Project Accountant

This isn't your average Project Accountant role

If you're looking for a job where you sit in the corner updating spreadsheets and getting ignored until month-end this isn't it.

This is a genuinely commercial, high-visibility finance role in a fast-growing engineering and manufacturing business where projects drive everything. You'll be right in the middle of the action, working with engineers and programme teams to keep a grip on spend, profitability, forecasting and project delivery.

This is a role for someone who wants to be involved, challenge, influence, and actually make a difference.

You'll act as the finance partner for a portfolio of engineering and manufacturing programmes, giving project teams the financial clarity they need to make good decisions.

That means:

• Tracking project spend vs budget and calling out variances early

• Helping project teams understand profitability, risk and performance

• Producing forward forecasts and contributing to longer-term planning

• Supporting revenue recognition and project margin reporting

• Getting involved in bids and commercial decision-making

• Supporting inventory and project cost control at month-end

• Supporting cost modelling and cost rate decks

• Supporting grant reporting / funding applications where needed

• Supporting development cost capitalisation and R&D related reporting

In short: you'll be the person who makes sure projects don't drift financially.

They don't want someone who hides behind spreadsheets.

They want someone who can talk to engineers, build relationships, and hold their own in a room.

Ideally you'll have:

• Strong management accounting or project accounting experience

• Experience in a project-led environment (engineering / manufacturing / R&D is a bonus)

• Confidence communicating with non-finance stakeholders

• Strong forecasting and commercial awareness

• Solid Excel skills

• ACA / ACCA / CIMA qualified (finalists considered)

Personality matters. If you bring energy, confidence and commercial thinking, you'll stand out.So, if you want a finance role where you'll be visible, valued and genuinely involved in shaping outcomes, click 'Appl'y now!