Position: Expense Project Accountant
Location: Birmingham
Contract: 12 Fixed Term Contract
Hours: Full-time
Salary/Benefits: 400 a day

Role Details - Expense Project Accountant

We are currently looking for an experienced Project Accountant to join a reputable financial services business based in Birmingham on a 12-month fixed term contract.

The Expense Project Accountant will be responsible for:

Developing a project accounting framework around the Modernisation agenda that aligns to the expense actuals / planning processes, in accordance with pre-approved timetables as defined by the expense team managers
Reviewing & critically challenge all project business cases - with specific focus on validating spending plans / profiles & any associated benefits
Monitoring progress of expense elements within the business cases to feed into annual / quarterly expense planning cycles (Forecast/Budget)
Creating & manage project codes to allow for business case management / reporting
Actively focusing on Capitalisation / Depreciation impact of projects and challenge assumptions to ensure alignment & appropriateness against the Capitalisation policy
Continuously strives to develop expense capabilities for process efficiency, reporting effectiveness & robustness of control framework
Own the month end expense processes for all projects. Including:
All month end ledger entries
Variance analysis (incl. Direct Cost Reports)
Expense allocation impact (i.e. end user beneficiary)
Running analytics processes
Controls and governance framework (incl. Audit requirements)

Skills required of the Expense Project Accountant

* Experienced qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA)
* Experience of the insurance market, preferably Lloyd's
* Experience of project accounting within complex organisations
* Stakeholder management and relationship building
* Logical analytical approach to rapidly changing data and situations.

Robert Walters Operations Limited is an employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates