Project Accountant

“Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.”  Abraham Lincoln Sheridan Maine is partnering with a Southwest based organisation to recruit for an Interim Project Accountant. This is a contract assignment responsible for leading the implementation of the new system.Key responsibilities of the Project Accountant:

• Lead and oversee the end-to-end delivery of the systems implementation.
• Project manage to ensure key deadlines and project objectives are met.
• Collaborate with internal teams, stakeholders, and external providers to design, configure, test, and implement the system.
• Ensure finance processes and controls are embedded within the system, and support data migration, validation, and testing.
• Provide training, guidance, and ongoing support to the finance team to ensure smooth adoption and post-implementation optimisation.
• Support additional finance projects, as required.
• Plus, a range of additional activities related to the project.

To be considered for this position of Project Accountant you will ideally be a qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA) with strong technical skills and finance processes expertise.  You will also possess:

• A proven track record in systems change, finance process improvement and projects.
• Project management, planning and project delivery experience.
• Strong ERP systems knowledge.
• Excellent communication, analytical skills, and attention to detail, with the ability to work to tight deadlines.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an interim finance professional with project delivery experience to undertake a key contract role.If you’re passionate about this position or are keen to hear more, please click on “apply” as soon as possible.You are required to be eligible to work in the UK full time without restriction.Due to the high volume of applications, it is not always possible to respond to unsuccessful applicants. Therefore, if we have not responded to your application within five days, please assume that on this occasion your application has not been successful.