Commercial Finance Project Administrator

Company description

About us

We believe in the power of ingenuity to build a positive human future in a technology-driven world.

As strategies, technologies and innovation collide, we create opportunity from complexity.

Our diverse teams of experts combine innovative thinking and breakthrough use of technologies to progress further, faster. Our clients adapt and transform, and together we achieve enduring results.

An innovation and transformation consultancy, we are over 3,200 specialists in consumer, defence and security, energy and utilities, financial services, government, health and life sciences, manufacturing, and transport. Our people are strategists, innovators, designers, consultants, digital experts, scientists, engineers and technologists. We operate globally from offices across the UK, US, Europe, and the Nordics.

PA. Bringing Ingenuity to Life.

Job description

With a global network of FTSE 100 and Fortune 500 clients, we’ll offer you unrivalled opportunities for growth and the freedom to excel. Combining strategies, technologies and innovation, we turn complexity to opportunity and deliver enduring results, enabling you to build a lasting career.

Isn’t it time you joined us?

An exciting opportunity to join a fast-paced team within PA Consulting. We were recently voted one of the “Top 25 places to work in the UK”. This role will work with the Account Administrative team supporting the Consulting Sector and Service teams.

This vacancy is a 12 Month Fixed Term Contract

• We work in a hybrid model at PA, but your work base will be aligned to our Cambridge Office

This role will work with the Commercial Finance Account Administrative team supporting the Consulting Go-to-Markets

We are looking for a creative problem solver who loves to explore problems with senior stakeholders and project managers, ensuring in depth knowledge of client contracts and costs.

You will be responsible for working with our project management system, opening and maintaining sold projects, ensure the complete booking of time to projects and raising invoices for one or more of the Consulting teams.

The role requires commercial awareness ensuring timely invoicing and a good working relationship with Credit Control.

Key responsibilities include:

• Accurate commercial filing and Audit compliance
• Managing weekly Time Report Process
• Opening and maintaining sold jobs in financial systems
• Ensuring accurate and timely Invoicing
• Using Client Portals to upload and submit invoices and manage debt
• Support Credit Control with chasing of debt
• Accountability to respond and report to government requirements within our secure sectors
• Accurate financial reporting to Partners, Assignment Managers and Head of Sectors.
• Provide data and respond to Sales Executive and Senior Board members KPI’s
• Support to wider team on adhoc tasks

About You

To rise to the challenge this role brings, you will possess:

• A minimum of 2 years’ recent experience working in a finance team, with a desire to become an expert in organisational agility
• Proficient financial acumen numerical and administrative skills, including Excel
• Previous experience of Peoplesoft projects preferable but not required but a willingness to learn a bespoke financial system is needed
• Meticulous attention to detail and a creative-solution driven approach.
• Susceptible to change and expected to operate a high level during change processes
• Numerate and able to analyse large amounts of data and figures
• Sound business and commercial knowledge ideally gained in a services organisation
• Exceptional interpersonal skills and ability to build strong relationships with top-level stakeholders  
• Excellent written and communication skills
• The competence to apply strong, critical thinking skills to help solve complex problems
• Able to use initiative, work well under pressure, without close supervision

This role requires working on Secure Client contracts so you will need to have been resident in the UK for a minimum of 5 years.

Qualifications

About You

To rise to the challenge this role brings, you will possess:

• A minimum of 2 years’ recent experience working in a finance team, with a desire to become an expert in organisational agility
• Proficient financial acumen numerical and administrative skills, including Excel
• Previous experience of Peoplesoft projects preferable but not required but a willingness to learn a bespoke financial system is needed
• Meticulous attention to detail and a creative-solution driven approach.
• Susceptible to change and expected to operate a high level during change processes
• Numerate and able to analyse large amounts of data and figures
• Sound business and commercial knowledge ideally gained in a services organisation
• Exceptional interpersonal skills and ability to build strong relationships with top-level stakeholders  
• Excellent written and communication skills
• The competence to apply strong, critical thinking skills to help solve complex problems
• Able to use initiative, work well under pressure, without close supervision

Additional information

Inclusion & Diversity

We believe that diversity makes us a stronger firm and look to employ people with different ideas, styles and skill sets. This diversity stimulates a rich, creative environment – one in which our people develop, and our clients enjoy enduring results. We’re committed to recruiting, promoting and rewarding our people solely based on their ability to contribute to PA’s goals, without regard to their sex, race, disability, religion, national origin, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age or marital status.

Should you need any adjustments to the recruitment process, at either application or interview, please contact us on recruitmentenquiries@paconsulting.com