Project Finance Manager - 12 month FTC

Key Responsibilities

• Take ownership of the financial management and reporting of a portfolio of projects, monitoring performance, spend and forecasts against budget.
• Take responsibility for management accounting activities, ensuring accurate and timely reporting of project financial performance.
• Support group and financial reporting requirements, providing clear analysis and commentary on performance.
• Manage project budgeting and forecasting, challenging assumptions and identifying risks and opportunities to financial performance.
• Oversee project accounting considerations, including revenue recognition, WIP, billing and appropriate accounting treatment.
• Partner closely with Project Managers, finance colleagues and senior stakeholders, providing commercial insight and constructive challenge.
• Support project-related audit requirements and maintain a strong financial control environment.
• Prepare financial analysis, reporting and recommendations for senior stakeholders.
• Build strong relationships across finance and the wider business, using financial insight to support effective decision-making.
• Support continuous improvement in the quality and consistency of project financial reporting and controls.

Skills & Qualifications

• ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified.
• Strong management accounting experience, including ownership of management accounts and month-end reporting.
• Experience of group and/or financial reporting within a complex organisation.
• Strong understanding of project accounting and the financial management of projects.
• Experience across budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis and project profitability/performance.
• Previous audit experience or a strong audit/financial controls background.
• Strong technical accounting knowledge with the ability to apply appropriate accounting treatment.
• Excellent business partnering and stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to challenge and influence senior stakeholders.
• Commercially minded, with the ability to translate financial information into meaningful insight and recommendations.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to manage multiple projects and priorities.
• Previous experience of leadership, supervision or mentoring would be advantageous.

Excellent opportunity to work on high-profile projects within a global organisation offering broad exposure to senior stakeholders and strategic business initiatives.