Project Finance Officer

Interested in a role that offers excellent benefits including 35+ days annual leave? Want to work for an organisation that gives their staff an excellent work/life balance? Are you an ambitious finance professional looking to fast track their career within finance? Then this is the role for you!

My client is a leading organisation based in Bedfordshire looking for a Project Finance Officer to join the team in a role that is filled with excellent development and training opportunities.

The main responsibilities of the Project Finance Officer are as follows:

• Full responsibility for the management of the transactional finances of c.200 projects across the organisation, overseeing millions of pounds in funds.
• Review and report on all project transactions, processing invoices and calculating claims.
• Provide vital input to the preparation of monthly project accounts, assisting the Project Accountant by reconciling a large number of costs and claims within this process.
• Play a leading role in coordinating the audit process, responding to any queries as and when required.

This is a wonderful opportunity for a junior finance professional looking to fast track their career, with on the job training and a development path in place to fully qualify as an accountant whilst gaining a broad experience of finance in the process. Furthermore, this is an organisation whose benefits are second to none with over 35 days annual leave on offer and an excellent work/life balance that includes working from home and flexibility around family life.

The successful candidate for the Project Finance Officer role will have:

• At least two years’ experience within a finance setting.
• Knowledge of double entry bookkeeping.
• Ideally experience of project finance work previously, however, candidates without this are still encouraged to apply.
• Intermediate Microsoft Excel skills (vlookups, pivot tables, etc.).

If you are interested in this position, please apply immediately as applications are reviewed daily and this role may be filled before the closing date.