Assistant Project Accountant
Location: Warton Aerodrome, Lancashire
Contract Period: 6-month contract (with strong extension/perm potential)
Pay Rate: Competitive hourly rate (Umbrella / PAYE - Inside IR35)
Due to the nature of the role: BPSS required (basic disclosure + references)
Pay Note
The Umbrella rate is the gross rate paid to the Umbrella company (inclusive of costs).
Actual take-home differs depending on whether you choose Umbrella, PAYE, or other options happy to walk you through it.
The Opportunity
You'll sit at the heart of project finance driving performance, insight, and control across key customer programmes. This isn't just processing numbers; it's about shaping them.
Working within the Project Finance Capability Centre, you'll support delivery teams with high-impact financial analysis, helping projects run smarter, faster, and more profitably.
If you're commercially minded, detail-focused, and ready to influence decisions, not just report on them this role's for you.
What You'll Be Doing
You'll take ownership of core finance activities across your assigned area, including:
- Monthly trading & reporting
Deliver accurate sales and margin positions ahead of month-end, aligned to IFRS 15 principles - Month-end support
Work closely with FP&A teams through loaders, late adjustments, and integrity checks - Financial insight & reporting
Support Monthly DD / PPR packs, providing clear, actionable insights to stakeholders - Balance sheet ownership
Prepare and review monthly & quarterly packs dig into discrepancies, challenge data, and fix issues - Audit & statutory reporting
Support half-year and full-year reporting, plus external audit processes - Continuous improvement
Spot inefficiencies, identify root causes, and help raise the bar across finance processes
What You'll Bring
- Strong Excel and MS Office skills (you know your way around data)
- Solid grounding in financial controls and reporting frameworks
- Experience in process improvement within finance
- Confidence working with stakeholders across finance and operations
- A self-starter mindset you don't wait to be told, you get stuck in
Why It Matters
This is a high-profile programme with real commercial impact. You'll need to:
- Work to tight deadlines
- Communicate clearly and early
- Solve problems, not just flag them
What's My Next Step?
If this sounds like the right fit, apply now to be considered.
