Project Accountant

Role:

Our client is looking for an immediate, temporary, Project Accountant to assist them for 12 months. You be will be responsible for following duties:

• Entry of payroll data into monthly accounts and distribution of headcount and key information to client managers and controlling team.
• Reconciliation of Payroll related control accounts (including annual reconciliation of TB to gross to Nets). Related accounts include subs. Pensions. Season tickets, cycle to work, net pay and NI/Taxes.
• PAYE and employee taxes payments and reconciliation of related control accounts
• Pension payments reconciliation (inc. pension control rec'd payroll related control).
• Entry of pensions to monthly accounts.
• Expense payments inc. control rec and postings
• Monthly review and accrual posting of temp staff,holiday accrual, bonus accrual, PSA accrual
• Distribution as part of a team of monthly management accounts, including support for review process by budget holders.
• Balance sheet reconciliation adhoc accounts.
• Month End variance analysis for key central budgets.
• Overhead forecasting/budgeting, coordinate process through to return, including liaison with budget holders
• Provides budget information to overhead managers and budget holders periodically and provides support to their questions for management of their budgets.
• Cross charges and cost accrual allocations (planning, processing and reconciling). Cross charge query resolution.
• Overhead month end review.
• Month end reporting process.
• Closing of period/year in SAP R3 (monthly closing and year-end closing) to roll accounts over to new period/year.
• Manages journal checklist for month-end to, commentary key monthly figures
• Assists with posting of missing journals on behalf of others.
• Authorisation of supplier payments, payrolls, expenses, pension payments in the banking system. Additional ad-hoc payments required authorisation in the banking system in the absence of specific line managers.
• Experience in group consolidation reporting and adhoc finance projects

Profile:

The successful, temporary Project Accountant will be qualified (Eg ACA, ACCA or CIMA) and ideally have an audit background.

You must be immediate or 1 weeks notice to be considered for this role.

Client:

Our client are a leading technology business based in London. You will have the opportunity to work in a fast paced, dynamic environment.

Salary & Benefits:

The temporary Project Accountant FTC will be paying circa £60,000 - £70,000 pro rata, dependant on experience.

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