💼 Full-Time Position

Project Accountant

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Hays Senior Finance
📍 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
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Location
Cheltenham, United Kingdom
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Posted
June 29, 2026
Type
Full-Time
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Full-Time Opportunity: This is a permanent, full-time position with a competitive package and real career growth potential.

Job Description

Project Accountant | Process Build & TransformationCompetitive day rate | 8‑week contract (likely to extend) | Immediate start
Hays are exclusively partnering with a dynamic, rapidly growing business on the outskirts of Cheltenham to recruit an experienced Project Accountant to rebuild and simplify its management accounting and reporting framework. Following significant growth and multiple acquisitions, legacy spreadsheet‑based processes have become overly complex and no longer scalable.
The Role
You will be responsible for starting from scratch to design and build:

Management accounts, forecasts and reporting packs
Robust reconciliations and working files
Scalable Excel models capable of importing data from multiple entities and systems
Clear, simple processes with strong controls embedded early in the cycle
About You

Qualified accountant or QBE (ACA / ACCA / CIMA or equivalent)
Extensive experience producing management accounts and reconcilia...