Job Title: Senior Project Accountant
Location: Glasgow, Lanarkshire + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: Up to £55,000 (Dependent on Experience) + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF59737
At Babcock we're working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Senior Project Accountant at our Cadder Yard, Glasgow site.
The Role
As a Senior Project Accountant, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. Working on behalf of Babcock Rail and the Rail Systems Alliance Scotland (RSAS - comprising of 3 Alliance partners; Babcock Rail, Arcadis, & Network Rail) we are looking to appoint a Senior Project Accountant to the Operations, Projects and Commercial teams across Babcock Rail, Babcock International Group, & Alliance stakeholders (Network Rail & Arcadis).
Day-to-day, you'll be ensuring compliance with all stakeholder reporting requirements, production of accurate and timely project financial information, ensuring robust financial controls, maximum efficiency of processes and reporting, and strong corporate governance in line with Babcock Group & Alliance Customer & Stakeholder requirements:
- Work with the Senior Finance Manager, Project, Operations, and Commercial teams in improving and maintaining the processes used to operate and control project financial performance.
- Liaise appropriately with all Alliance stakeholders.
- Managing the interests of the parent company, this will entail being aware of & managing both the peer / joint stakeholder & supplier / customer relationships.
- Deputise for the Senior Finance Manager as appropriate.
- Critical awareness of target costs ensuring compliance and rigour.
This role is full time, 35 hours per week and requires regular travel to Cadder Yard, Glasgow, on a weekly basis alongside home working arrangements.
Agile working may be available to employees in some instances, applying the principles of fairness and consistency whilst ensuring that the overriding business needs can be appropriately met. We are happy to consider flexible, blended working, including part-time, condensed hours, and job sharing. Please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.
Essential Experience of the Senior Project Accountant:
- Strong business / process analysis and excel skills.
- Excellent influencing and communication skills at all levels.
- Experience of working with Commercial and Project Operational teams.
- Project / Construction / Rail specific knowledge and experience is advantageous but, not essential.
Qualifications for the Senior Project Accountant:
- You must hold a recognised professional accounting qualification (ACCA, ACA, ACMA, CIMA, ICAEW, ICAS) or equivalent / similar.
What we Offer:
- Generous holiday allowance
- Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
- Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
- Employee share scheme
- Employee shopping savings portal
- Payment of Professional Fees
- Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
- Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
- 'Be Kind Day' enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
- Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.
Babcock International
For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.
We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email with the subject header 'Reasonable adjustments requirement'. We're committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone's free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working - please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.
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