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Senior Project Accountant at Green Molecule Technologies (GMT)
Full Time – GMT HQ, Peterborough
GMT is hiring a Senior Project Accountant to join the Finance Team, reporting into the Chief Financial Officer.
To work closely with the Head of Finance within a small busy accounts department, providing accurate and relevant financial analysis to the project delivery team. Encompassing Statutory and consolidated accounts.
To provide relevant support in the form of progress reports to every area of the GMT organisation. Based at the Company’s offices in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire but will require occasional travel to project sites.
GMT's Mission:
GMT’s mission is to dynamically facilitate and support businesses to accelerate their journey toward decarbonization, delivering efficient, carbon-negative renewable natural gas that powers the transition to a cleaner, greener tomorrow. As leaders in biomethane, GMT uniquely develops, builds, and operates plants with our proprietary, cutting-edge technology. It’s our belief that biomethane, especially from abundant straw, is the key to a dynamic net-zero future.
We’re here to support the energy transition, offering a powerful, scalable alternative to fossil fuels - making a real, lasting impact.
Our goal is to produce 1TWh of carbon negative renewable natural gas by 2030 and we are well on our way.
The Role:
We are seeking a Senior Project Accountant to assist the Finance Team and the Chief Financial Officer .
This role, based in Peterborough with a level of WFH, involves preparing project reports, project cost accounting, and management accounts. Responsibilities include assisting with budgets, forecasts, audit schedules, and cash flow reporting.
- Assist with the preparation of monthly management pack and all associated schedules.
- Assist in preparation of year-end audit schedules and liaise with auditors in relevant areas such as Capex & inventory valuation and tax compliance.
- Preparation of consolidated entity reporting.
- Cash flow reporting on a weekly/monthly basis.
- Ad-hoc tasks as required.
- To Develop, monitor compliance with Company policies and procedures including, but not limited to, ISO9001, ISO14001 and ISO27001.
- Customer focussed - displays pro-active approach to meeting both internal and external customer needs.
- Results-focussed - strong desire to achieve results and works hard to reach goals and targets. Seeks to achieve results which enhance business success.
- Flexibility - displays versatility and adaptability. Identifies need for change, develops new ideas, encourages and supports innovation. Reacts positively and with enthusiasm to change and improvement. Has capability to achieve results and manage workload even at peak of pressure. Self-manages to be highly effective even at times when workload is less.
- Professional - takes career seriously and considers the business dimensions of decisions carefully. Intellectually and analytically rigorous; displays high competence in chosen field and is trusted by the business to “do the right thing”.
- Integrity and morality - acts with scrupulous honesty with customers, colleagues, and suppliers and everyone else they come into contact within the workplace.
- Communication and listening - strong interpersonal skills; the appropriate use of written, oral, non-verbal and listening skills, with an ability to persuasively impart information and pick up on underlying messages.
- Problem solving - displays logic, creativity and pragmatism in resolving problems, requiring little supervision and using disciplined problem-solving methods.
- Adaptability - the ability to react to different circumstances whilst maintaining composure and focus on objectives; can be relied upon in tough situations and is able to constructively challenge the status quo to facilitate appropriate change.
- Teamwork - a strong team player with the ability to recognise and manage the team dynamic; demonstrates the ability to understand others motivations and actively assess their strengths and weaknesses, is aware of others workloads and responds accordingly.
- Leadership - strong leadership skills, conveying confidence, presence and a professional image at all levels within an organisation
This job description is not an exhaustive list of duties, but it is intended to give a general indication of the range of work undertaken and will vary in detail in the light of changing demands and priorities within the Department. Any substantive changes in the range of work undertaken will be carried out in consultation with the job holder.
Your experience and skills
- Qualified ACCA/CIMA.
- Proven experience in the preparation of accounts for long term construction projects.
- Commercial management and knowledge of basic legal requirements.
- Experience of managing junior team members.
- Experience of a major ERP (minimum requirement).
- Proficient in Microsoft Excel and data manipulation via Pivot tables data look ups etc.
- Experience of working on major Infrastructure projects, within Oil & gas, Energy, Renewables or similar industry.
- Excellent attention to detail.
- Good time-management skills (e.g. organisation, prioritisation, self-starter).
- Ability to set and work to tight deadlines, meet project deadlines while maintaining high quality standards.
The specifics
- Competitive Salary
- Company benefits including Private Health
- Pension
