounting qualification (ACCA, CIMA, ACA or equivalent)
• Significant project accounting experience within large, complex or long-term contracts
• Strong knowledge of IFRS 15
• Experience partnering with Project Managers and senior stakeholders
• Excellent financial planning, forecasting and management reporting skills
• Strong commercial awareness and ability to influence decision-making
• Customer-facing experience and credibility with stakeholders
• Strong analytical skills with a continuous improvement mindset
• Advanced Excel and financial modelling capabilities
• Previous people management experience or willingness to lead
• Excellent communication skills to translate financial data into business insights
• Experience in engineering, infrastructure, transport, rail, defence, manufacturing or other project-led environments (advantageous)

• Commercial awareness
• Stakeholder influencing
• Analytical mindset
• IFRS 15
• Advanced Excel
• Financial modelling

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