Senior Project Accountant

If you are an ambitious accounting professional looking for a new challenge in tunnelling construction and would like to help shape the future of STRABAG, then please read the below job description.

What matters to us

• 2 Year PQE accountant with a recognised professional body (eg ICAEW, ACCA or CIMA)
• Experience in a project-based finance team within the construction, infrastructure or similar industry

Your contribution to our company

• Senior Project Accountant is responsible for maintaining and ensuring the integrity of ledgers and control environment for the project, whilst building close working relationships with the commercial and delivery teams.
• Production of monthly and ad-hoc reporting requirements including rolling forecasts, cash-flows, balance sheet reconciliations and other reporting requirements.
• Understand the commercial contracts in use in order to challenge the commercial position ensuring reporting represents a fair and accurate reflection on contract performance.
• Work closely with the Senior Management to improve project reporting and reduce commercial risk.
• Ensure accurate and timely billing of costs to the client including subsequent management and collection of aged debts.
• Ensure cash forecasts are robustly prepared and accurately reported.
• Work with commercial teams to minimise the WIP position and achieve cash collection targets.
• Provide governance around the project delegated authority process to ensure compliance at all times and provision of controls to eliminate non-conforming authorisations, purchases and retrospective purchase orders.
• Oversee production of staff utilisation forecasts to reduce non-productivity and provide an accurate forecast of staff recoverability.
• Expenses management covering processing and compliance to company policies.

What you stand to gain

We stand for respect, partnership, and sustainability, creating a work environment that promotes safety, health, and development. Our committed and healthy employees are our most valuable asset - the foundation for sustainable growth and innovation. With our "People. Planet. Progress." strategy and the motto WORK ON PROGRESS, we drive change forward - with the goal of climate neutrality by 2040.