Finance Project Controller - Birmingham, United Kingdom - Arcadis

Arcadis

Verified Company

Birmingham, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play.

With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world's most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description:

Arcadis is seeking a Finance Business Partner. To provide accurate reports to Business Directors and Business Unit Controllers across the UK Places GBA.

Proactively support PMs to ensure Arcadis projects are set up, forecast, billed and closed in a timely manner as set out in the Arcadis Way Principles.

Work closely with Business Partners to ensure accurate reporting of performance, minimize working capital and escalate risks identified. The position will be based in United Kingdom.

This role will report to BU Controller Places

Role accountabilities:

The main responsibilities of this role include, but are not limited to:

Build trusted relationships with Business Directors to ensure appropriate quality and service
Build trusted relationships across the UK Places Finance Team to further collaboration
Identify continuous improvement and encourage collaboration and knowledge sharing across the wider finance team
Support Business Unit Controllers interpret month end results; review and analyse P&L results including multiplier, FB and indirect costs.
Support Business Unit Controllers with the business planning & estimate process
Provide insightful management information to Business Directors / Operations Directors
Drive improvements in working capital by reviewing and driving billing/cash collection
Train Project Managers on Oracle and support where required
Advise Project Managers on efficient project setup structures, ensuring revenue recognition in compliance with IFRS
Support Project Managers to reforecast projects as required; identify and challenge project performance changes to drive accuracy of month end reporting
Support on project reviews as required; report any risks identified to management
Ensure reliable and accurate month end reporting of project performance
Comply with Arcadis Way policies and procedures

Required Qualifications

Fully Qualified accounting qualification or equivalent by experience
Ability to organize, motivate and develop a team
Relevant experience of working in a medium/large organization
Excel and ERP to a high proficiency
Attention to detail and consistent high standards
Good interpersonal and communication skills
Excellent time management skills

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters.

It's why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You'll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you'll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet.

Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions.

Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people.

We believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas.

Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life and we work closely with our people across six ED&I Workstreams:
Age, Disability, Faith, Gender, LGBT+ and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.

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