Project Accountant/ Commercial Finance Analyst position for a Global Consultancy business. This role is a 12 month FTC with potential for extension/ perm. The role purpose is to provide Business Partnering and financial support and will be hybrid working, 3 days in the office and 2 days at home.

Tasks and Responsibilities

• Happy working through a system implementation and significant change
• Experience with high volume of data and reconciliation for income and costs - ideally to a project level
• Provide detailed analysis and commentary against actuals/ forecast/ budget
• Manage the preparation of management accounts on a monthly basis including variance analysis to budget / forecast.
• Preparation of monthly commentary / financial reports for management and regional management on a monthly basis.
• Reconcile project income and costs to ensure accuracy on a monthly basis.
• Preparation of forecast on a monthly basis and budget on an annual basis.
• Participate in, test and provide feedback for Commercial tools. Support the role out of these tools, embed and champion their use.
• Collaborate with Operations/ Finance and IT stakeholders during the continued implementation of the new finance system. Help to resolve issues and support continuous improvement and using the system to its highest efficiency.
• Support business pricing proposals when required.
• Support strong financial controls and data integrity.
• Liaise with Regional Finance Managers to ensure consistency in accounting across the region.
• Provide ad hoc financial support to as required.
• Assist with local statutory reporting requirements as required.
• Assist Director of Commercial Finance and Regional Finance Director as required.

The Candidate:

• Commercial acumen with examples
• • Self starter, initiative, experience with process improvements and/or creation
  • Excellent people skills for business partnering

• Candidates must be studying towards a recognised UK accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) or be fully qualified