Main duties and responsibilities:

• Ensuring the provision of high quality financial and management information and reports that allow for improved decision-making and performance tracking, and which comply with local, group and statutory reporting needs and accounting policies.
• Preparing and submitting forecasts, management accounts and narrative for assigned business entities, for review by the Financial Controller, to tight deadlines.
• Preparing and submitting of the quarterly forecast and annual budget submission.
• Managing financial tracking and reporting for assigned projects, ensuring accuracy and alignment with budget and contract terms.
• Monitoring project costs, revenue recognition, and margin performance in accordance with accounting standards (e.g. IFRS 15).
• Preparing and reviewing monthly project forecasts, including cost-to-complete and variance analysis.
• Collaborating with Project Managers to ensure timely billing, cash collection, and resolution of financial issues.
• Maintaining accurate records of project-related financial transactions, including forecast cost, actual cost, estimate to complete and contract assets and liabilities.
• Supporting internal and external audits by providing relevant project financial documentation and analysis.
• Responsible for the integrity of the entities’ nominal ledger.
• Cash management, reporting and forecasting for entities assigned.
• Assisting in completion of corporation tax packs which are submitted to the Group Tax Department.
• Completing quarterly/bi-monthly VAT return.
• Enhancing management information to reflect changing needs of management and to drive the business forward.
• Reconciling and reporting intercompany balances.
• Reconciling fixed assets including the preparation of capital sanctions for Senior Management.
• Preparing statutory accounts.
• Assisting in improving, developing and monitoring controls.
• Producing and/or analysing detailed product costing and margin analysis within entities.
• Calculation and setting of cost rates, labour analysis.
• Analysing, monitoring and controlling of R&D spend (when applicable).
• Continual improvement of current accounting system to support the finance function.
• Providing cover and supporting the department as and when needed, e.g. assisting with the completion month end duties for team members.
• Analysing and reporting on trend, variances and performance issues.
• Reporting information to both local management and PLC group as required.

Applicants to this role require:

• Qualified Accountant or willingness to work towards a Professional Accountancy qualification.
• Educated to degree level in relevant subject area (e.g. Accountancy).
• Demonstrating continuing professional development relevant to the accounting qualification and the role.
• Proven post qualifying experience and demonstrable experience in a similar role.
• Experience of working in a similar role (preferred) or other relevant working experience.
• Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, in particular Excel.

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