Senior Project Accountant - Capex

Marc Daniels is partnering with a rapidly growing business to recruit a Senior Project Accountant - Capex to join its Finance team. This is a hands-on, high-impact role with responsibility for project accounting, CAPEX, project costing, month-end, and commercial finance support within a dynamic environment.

This position will suit a technically strong accountant with solid project experience, who is confident owning month-end processes and providing commercial insight to project and business leaders in a fast-scaling company in a growing sector

Key Responsibilities

• Own project accounting across a portfolio of capital and operational projects, ensuring accuracy and integrity of project balances.

• Lead CAPEX accounting, including capitalisation, WIP tracking, asset lives, and reconciliations to the fixed asset register.

• Drive project costing activities: budget vs actuals, cost accruals, variance analysis, forecasting, and margin analysis.

• Take full ownership of month-end for project-related ledgers: accruals, prepayments, reclasses, revenue recognition (where applicable), and balance sheet reconciliations.

• Prepare and analyse monthly project reports, highlighting key movements in cost, margin, and cash flow to support management accounts.

• Partner closely with Commercial Finance, Project Managers, and Operations to challenge assumptions, explain variances, and influence commercial decisions.

• Support internal and external audit requirements, including provision of schedules, reconciliations, and commentary on project accounting treatments.

• Identify and implement process improvements in project accounting, CAPEX controls, and reporting as the business continues to scale.

Experience & Skills

• Qualified accountant (ACCA, CIMA, ACA, or equivalent) with strong technical accounting knowledge.

• Proven experience as a Project Accountant or in a similar role with clear exposure to CAPEX and project costing.

• Strong month-end background: comfortable owning accruals, prepayments, reclasses, and reconciliations in a tight deadline environment.

• Commercial mindset: able to translate project data into clear insights and recommendations for non-finance stakeholders.

• Advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, lookups, complex formulas)

• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and presentation skills.

• High attention to detail, with the ability to manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously.

• Experience in telecommunications, utilities, construction, or a similar field is beneficial