Project Accountant

Role Summary:

The Project Accountant is the lead accountant for the Project Management team, handling most day-to-day accounting related responsibilities and activities associated with the projects. They provide superior customer service as well as constructive feedback. They will be the functional expert in the areas of accounts receivable, accounts payable, job costing and billings. They will coordinate and facilitate the invoicing process, ensuring invoicing is timely, accurate, and in accordance with customer purchase order requirements, and assist in collecting accounts receivable. This position will be based out of Zeeco's Lissone office, Italy.

Responsibilities include:

• Processing sales invoices in line with customer order requirements and project billing milestones, working with the Project Manager and Accounts Receivable to resolve any billing queries and proactively highlighting any issues.
• Working closely with project managers to ensure accurate recognition of project revenue.
• Following up project milestone billing forecasts with project managers to ensure timely billing of customer milestones.
• Preparation and processing of intercompany invoicing for pass through projects and job cost recharges.
• Maintaining the project accounting files, adding invoice copies, and managing the financial implications of any changes made during the project.
• Support the production of the monthly job cost report analysis and reconciliation in coordination with the project manager for timely financial reporting.
• Daily monitoring of accounts receivable aging reports, researching past due invoices and short payments, following up with customers on outstanding/past due invoices, and preparing and communicating past due reports to internal management.
• Ensuring monthly closing deadlines are met.
• Reviewing and identifying reporting errors, then recommending and posting corrections.
• Leading or supporting project audits as applicable.
• Ensuring every project is fully closed-out with all billing, cross charging and reconciliations completed.

The Candidate:

• Accounting qualification or degree in Finance.
• Minimum 2 years' experience within a similar role, preparing, processing and analysing financial information.
• IT literate (Microsoft Office) with excellent Excel skills and experience using Sage 200
• Confident and assertive, with good verbal and written communication, particularly with internal and external customers.
• Good organisation and time management skills and the ability to work to tight deadlines.
• Good risk management skills.
• Resourceful, good problem-solving skills, attention to detail and highly dependable.
• Must be fluent in English