Projects Finance Officer

Are you confident in double-entry bookkeeping and ready to take on complex, high-value projects? Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment where your Excel skills truly make a difference?

Robertson Bell is pleased to be partnering with a leading Oxford-based organisation to recruit a Projects Finance Officer on an initial nine-month contract, with the potential to go permanent. This is a hybrid role offering the opportunity to play a key part in ensuring financial control, compliance, and insight across a major portfolio of projects. You’ll be managing detailed reporting, forecasting, and ensuring accurate use of funding.

Key responsibilities include:

• Running monthly ledger close and commitment reports, and maintaining forecasts
• Responding to a high volume of varied and often complex financial queries
• Preparing detailed financial reports for external funders
• Ensuring all spend aligns with grant terms and supports project delivery

The ideal candidate will:

• Be confident in double-entry bookkeeping, with solid finance experience
• Have strong Excel skills (including VLOOKUPs, formulas, and ideally Macros)
• Be comfortable handling complex, high-volume queries
• Communicate clearly with stakeholders at all levels