Job Description

Our client is an award winning company; committed to providing an inclusive working environment where our employees can be themselves and everyone has equal opportunity to reach their full potential. They value and know that a diverse community makes for greater innovation and brings a breadth of skills, experience and perspectives.
The successful candidate will apply financial control to specific contracts within programmes finance, taking responsibility for all financial aspects. You will be an integral part of the Programmes Finance Team providing Finance and Project Management with effective, timely and accurate financial information whilst acting as a key business partner to a designated project team.
This role allows you to demonstrate their ability to proactively and independently manage all aspects of project financial management and allows you to gain, or build on their, experience of working in a world leading multi-national company.
Responsibilities

• Report actual and forecast achievement for responsible contracts against its financial targets, including risks and opportunities.
• Support and management to the preparation of multi-year business plan and annual budget for responsible contracts.
• Ensure that relevant project staff are clear of their financial objectives.
• Understand the financial implications of the latest commercial terms and conditions within the prime and sub contracts for specific contract responsibility.
• Financial management of contracts including: revenue & margin trading, bi-annual Estimate at Completion preparation (including Risk and Ops management), intercompany trading, cash and FX management, customer reporting/interfacing.

Benefits:

• 37 hour week
• Bonus Scheme - up to 20% (paid for past 12 years)
• Flexible working
• Pension up to 14%
• 25 days holiday + Bank Holiday (option to buy additional 5 days)
• Life assurance
• Share Scheme
• Gold award Investors in people
• Sunday Times top 25 large companies to work for

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Qualified Accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) or Qualified by Experience
• Experience of long term contract Financial management (highly desirable) e.g.
• Estimate At Completions
• Annual Budgets and Long Term Business Planning
• Integrity of data on financial systems
• Cash and FX management
• Knowledge and experience of Finance IT tools: MS Excel (required) SAP R/3, SAP BW (desirable)
• Ability to build strong and productive working relationships within multi discipline and multi-national project and Finance teams, whilst maintaining independence and integrity.