Project Cost Accountant recruitment
- Attend regular meetings and establish relationships with each of the team leads to acquire a good level of knowledge and detailed understanding of each business area. Work with the team leads to:
- Gather the detailed bottom up information to allow for accurate headcount and cost forecasts and budgets to be built e.g. understanding team structures, resourcing requirements and vendors (types of service and charging methodologies) etc.
- Assist the team leads in managing their cost base and headcount through the year, highlighting issues, responding to queries and providing analysis for their specific teams.
- Develop communication channels to ensure updates are received and provided on items such as: business developments, current cost and headcount status, budget/forecast updates, relevant projects.
- Review and challenge the teams to ensure the required performance indicators relating to invoicing and staff expenses management are being met. Understand any issues and assist with resolution.
- Act as a liaison point with Finance, responding to Finance queries and assisting to provide the lower level detail as required around the monthly cost/headcount movements, accruals, recharges etc
- Track the headcount on a daily basis, reviewing joiners and leavers and work with the HR Resourcing Partner and Business Partner to ensure proposed hires are within forecast. Produce headcount analysis for senior management at the team and regional levels.
- Provide input to projects as required, gathering information, assisting in preparation of presentations etc
- Act as a Super user for the automated invoice processing and staff expense systems, acting as first point of contact for queries and working with Finance to address issues.
- Ad hoc reporting and analysis as requested by senior management.
Required skills/attributes:
* Part Qualified or fully Qualified accountant (or overseas equivalent)
* Banking industry experience preferred
* Experience working in a headcount/cost project preferred
* Team player
* SAP experience preferred
May 14, 2012
• Tags: Accounting & Finance careers in the UK, Project Cost Accountant recruitment • Posted in: Financial