Project Accountant

About Us

A career at Hitachi Rail will help create a legacy. With operations in every corner of the world, our work goes to the cutting-edge of digital transformation and technology. From the multi-cultural strength of our global organisation to the sustainable and innovative ways we work to bring people together, there’s something for everyone to get stuck into. And that’s where you come in.

Cheadle, Cheshire, United Kingdom (Hybrid)

Our Opportunity

We currently have an opening in our Finance team for a Project Accountant to serve our portfolio of Service and Digital based contracts. As a Project Accountant, you will be responsible for the financial control and management of this portfolio as well as its continuous improvement.

This is a hybrid role working a minimum of two days per week from our site in Cheadle, Manchester.

Key Responsibilities:

Your responsibilities will include, but not be limited to:

Ensure the accuracy and completeness of the financial data across the project portfolio and ensure it is up-to-date and clearly analysed

Seek continuous improvement of performance and processes, as well as transparency and reliability of data

Ensure variances against budget and forecast are identified

Identify and analyse issues across the portfolio, including associated risks

Produce accurate and timely monthly analysis of all order booking, revenues, backlog and cost

Create project related financial data and relevant information

Co-ordinate the budgeting and forecasting process for both the project and the wider Business Line

Support the Project Manager in all financial related topics and provide guidance as required

Support Financial Controller on ad-hoc financial requests

Revenue management

Maintain and operate comprehensive processes and controls to ensure that all attributable revenues are billed and collected when due, captured in the company’s financial system and correctly billed / reported to the specific projects

Cost control

Process and control to ensure that all internal and external costs are authorised and captured in the company’s financial system and correctly booked /reported to the specific projects

Review cost estimates after execution and explain variances

Technical Skills and Experience

At least part qualified with CIMA, ACA or ACCA

Experience of Oracle, MS Office and advanced Excel

Experience of monthly financial reporting against tight deadlines

Experience of long-term contract accounting

Financial planning, forecasting and budgeting

Good IFRS knowledge (specifically IFRS15)

Ability to produce detailed & accurate information

Human Skills

Strong communication skills

High attention to detail

Effective delivery within a challenging and changing environment

Effective at managing your time and prioritisation

Robust and reliable, capable of implementing controls

What to expect

We aim to complete a two-stage interview process, with at least one of these held in person at our Cheadle office. The interviews will focus separately on technical and behavioural competencies. Reasonable adjustments are available with prior notice so please let the TA partner know if this would be necessary. To find out what reasonable adjustments are, and what might be available, your TA partner will be happy to discuss this with you.

What We Can Offer

We’re committed to giving you opportunities to be your best. We believe in embracing the passion and potential of our people, and to achieve this we offer market leading training, development and experiences, along with the opportunity to be mentored and coached by some of the smartest minds in the industry. We hire from within as our first priority, so you’ll have a myriad of opportunities within our diverse, global organisation.

Flexibility

Your health and well-being matters to us and that’s why we offer you the flexibility to do what’s important to you; whether that’s part time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.

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At Hitachi Rail, there is a place for everyone. We welcome and value differences in background, age, gender, sexuality, family status, disability, race, nationality, ethnicity, religion, and world view. It is our commitment to create an inclusive environment - we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

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