Project Accountant
Posted Today by EA First
£40,000 Per year
Fixed-Term
Hybrid
Wolverhampton, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The role of Project Accountant involves managing daily reconciliations for over 200 retail stores and resolving variances in collaboration with store operations. The position requires the development of reconciliation templates and the production of detailed reports for finance leadership. The successful candidate will support financial projects and audits while working closely with IT to address data issues. This is a fixed-term contract based in Wolverhampton with a focus on retail accounting.
Key Responsibilities:
- Own daily reconciliations for 200+ stores
- Investigate and resolve variances, liaising directly with store operations
- Develop and maintain reconciliation templates, checklists, and documentation standards
- Produce detailed reconciliation reports and present findings to finance leadership
- Support ad-hoc financial projects, audits, and system implementations with a reconciliation lens
- Work with IT to resolve data errors / missing data sets
Key Skills:
- Demonstrable experience in retail or project accounting
- Proven expertise in complex and large volume reconciliations as well as variance analysis
- Strong attention to detail and problem-solving mindset
- Ability to work under tight deadlines
- Excellent communication skills, with the confidence to challenge and influence stakeholders at all levels
Salary (Rate): £40,000.00 yearly
City: Wolverhampton
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: fixed-term
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: Finance
My client, a large retailer is seeking a Project Accountant to be based from its offices in Wolverhampton (4 days per week). My client is an established retailer based in Wolverhampton, who has seen significant growth over the last five years.
As a retail focused Project Accountant based in Wolverhampton reporting to the Senior Management Accountant you will:
- Own in particular daily reconciliations for 200+ plus stores
- Investigate and resolve variances, liaising directly with store operations
- Develop and maintain reconciliation templates, checklists, and documentation standards
- Produce detailed reconciliation reports and present findings to finance leadership
- Support ad-hoc financial projects, audits, and system implementations with a reconciliation lens
- Work with IT to resolve data errors / missing data sets
The most desirable applicant for this retail focused Project Accountant role will:
- Have demonstrable experience in retail or project accounting
- Proven expertise in complex and large volume reconciliations as well as variance analysis
- Strong attention to detail, problem-solving mindset, and ability to work under tight deadlines
- Excellent communication skills, with the confidence to challenge and influence stakeholders at all levels
Up to £40,000 per annum for a 6 month contract 1 day working from home EA First Ltd are acting as an Employment Agency for this fixed term contract vacancy.