Title:  Project Accountant

Job Title – Project Accountant

Job Location – Tewkesbury, UK

Job ID – 32081

About this opportunity and L3Harris UK

From 11 UK sites, our team of nearly 1,000 people delivers unique capabilities across space, air, land, sea and cyber for military, security and commercial customers across the UK and worldwide.

L3Harris in Tewkesbury and Fleet form part of our ICI division. In the land domain, our T7 and T4 multi-mission robots deliver next-generation remote capabilities and uncompromised performance. We design and manufacture world-leading land force protection systems, cyber and electromagnetic activities (CEMA), electronic warfare (EW) and encryption capabilities. Our cyber capabilities provide an information advantage in the fields of kinetic conflict, cyber warfare, force protection and counterterrorism.

A few of our employee benefits are:

• Hybrid working where possible – we operate a 65% onsite requirement across the month (average of 3 days per week)
• 25 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays), increasing with long service and with the opportunity to buy/sell up to 5 days
• Private medical insurance with optional family cover
• Pension scheme of up to 8% employer contribution
• Life Assurance 4x salary (flexible up to 10x)
• Group income protection
• Flexible opt-in extras such as a health care cash plan, dental insurance, gym membership, critical illness cover, cycle to work scheme and electric vehicle leasing scheme
• Employee Family Assistance Program providing mental health and wellbeing support

What the role will involve

The responsibilities of your role will include the following:

• Ensure that projects and programs adhere with established controls and processes
• Maintain and update project performance analyses to ensure understanding of project financials within the Project Management community
• Ensure a consistent methodology is applied across all programs in relation to contingency, risk and their connection to milestones
• Support relevant bids to assist in preparing financial analysis and applying financial acumen
• Work with finance team to ensure correct billing and application of transactions to relevant projects and programs
• Operate the monthly close routine for projects ensuring accurate and timely information is fed into the process
• Provide support for periodic external and internal audits, from project overview to financial reports and reconciliations
• Adhere to all financial reporting requests and deadlines in respect of the transactions and reporting driven from projects
• Strong ability to navigate business processes and procedures

What you’ll bring

The role requires the following experience and skills:

• Qualified or Part Qualified Accountant with recognised accountancy qualification
• 5+ years of experience with EVM, financial reporting and internal/customer reporting
• Strong interpersonal skills, including the capability to interface and present with internal and external customers and form a strong business partnership with key programme leaders
• Self-motivated, including the ability to work with people of all levels of the business
• Self-starter with the ability to proactively solve complex problems and issues in a timely manner and with limited supervision.
• Ability to operate effectively in a matrixed environment
• Must have good organisational skills and be capable of prioritising and executing multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.

Important to know

Due to the nature of our work many our roles require a UK nationality and the ability to obtain a security clearance. Applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment must meet the requirement of right to work in the UK and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information and will be subject to government security checks.

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