Senior Project Accountant
Job Description
Senior Project Accountant / Finance Manager
Your new company
You’ll be joining a well-established, highly respected professional services business based in Central London. Known for its complex, project-driven work, the organisation operates in a fast-paced environment where financial insight plays a crucial role in commercial decision-making. The culture is collaborative, people-focused and strongly geared towards continuous improvement. The team works on a hybrid basis, typically spending 2-3 days per week in the office.
As Finance Manager / Senior Project Accountant, you will act as a key link between the finance function and project teams, ensuring the financial performance of projects is accurately monitored, communicated and optimised. You will oversee a small finance team while supporting senior leadership with timely, high-quality reporting and analysis.
Key responsibilities include:
- Producing monthly management accounts, KPI reporting and weekly performance updates
- Overseeing the full financial lifecycle of multiple projects, from set-up through to completion
- Leading monthly project finance reviews and challenging project teams on financial performance
- Preparing revenue forecasts, analysing project variances and updating forward projections
- Providing training and guidance to project teams on financial processes and controls
- Managing three direct reports and providing cover across project accounting, AP, AR and timesheet functions when required
- Managing payroll and completing monthly balance sheet reconciliations
- Supporting budgeting, forecasting, cashflow, WIP and AR management
- Contributing to the annual audit and statutory reporting
- Developing financial insights, dashboards and improved reporting tools
- Supporting ongoing process improvements and systems enhancements
This role requires someone with strong project accounting experience, ideally within a professional services or time-billing environment. A background in a professional services or consulting environment, such as engineering, design, architecture or similar, is essential. You’ll be commercially astute, comfortable working with large datasets and confident engaging with stakeholders across all levels. Strong Excel skills, excellent communication, and the ability to work in a busy, project-orientated setting will be key to your success. What you'll get in return
This is an excellent opportunity to take on a broad and influential finance role within a respected London-based organisation. Alongside a salary of £60,000-£70,000, you’ll receive a competitive benefits package, structured training, and the chance to develop your project accounting and leadership experience further. You’ll join a supportive team, gain exposure to senior decision-makers, and play a valuable role in shaping the financial success of the business. What you need to do now
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