Project Accountant

Elevation Recruitment Group are delighted to be recruiting exclusively, a Project Accountant for a successful manufacturing business in Rotherham.

The purpose of the this really varied and autonomous role is to be the finance lead on maintenance budgets, manage various projects across capital & revenue to facilitate and help ensure value for money accross the business. You will act as the key person in the business to perform financial appraisal of capex projects proposed by the businesses. You will also be responsible for assisting with environmental and sustainability reporting.Benefits include: -

• Competitive salary (Dependent on experience)
• Bonus up to 10%
• 25 days holiday plus statutory days
• Company pension
• Some flexibility for hybrid working once established in the roleIt will be a varied role with duties to include: -

• Provide the finance input & review all capital expenditure applications.
• Understand the project scope and question / challenge what is being put forward by the project team to ensure we are getting value for money on proposed investments. .
• Develop project justifications alongside the project teams
• Monitor the flow of capex / revenue application forms
• Help to identify new potential projects based on work with the maintenance team on budget spends.
• Manage the Reforecast / Plan capital & revenue project proposals through to approval
• Completing post investment reviews on project spend
• Large project cost monitoring post approval: review spend vs. approved cost
• Review of projects to identify overspends and to assist with timely submission of additional funds forms before projects are over their approved project spends.
• Assist with training the business on capex applications
• Identifying and implementing improvements to the capex process
• Track project expenditure commitments and variances vs. plan / RFC.
• Develop and maintain monthly reporting to Directors & Department Heads to review capex progress
• Monitor the maintenance budgets with the maintenance team; Hold maintenance team to account and be the conscience for hitting budgets.
• Provide insights and challenge on the maintenance reporting
• Provide insights into areas of high expenditure - help to identify potential cost reduction opportunities
• Manage the maintenance budgets process. Analysis to be provided on variances to prior versions.
• Tracking and reporting on ESG-related metrics, such as carbon emissions data, and supporting the preparation of sustainability reports

To be successful, you will ideally have the following skills and experiences: -

• CIMA/ ACCA/ ACA Qualified
• Previous experience in working in a manufacturing environment
• Cost accounting experience
• Good IT skills - high degree of ability to utilise Excel
• Spreadsheet development concepts including documentation and error checking to ensure ongoing integrity of the data
• Demonstrate knowledge of accounting principles

If you are interested in this rare and exciting opportunity, please send in your CV today!