Project Accountant - Gloucester, United Kingdom - Ecclesiastical Insurance Group

Ecclesiastical Insurance Group Gloucester, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Description

Working hours: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Duration: 6 month FTC

Location: Gloucester

Job Ref: 202574

About the role

Benefact Group are looking for a Project Accountant to join Ecclesiastical on an interim basis for 6 months, based at our Gloucester office.

This role provides an opportunity to be a key part of a growing and dynamic area of the business. You will assist the UK General Insurance Finance Team in providing financial support to key projects.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a rapidly growing and forward thinking business and to be part of a purpose led organisation.

Key responsibilities

To support the project teams in compiling, monitoring, and reporting project costs, guaranteeing the accuracy and correctness of the data
Preparing monthly data (cash and P&L) for management accounts.
Assist with analysis of results to support the leadership team and Group Finance requirements, including helping to spot and analyse overruns, discrepancies, and monthly variances.
Assist in preparing the monthly re-forecast for key projects, to deliver a robust and reliable view of outturn for the year.
Capital expenditure reconciliation and analysis for tax.
Taking part in the annual budget preparation and 4-year planning
Ensuring that agreed standards of financial control and risk management are embedded in all business processes.
Support the delivery of complex business cases, modelling and supporting benefit tracking through the design of appropriate measures and governance.
Support the UK GI Team by providing ad-hoc analysis, insights and reports as requested.
Actively expand personal technical knowledge both informally (networking internally and externally, internet, industry press) and formally (In-house training, CPD)

Knowledge, skills and experience

Qualified Accountant (preferential)
Ability to multi-task
Excellent organisational skills
Positive, enthusiastic, pro-active with a can-do attitude
Attention to detail.
Strong Excel skills
Basic numeracy skills
Insurance sector and industry knowledge is preferred
Project accounting experience for large scale IT projects (preferential)

What we offer

A competitive salary - let's discuss it
Flexible working
Group Personal Pension - up to 12% employer contribution
Generous annual bonus scheme
25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, and a holiday buy and sell scheme
An array of health and wellbeing benefits, including private healthcare, income protection and life assurance
Up to £300 annual personal grant to a charity of your choice
Encouraged to take at least one volunteering day per year
Employee Assistance Programme
Full study support to gain professional qualifications

About us

Benefact Group is a unique international financial services group made up of over 30 businesses. We are owned by a charity and currently the 3rd largest corporate donor in the country, having given away £200 million since 2016. We have an ambitious plan to become the number one corporate donor with strategic objectives in place to double the groups size over the next five years.

We believe it's essential to attract, empower, grow and reward talented people offer career opportunities and personal development through a fantastic learning and career framework. Luckily for us, the nature of who we are – our giving ethos, our 135 year history and the diversity of what we do – has built a culture of kindness, of great ambition, of passionate people driven to do better and be better.

At Benefact Group, we welcome applicants from all backgrounds and experiences. We understand that the perfect candidate for this role may not necessarily meet every requirement listed in this advert, and we encourage you to apply even if you feel that you don't fulfil every single qualification. Your unique perspective and potential are valuable to us, and we invite you to submit an application if this opportunity resonates with you.