Project Accountant

Summary: The Project Accountant role involves managing reconciliations and collaborating with operations and customers to ensure financial accuracy for a portfolio of clients. This is a high-impact, short-term contract based in Coventry, requiring strong analytical skills and a solid understanding of accounting principles. The position is focused on resolving discrepancies and maintaining accurate financial records. Candidates should be prepared to work independently and handle high volumes of transactions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Investigate and reconcile complex ledger balances
• Collaborate with customers and internal operations teams to resolve discrepancies
• Determine whether invoices need to be raised or reissued
• Collate and organise financial files and documentation
• Apply double-entry accounting principles to ensure accurate reconciliation
• Work independently to piece together fragmented financial data and bring accounts to resolution

Key Skills:

• Strong reconciliation experience - you will need to see the full picture and know how to connect the dots
• Solid understanding of double-entry bookkeeping
• Comfortable working with high volumes of transactions
• Excellent communication skills - able to liaise with both internal teams and external customers
• Not a credit control role - this requires analytical and accounting insight beyond chasing payments
• AAT Qualified preferred

Salary (Rate): £350 per day

City: Coventry

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: on-site

IR35 Status: inside IR35

Seniority Level: Mid-Level

Industry: Finance

Detailed Description From Employer:

Project Accountant
£350 per day (PAYE)
Coventry (Onsite)
3 Month Contract
Our client is currently searching for 6 project accountants to join their team in Coventry. This is a high-impact, short-term contract where you will be responsible for working on reconciliations and working closely with operations and customers to ensure accuracy for portfolio of clients.
Role Responsibilities:

• Investigate and reconcile complex ledger balances
• Collaborate with customers and internal operations teams to resolve discrepancies
• Determine whether invoices need to be raised or reissued
• Collate and organise financial files and documentation
• Apply double-entry accounting principles to ensure accurate reconciliation
• Work independently to piece together fragmented financial data and bring accounts to resolution

Experience Required:

• Strong reconciliation experience - you will need to see the full picture and know how to connect the dots
• Solid understanding of double-entry bookkeeping
• Comfortable working with high volumes of transactions
• Excellent communication skills - able to liaise with both internal teams and external customers
• Not a credit control role - this requires analytical and accounting insight beyond chasing payments
• AAT Qualified preferred

If you are interested, please do not hesitate to apply, either apply direct or reach out at . Please note that in the event of a high volume of applications we will only be able to reach out to successful applicants in the first instance.