Project Accountant

Project Accountant

My client, a PE-backed and fast-growing engineering consultancy, is seeking a Project Accountant to play a central role in its finance transformation. This is a newly created role reporting to the Financial Controller. You will lead the rollout of NetSuite across acquired entities and standardise processes, controls and reporting across the group.

The Role

• Lead the next phases of the NetSuite implementation, rolling it out to all group companies
• Implement consolidation on NetSuite, along with purchase orders and new AP workflows
• Work with compliance partners of overseas subsidiaries to build consistent group processes for tax, VAT and statutory filings
• Maintain and improve internal controls, applying them consistently across all entities
• Select and implement a new employee expenses tool
• Support the annual audit, grants and R&D tax credit processes
• Work with the Financial Controller on acquisition accounting and due diligence
• Provide financial analysis and reporting to support strategic and operational decisions

The Person

• Qualified accountant with 3 to 5 years pqe
• Experience in ERP implementation and/or finance transformation
• Strong technical accounting, including consolidation
• Process mapping and controls implementation experience
• Strong project management: workplans, stakeholders and deadlines across workstreams
• Confident presenting to all levels of management and working with external implementation partners
• M&A or post-acquisition integration experience an advantage

Salary: €85k - €90k plus benefits and excellent flexibility.

Hybrid working, 3 days on site.