Project Accountant
Posted 4 days ago by ClearCourse
Negotiable
Undetermined
Hybrid
Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Project Accountant role at ClearCourse involves supporting the financial onboarding of newly acquired entities into the Group's reporting environment within NetSuite. This hands-on contractor position requires strong financial integration experience and the ability to work with multiple stakeholders to ensure accurate and compliant transitions. The role is hybrid and reports to the Head of R2R. The ideal candidate will have a proactive approach and a strong background in accounting and financial integrations.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead financial integration of new entities into NetSuite (focus on GL and balance sheet).
- Coordinate migration and reconciliation of opening balances, historical data, and intercompany positions.
- Collect, validate, and map trial balances into the Group chart of accounts.
- Ensure accuracy and compliance with Group accounting policies.
- Act as a key liaison between Group Finance, local finance teams, Shared Services, and the NetSuite systems team.
- Report progress, flag risks, and resolve integration issues quickly.
Key Skills:
- Qualified accountant (ICAEW, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).
- Strong accounting knowledge, analytical skills and Excel capability.
- Experience in acquisitions, onboarding, financial integrations or system implementations.
- Strong communication skills and ability to work across multiple teams.
- Proactive, organised, and delivery-focused.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Manchester
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Job description: Project Accountant (12-Month Contract)
Location: Manchester hybrid
Reporting to: Head of R2R
ClearCourse is a fast-growing, private equity-backed software and payments group, acquiring and integrating new businesses at pace. We’re looking for a Project Accountant to support the financial onboarding of newly acquired or established entities into our Group reporting environment within NetSuite. This role suits a hands-on contractor with strong financial integration experience, comfortable working across multiple stakeholders to deliver accurate, compliant and well-controlled transitions.
What You’ll Do
- Lead financial integration of new entities into NetSuite (focus on GL and balance sheet).
- Coordinate migration and reconciliation of opening balances, historical data, and intercompany positions.
- Collect, validate, and map trial balances into the Group chart of accounts.
- Ensure accuracy and compliance with Group accounting policies.
- Act as a key liaison between Group Finance, local finance teams, Shared Services, and the NetSuite systems team.
- Report progress, flag risks, and resolve integration issues quickly.
What You’ll Bring
- Qualified accountant (ICAEW, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).
- Strong accounting knowledge, analytical skills and Excel capability.
- Experience in acquisitions, onboarding, financial integrations or system implementations.
- Strong communication skills and ability to work across multiple teams.
- Proactive, organised, and delivery-focused.
If you’re a delivery-driven contractor who enjoys complex integration work and wants to make a significant impact within a high-growth environment, we’d love to hear from you.