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Location

Carlisle, Cumbria | United Kingdom

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Job description

We have been made aware of a global phishing campaign where employees from companies are being impersonated. We are confident that no PageGroup system has been breached. Find out how to protect yourself

Carlisle Permanent £40,000 - £45,000 per year

• A great business with a welcoming team environment
• Immediate start on offer

About Our Client

A well established and successful business with a focus on being purpose-led, financially strong, socially responsible and always focused on their people, planet and communities.

A business that puts their employees front and centre of what they do with some amazing benefits and great career opportunities

Job Description

As the Project Accountant you will be responsible for managing agreed change budgets, defining & embedding budgetary control processes and working with the Finance Business Partner and Project Managers to ensure Programme Directors and Senior Leadership can make informed decisions in relation to project and programme budget spend.

This role should appeal if you already have experience within a similar role and looking for a business where you can not only add value but grow a long term, and successful career.

Want to take a deeper dive ?

Your responsibilities will include :

• Acting as an aggregation point in managing resource and 3rd party project costs and reconciling this to the Change cost centre budget
• Forecasting the impact of stage gate outcomes and change control requests to assess the impact on project budgets
• Support the change roadmap review process and project 'shaping' processes, to gain a greater understanding of pipeline budgets and forecast any potential over or under spends
• Support projects with the identification of benefits, tracking throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring realisation is achieved and reported on
• Support the development of KPIs and metrics for project finance reporting to the change function
• Ensure the purchasing processes across Change are conducted to agreed standards, work with budget owners & project managers on purchase requisitions, raising purchase orders or arranging P-Card payments in-line with agreed policy
• Keep the purchase order list up to date and accurate, manage accruals and invoice payments
• Work with the PMO Lead, to ensure processes and templates for budgetary control and project spend are fit for purpose and clearly documented in the Change Framework
• Work with Project Managers to ensure that their project costs are accurate and project forecasts are appropriate and up to date, provide ongoing 1st line support to PMs on financial best practice.
• Provide support and coaching on budgetary control processes to the Project Management practice to ensure standards are understood and adhered to

The Successful Applicant

The Project Accountant role is going to be your ideal role if you already have experience within a similar accountancy role and have knowledge of budget forecasting, purchasing and invoice management

You will be part qualified and be a confident communicator and want to work for a business where your contribution will not only be valued but key to enabling the business to continue growing their successful business

Page Personnel is part of PageGroup. Page Personnel is a trading name of Michael Page International Recruitment Limited. Registered in England No. 04130921 Registered Office: 200 Dashwood Lang Road , Addlestone, , Surrey , KT15 2NX

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