Accountant - CIMA/ACCA - Project Controller - Dublin

GENERAL PURPOSE:

Responsible for the quality of project's planned and reported financials over the entire Project life cycle, and applies financial skills to improve project performance. 

DURING PROJECT SET UP

- Coordinates system setups at the beginning of the project to ensure system structure enables full transparency and control. Coordinates required system set up maintenance during project and system closing activities at the end of the project.
- Provides information on system capabilities to support various business models during tendering
- Validate the Revenue cost and gross profit assumptions

DURING EXECUTION

TECHNICAL TASKS

- Responsible for correct order, invoicing and inventory data by aligning with logistics team
- Supports the Customer Business Controller in maintaining the project Percentage of Completion accounting calculation and preparation of approval materials.
- Understands principles around correct Revenue Recognition
- Coordinates required system maintenance during project
- Completes month end transactions according to requirements
- Has a clear understanding of deliverables according to the contract and works with the Contract Manager to identify claims, risks and additional sellable works

Compliance

- Ensures compliance with financial policies, instructions, guidance, processes, tools, accounting principles and internal controls in the project.
- Prepares audit evidence to ensure internal control compliance in conjunction with Customer Business Controller

Forecasting

- Sets up and maintains accurate demand and financial planning of the project in the appropriate tools
- Responsible for  analysis and planning of project related financials (sales, costs, gross margin, inventory, receivables, resource planning) across all Business Units and Business Lines
- Responsible for cost of sales and revenue recognition accuracy by aligning with logistics and cost managers
- Conducts monthly reviews with the cost managers  to validate the actual costs and the costs to project completion, to ensure common understanding  of complete project performance

Project Performance

- Proactively monitors and controls the financial and operational performance of project against As Sold Business Case and the Latest Estimate.  Applies official Customer Operations and Global Services KPIs and develops any other KPI's or measurement methods needed to control the project.
- Conducts monthly reviews with cost managers and operation managers, of the Revenue and cost actuals to ensure full understanding of variances and to trigger actions to manage variances against the cost baseline
- Uses reports to highlight and explain variances across Business Units and Business Lines for various stakeholders
- Reviews and explains to the Customer Business Controller all contents of the Project reporting system to enable monthly sign off by Customer Business Controller of the values

Risk management

- Identifies and flags risks impacting project margin and actively contributes to risk mitigation, proposing corrective actions including accrual bookings and needed provisions

DURING  PROJECT CLOSURE

- Coordinates required  closing activities at the end of the project

Accounting experience and knowledge is essential. Including monthend closing and variance analysis, also preferably experience in Financial planning/budgeting. They must also be a good communicator, as this role involves liaising with financial and non financial managers.

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION:
Accounting qualification CIMA/ACCA or working towards this. Or other equivalent.

I am really looking for someone who already has experience doing this type of role and I would say at least 3-5 years accounting experience already gained.

LANGUAGE: English

LOCATION: Dublin

DURATION: 6 months