Project Accountant

Project Accountant

Company: Alstom

Location: Ilford or Manchester

Appointment Basis: Permanent

Apply by: 05/01/2025

Salary + Benefits: circa £45,000

At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry.

Your future role

Take on a new challenge and apply your seasoned financial management expertise in a new cutting-edge field. You’ll work alongside dedicated, detail-oriented, and collaborative teammates.

You'll provide indispensable support to the Portfolio Finance Project Manager and play a pivotal role in controlling and optimising site and project costs. Day-to-day, you’ll work closely with teams across the business, challenge forecasts and budgets to enhance site overhead recoveries, and much more.

We’ll look to you for:

• Control & Optimise site costs as well as project other direct costs through close involvement with FPM's & WP owners, preparing and carrying out reviews on a monthly basis.
• Challenge forecasts and budget to optimise site overhead recoveries ensuring all risks are communicated and mitigated.
• Support FPMs with preparation for Monthly Project Reviews and Bi-annual Finance Project Reviews.
• Ensure all Billing for portfolio is completed in a timely manner with focus on payment due dates and securing cash in forecasts. Manage cash and follow-up on cash improvement actions, create a cash culture within project teams.
• Prepare site forecasts and Budget with input from project teams and FPM's, provide overheads reporting to Unit & Sector as required.
• Support both internal and external audit requests.
• Participate in project reviews and Risk & Opportunities meetings and all decision-making regarding overheads, headcount, direct hours, recoveries.

All about you

We value passion and attitude over experience. That’s why we don’t expect you to have every single skill. Instead, we’ve listed some that we think will help you succeed and grow in this role:

• Accounting experience - Contract / Project Accounting would be preferred.
• Knowledge and experience of SAP.
• Enthusiastic with interest to learn and progress.
• Ability to motivate others.
• Accounting qualification AAT is highly desirable.

Things you’ll enjoy

Join us on a life-long transformative journey – the rail industry is here to stay, so you can grow and develop new skills and experiences throughout your career.

You’ll also:

• Enjoy stability, challenges and a long-term career free from boring daily routines.
• Collaborate with transverse teams and helpful colleagues.
• Contribute to innovative projects.
• Steer your career in whatever direction you choose across functions and countries.
• Benefit from our investment in your development, through award-winning learning.
• Benefit from a fair and dynamic reward package that recognises your performance and potential, plus comprehensive and competitive social coverage (life, medical, pension).

You don’t need to be a train enthusiast to thrive with us. We guarantee that when you step onto one of our trains with your friends or family, you’ll be proud. If you’re up for the challenge, we’d love to hear from you!

What we offer

We offer a highly competitive remuneration package, 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, with the opportunity to buy or sell holiday. Contributed healthcare, life assurance, an excellent company-contributed pension scheme, and a wide range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your lifestyle.

Alstom is the leading company in the mobility sector, solving the most interesting challenges for tomorrow’s mobility. That’s why we value inquisitive and innovative people who are passionate about working together to reinvent mobility, making it smarter and more sustainable.

Equal opportunity statement:

Alstom is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive working environment where all our employees are encouraged to reach their full potential, and individual differences are valued and respected. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by local law.