Project Accountant

Are you a qualified finance professional looking to play a key role in delivering impactful public sector programmes? We are seeking a Project Accountant to provide strategic financial leadership, strengthen governance, and support effective decision-making across a high-profile programme.

About the Role
The Project Accountant will provide strategic financial leadership and support to a Programme, ensuring effective financial management aligned with programme objectives. Working closely with senior stakeholders to deliver high-quality financial analysis, reporting, and insight to support budgetary control, performance monitoring, and informed decision-making.

The role:

• Lead financial planning, budgeting, and reporting to ensure accurate tracking of programme income and expenditure
• Provide financial oversight and guidance to project managers, maintaining strong cost control and accountability
• Produce timely financial reports, forecasts, and variance analysis, taking action to address risks or overspend
• Develop and maintain robust financial controls, ensuring compliance with accounting standards, audit, and governance requirements
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to gather high-quality financial data and support decision-making
• Manage audits, financial systems changes, and continuous improvement of financial processes and controls
• Lead and develop a team, driving performance, workforce planning, and a culture of accountability, improvement, and high-quality service delivery

The Person

As the successful candidate you will have the following background and experience:

Essential:

• Qualified accountant.
• Recent experience in project or management accounting (e.g. reconciliations, capital accounting, budgeting, business cases)
• Experience working with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders to deliver outcomes
• Strong organisational, communication, leadership, and interpersonal skills
• Ability to influence and engage senior stakeholders across departments and external organisations
• Advanced IT proficiency, especially in Excel and financial/accounting systems

What's in it for you?:

• Annual salary of £48k - £55k
• 37 hour week
• Hybrid working policy
• Flexible working arrangements

To speak in absolute confidence about this opportunity please send an up to date CV via the link provided or contact Meghan Hamilton, Senior Recruitment Consultant on 02896935508 or on email at m.hamilton@mcsgroup.jobs.

MCS Group is committed to Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion for all, being the first recruitment agency in NI to achieve Bronze Diversity Mark accreditation, if you have a disability which means you require a reasonable adjustment to be considered at any stage of the recruitment process, please contact us and we will endeavour to facilitate the request.

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