Position Overview

Within our Finance team, the position of Project Accountant work to provide high quality support to a number of key stakeholders including the Practice Finance Business Partners, Group Financial Controller and CFO.

The role holder will be a key member of the Project Accounting team and will work alongside the resourcing team to ensure that projects are correctly, set-up and maintained throughout the project life cycle. This role will also play a key role in producing timely and accurate project related information and proactively supporting the business.

This is a wide-ranging role providing opportunities to engage with teams across the business which will provide professional growth and variety to the role.

To learn more, please visit us at: www.prescienthg.com.

Example Responsibilities

The following are example responsibilities of this position and are, as such, not meant to be exhaustive, nor convey every responsibility that may vary over time, without changing the essence of this position:

Project Admin

·         Project set-up, inc. admin. of approval of any projects being set up prior to contract

·         Change-order set-up

·         Ensuring that all required project tags are attached to each project

·         Project closure

·         Issue of project exception reports (end dates about to become historical, etc.); chasing up resolution of matters highlighted

·         Management of billing milestone actions – liaison with project team to confirm that a invoice can be raised

·         Follow up on invoices to ensure that we are chasing these so that payment can be received on time and we can maximise cashflow

·         Ensure projects are being planned within in line with project set-up SLA’s and escalate if not done so

·         Issue actual versus proposal hours to PM.  Ensure that this has been done/followed up with client by PM within 5 days

·         Ensuring SOW’s / POs in place for every project

·         Supporting with annual audit process

·         Support on other ad-hoc tasks as needed

Education, Experience, Knowledge & Other Skills

The following criteria outline the minimum hiring criteria for this position, unless otherwise stipulated below as “preferred,” or “a plus.”

·         Undergraduate or advanced degree in a related discipline, with 6+ years corporate / business experience.

·         Proven knowledge of our business and the fundamental practices, principles, and tools used in management consulting

·         Sound knowledge and ability to manage time effectively, work independently and be self-motivated.

·         IT literate including the use and familiarity with Microsoft Office (PowerPoint, Word, Excel) with proficient Microsoft Excel skills.

·         Communication: strong communication skills, both written and verbal, including fluency in business English

·         Collaboration: strong collaboration skills and proven ability to work well within teams

·         Project Management, Time Management & Organisation: demonstrated abilities to effectively support projects to ensure on-time, within-budget, and high-quality deliverables. Demonstrates high attention-to-detail and quality

·         Achieving Results: consistent track record of meeting or exceeding assigned goals and objectives

We are committed to doing our part in the broader communities in which we work and live. As such, all employees will play their part in supporting our broader business mission, vision, purpose and the Prescient brand as well as our commitment toward optimising the social and environmental elements of our communities. We will support these efforts by ensuring regular communications, periodic trainings, volunteering, and other relevant activities. People managers will play a particularly active role in this by assuming responsibilities for certain social and environmental activities that we support as an overall organisation.

We are an equal opportunity employer and fully comply with applicable legislation in all the geographies in which we operate. Applicants are considered for positions without regard to veteran status, uniformed service member status, race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information or any other category protected by applicable national, federal, state, or local laws.