Come grow with us. As the Senior Project Accountant, you will be responsible for the financial administration of projects across all business lines and project delivery teams, acting as the Finance representative on the project team.The Project Accountant will act as the senior project accounting expert in their geography and will assist in communicating and enforcing AECOM policy and best practice, and will have overall responsibility for project revenue recognition, including month end close activities.You will be responsible for ensuring the knowledge is transferred from the local finance team and documented for the projects you will take over responsibility for ensuring a smooth transfer of service.How you’ll make a difference<ul><li>Act as a Business Partner with Project Managers (PM) and project delivery teams.<ul><li>Being available to the PM and Project Delivery teams to advise on finance issues</li><li>Attendance on portfolio overview meetings with Ops management</li></ul></li><li>Monitor project performance and key indicators. <ul><li>Early identification and understanding of movements in project portfolio KPI's to help inform Ops teams of potential financial risks/opportunities</li></ul></li><li>Compute and check Revenue recognition calculation to ensure Accuracy, Completeness, and Compliance to policy.<ul><li>Is able to explain revenue recognition principles to non-finance staff</li><li>Ensuring revenue recorded on the project(s) at month end is in line with revenue recognition rules</li></ul></li><li>Understand the commercial and billing requirements of the projects, including complex issues.<ul><li>Work with the project teams to understand any specific billing and payment requirements of contracts</li></ul></li><li>Consistency Responsibilities<ul><li>Advise on the consistency of approach for the identification of Work/Work projects</li><li>Advise on the application of non standard cost rates</li></ul></li><li>Month end close, including project revenue adjustments, WIP (Work in Process) and loss provision analysis.<ul><li>Complete month end trackers accurately to ensure correct revenue recognition</li></ul></li></ul>

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Senior Project Accountant

Come grow with us. As the Senior Project Accountant, you will be responsible for the financial administration of projects across all business lines and project delivery teams, acting as the Finance representative on the project team.The Project Accountant will act as the senior project accounting expert in their geography and will assist in communicating and enforcing AECOM policy and best practice, and will have overall responsibility for project revenue recognition, including month end close activities.You will be responsible for ensuring the knowledge is transferred from the local finance team and documented for the projects you will take over responsibility for ensuring a smooth transfer of service.How you’ll make a difference<ul><li>Act as a Business Partner with Project Managers (PM) and project delivery teams.<ul><li>Being available to the PM and Project Delivery teams to advise on finance issues</li><li>Attendance on portfolio overview meetings with Ops management</li></ul></li><li>Monitor project performance and key indicators.&nbsp;<ul><li>Early identification and understanding of movements in project portfolio KPI's to help inform Ops teams of potential financial risks/opportunities</li></ul></li><li>Compute and check Revenue recognition calculation to ensure Accuracy, Completeness, and Compliance to policy.<ul><li>Is able to explain revenue recognition principles to non-finance staff</li><li>Ensuring revenue recorded on the project(s) at month end is in line with revenue recognition rules</li></ul></li><li>Understand the commercial and billing requirements of the projects, including complex issues.<ul><li>Work with the project teams to understand any specific billing and payment requirements of contracts</li></ul></li><li>Consistency Responsibilities<ul><li>Advise on the consistency of approach for the identification of Work/Work projects</li><li>Advise on the application of non standard cost rates</li></ul></li><li>Month end close, including project revenue adjustments, WIP (Work in Process) and loss provision analysis.<ul><li>Complete month end trackers accurately to ensure correct revenue recognition</li></ul></li></ul>

Senior Project Accountant

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