Project Accountant

AtkinsRéalis founded in 1911, It is an international, fully integrated professional services and project management company and a major player in the ownership of infrastructure. AtkinsRéalis has created one of the largest global engineering and project management consultancies with approximately 31,000 employees worldwide.

This role sits within the UK-based part of Finance Centre of Excellence. The key purpose of the role is to help with the finance transformation and centralise billing in the UK for ADS&T sector, prepare “Sales Invoice” with significant amount of supporting documentation and analysis, which needs to be prepared precisely as per client specifications.

The role will also be answering queries pertaining to sales invoices/credit notes from internal and external business partners. This role will report to the UK-based Senior Team Leader of Project Accounting. This position is a great opportunity for the right person to make a positive impact in a changing business and systems environment.

Qualifications:

AAT or equivalent would be an advantage.

Experience:

Strong track record of client billing, including complex projects.

Skills:

• A thorough understanding of Oracle Intermediate Excel skills, including pivot tables and VLOOKUPs.
• Comfortable with other Microsoft Office applications.
• Able to work collaboratively, thus building strong relationships with Project Managers and Finance colleagues.
• Skilled at prioritising workload to ensure key deadlines are met.
• Organised and flexible.
• Effective communicator.

Responsibilities:

• Prepare sales invoices, applications for payment and credit notes and associated supporting documentation.
• Obtain approval for sales invoices and credit notes.
• Post invoices and credit notes onto the finance system (Oracle).Liaise with Project Managers to ensure that all invoicing is completed within required timescales.Work closely with Project Managers, and the Cash Collections team to ensure timely resolution of billing queries and collection of cash.
• Support correct allocation of costs to projects, including staff allocations,time transfers and Accounts Payable-related support.
• Prepare and distribute job-related information and reports.
• Support project managers with timesheet-related queries.
• Liaise with divisional Finance staff.
• Lock up tracker–review, update and follow up as required.
• Review and analyse differences between forecast and actual monthly billing.
• Field queries from internal and external auditors Use client portals to review PO status and available balances prior to invoicing.
• Liaise with the client purchasing/finance team with purchase order queries.
• Running weekly and monthly project-based scheduled reports and issuing to the project managers on time.
• Liaising with Financial controller to ensure that all month end tasks are completed on a timely basis.
• Preparing and distributing information/reports regarding project unbilled balances to Project Managers.
• Posting Journal entries e.g. Expenses/revenue transfers or any correction entries.
• Ensuring daily Internal Audit is conducted for all the processes within the business. Daily work allocation and ensuring all the activities are completed before the cut off.
• Review of Credit note approval matrix on a weekly basis.
• Preparation of monthly billing report to review actual billing vs forecasted billing.

Additional Information:

• Working hours: 37.5 hours Monday – Friday Work
• Location: Hybrid home / office working Epsom-based.
• Grade T3 Applicants must be a British Citizen (No dual citizenship accepted) as will be working with secure jobs based in UK.
• Applicants must have required the infrastructure to enable remote working.
• This is a one-year fixed term contract with the chance of being made permanent.

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More about us:

AtkinsRéalis is a leading global consultancy with over 100 years of design and engineering expertise. With us, you'll be surrounded by the skills, knowledge and support to help you succeed. Together, we can deliver projects which have a positive, sustainable impact on the world.

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Additional Information:

This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance.  If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of residency in the UK of 5 years or longer. If applying to this role please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV, details of any current or previously held security clearance.

We are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop. To help embed inclusion for all, from day one, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee networks to support staff from different backgrounds. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability.