Project accountant – Mostly remote job at City of London Full Time NEW

“If I had an hour to solve a problem, I’d spend 55 minutes thinking about the problem and 5 minutes thinking about solutions.” Albert Einstein

We’re pleased to be partnering with a leading Business Services organisation to recruit a Project Accountant for their busy London-based finance team.

This is a 12-month fixed-term contract, covering maternity leave, and would be well suited to a qualified finance professional with an audit background and strong technical experience in group statutory reporting.

The role is predominantly remote, with occasional attendance required at the London office.

Responsibilities of the Project Accountant include but not limited to:

• Entry of payroll data into monthly accounts and distribution of headcount and key information to client managers and controlling team
• A range of reconciliation including payroll, pension payments and tax payments
• Processing of expenses
• Monthly review and accrual posting of temp staff, holiday accrual, target values and P11d
• Production and posting of accrual journals
• Support team with the delivery of monthly management accounts
• Balance sheet reconciliation of all accruals
• Month End variance analysis for key central budgets
• Overhead forecasting/budgeting
• Overhead month end review
• Documentation of month end reporting
• Closing of period/year in SAP R3 to roll accounts over to new period/year
• Manage journal checklist for month-end to see what has been missed from key monthly figures and inform Accounts Manager. Assist with posting of missing journals
• Authorisation of supplier payments, payrolls, expenses, pension payments in the banking system

To be considered for the Project Accountant position:

• Fully qualified accountant (ACCA, ACA or CIMA)
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in industry roles
• Strong technical accounting knowledge with a solid grounding in core principles
• Proven experience supporting payroll processes and month-end close activities
• Available for an immediate start

If you’re passionate about this position or are keen to hear more, please click on “apply” as soon as possible.

You are required to be eligible to work in the UK full time without restriction.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive it is not always possible to respond to unsuccessful applicants. Therefore, if we have not responded to your application within five days, please assume that on this occasion your application has not been successful.