Project Accountant

Job description / Role

Atkins are currently looking for a Project Accountant to report to the Senior Project Accountant for the Middle East Region. This position involves assisting Project Managers with the preparation of invoices, project financial reporting, and overall financial management. The Project Accountant will be an integral part of the ongoing finance strategy of standardising quality and working methods..

Responsibilities

- Assist Projects Managers with preparation of invoices
- Periodic project reporting using MS Excel to manipulate data from the transactional accounting system
- Receipting of cash received from clients
- Forecasting of cash receipts from projects
- Ensuring compliance with business management processes and internal audit requirements
- Ensuring all timely recording of all costs to projects including monthly project accruals
- Administration of all financial documentation relating to projects such as signed contracts, original bid data, bonds, payment milestones, and other documents required for audit
- Preparing cash-flow based on forecast billing and spend
- Periodic reporting to business sectors on enquiry spend and bid success
- Responsible for accurate reporting of work in hand
- More specialised support to major projects as and when required
- Support to sector Finance heads with project adjustments at financial month end
- Other adhoc requests as required

Requirements

Requirements

Technical Competencies

Essential

- Degree level or higher qualification in Finance
- Minimum of 3 years experience within a Finance environment
- Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel
- Working knowledge of other Microsoft office tools
- Proven experience of interacting with internal or external clients
- Experience of working within a multi-cultural environment Desirable
- Working knowledge of JD Edwards, Hyperion and other finance specific IT systems and databases

Behavioural Competencies

Essential

- Initiative - ability to work with minimum supervision and make suggestions on best practice and improving current processes and procedures.
- Teamwork - willingly cooperate with the others towards the same goals and objectives
- Communication skills - effective interpersonal and communication skills (verbal and written)
- Time Management - able to prioritize, plan ahead and achieve objectives within set timescales

SNC Lavalin's Atkins business is one of the largest multidisciplinary, multi sector engineering design consultancies in the world and is part of the SNC Lavalin Group.

As one of the world's most respected design, engineering and project management consultancies with a leading track record in the defence sector, Atkins are ideally placed to respond to this market. We have a broad establishment and proud, 50 year history throughout the Middle East region.

We provide a full range of design, engineering and project management services for buildings, transportation and other infrastructure programmes.

Atkins in the Middle East now employs around 2,000 staff serving Gulf clients across all market sectors from offices in Abu Dhabi, Al Ain, Doha, Dubai, Jeddah, Kuwait City, Manama, Muscat, Riyadh, and Sharjah.

Rewards & Benefits

- We offer an excellent package which includes:
- A competitive salary
- Transportation allowance
- Medical and life insurance cover
- 22 calendar days annual leave
- Medical and life insurance cover
- Company gratuity scheme
- Discretionary bonus scheme
- Annual flight allowance to point of origin
- Employee Assistance Programme - 24 hour free advice on financial, legal and family care specialists and also access to personal health, fitness and nutrition consultants.

About the Company

Atkins is one of the leading providers of professional, technology based consultancy and support services to the industry, commerce and governments in all of the worlds major economies. With over 17,000 staff operating in Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific and the Americas, Atkins has a broad range of skills and resources and provides Clients with a comprehensive service throughout the entire life cycle of the projects in the built environment.

We aim to be the international first choice supplier of technical and integrated services. Shaped by our customers' needs, our vision is to:

• focus on quality
• seek world class design and excellence
• strive to add value
• be flexible to the evolving needs of a changing society

Atkins first carried out design and supervision commissions in the Gulf area in 1967. From its regional head office in Dubai, U.A.E. Atkins Middle East now employs over 2000 staff located in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Oman (Muscat ), Qatar (Doha) Bahrain (Manama), Kuwait (Kuwait City) and India (Bangalore).