Project Accountant - HindsConnect Limited : Job Details

Project Accountant

• Hybrid/Remote, condensed working options
• Excellent benefits package
• A genuine culture of inclusion, with a people first policy

We have an opportunity for a Project Accountant to play a pivotal role in delivering financial clarity and insight across our client’s national creative programmes. This role will partner with delivery teams, guide financial strategy, and contribute to shaping the UK's vibrant creative industries.

The Firm:

Our client is THE independent network for the UK’s Creative Industries, they champion, connect, support and invest in creative people and businesses. Their goal is simple: to cultivate a world where creativity is championed, valued, and nurtured.

Their specialist Programmes offer skills development, business support and investment opportunities to businesses and freelancers working across the UK creative sector.

The Role:

The Project Accountant will provide support to the Senior Finance Manager. You will be strategically focused on providing financial insight and guidance from a commercial viewpoint.

• Support the team with project financials, updating financial forecasts, identifying and measuring key success drivers and risks.
• Project-managing programme budgets and reporting financial performance against budget/ target.
• Utilising strong communication skills, work with programme teams to ensure expenditure remains in line with budgets through monthly forecast review meetings with Programme Managers, including review of actual spend information, associated variance analysis, and reforecasting.
• Support the Senior Finance Manager to produce proposals, tenders & bids for new projects.
• Conduct scenario analysis & budget planning. Review programme budgets & contracts from a financial perspective – finding the balance between competitiveness and maximising company contribution.
• Prepare, review and analyse information used for management, forecasting, control and monitoring.
• Prepare and post journals relating to programme income and expenditure.
• Develop and analyse various income and expenditure scenarios and generate accurate forecasts to assist in sound management decision-making.

The Ideal Candidate:

• ACA/ACCA/CIMA Qualified, part Qualified or QBE
• Strong financial modelling and Excel skills
• Experience in project accounting, budgeting and forecasting, variance analysis.
• Demonstrated skills in commercial finance business partnering and building relationships with non-finance colleagues.
• An understanding of technical financial management information systems and processes
• Ability to build excellent working relationships with colleagues across different functions and at all levels across the business
• Initiative and a willingness to learn and develop, with a flexible approach to the role and proactive problem-solving skills.
• Highly organised, self-motivated and efficient, with the personal drive to complete multiple tasks to required timescales and standards

What they offer:

• 35 hour working week FTE
• Flexible/ hybrid, condensed working options
• Pension enrolment 5% employer contribution from 3 months service
• Cycle 2 Work scheme, in partnership with Halfords
• Tailored benefits from 1 years service
• Benefits hub, discounts across a broad range of partners
• Employee Assistance Programme, BUPA
• Mental Health Day, a paid day off work per annum to focus on activities which help you to alleviate stress
• Summer Fridays, finish at 3pm every Friday throughout July & August
• Your birthday off as paid leave, extra days off over the annual festive period
• Paid volunteer day per year to give something back to the community

This is a development opportunity for a financial professional to business partner with creative talent, leading on project budgeting, forecasting & reporting, supporting audits, developing stakeholder relationships, and to build knowledge across the UK’s Creative Industries.

Apply now for more information.