Project Financial Controller, Methods
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IT services consultancy
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IT services consultancy
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
More information about location
201-500 employees
Company mission
To help safeguard public-facing services and apply digital thinking to make sure the future of our public services is centred around our citizens.
Role
Who you are
- Experience in project financials, ideally within a technology, engineering, or consultancy environment
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret financial data and communicate insights clearly to non-finance stakeholders
- Experience supporting or driving process improvement and standardization initiatives
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel; working knowledge of Power BI and Power Query is highly desirable
- Comfortable working with financial data related to project revenues, costs, and margins
- Ability to build effective working relationships with technical teams and collaborate across functions
- Part-qualified or studying towards a financial qualification (e.g., ACA, CIMA, ACCA) is a plus but not essential
What the job involves
- The Project Financial Controller plays a key role in tracking, analyzing, and supporting the delivery of strong project margins across a range of customer projects within our technology and engineering consultancy
- Working closely with Technical Project Managers, this role ensures margin performance is accurately monitored and clearly reported to enable informed decision-making and alignment with strategic targets
- The Project Financial Controller contributes to the wider transformation of internal Project Control processes, with a particular focus on reporting automation and improved operational insight
- Monitor and report on project margin performance against defined half-yearly targets, identifying risks and opportunities
- Partner with Technical Project Managers to ensure margin-impacting factors (revenue, costs, financial progress) are tracked and understood
- Analyse movements in project margins and provide narrative and recommendations to improve financial outcomes
- Lead or support the automation of project margin reporting using tools such as Power BI, Excel, and Power Query
- Develop clear and insightful dashboards and reporting outputs to support operational and leadership-level decision-making
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of project control processes, with a focus on simplification, consistency, and transparency
- Become a key user of the internal project management tool used to calculate and present margin performance
- Provide ad-hoc support to project teams and leadership in relation to margin analysis, performance tracking, and reporting
Salary benchmarks
Our take
The UK public sector has long understood the need for digital transformation, but antiquated systems and outdated processes can make even the most ambitious plans for adaptation fall short. Methods has existed for more than 30 years to assist government departments and agencies make the leap, helping them understand the possibilities of digital transformation and guiding them through strategic planning, data migration and implementation phases.
Methods is an acknowledged leader in IT consultancy within the public sector, praised for their human touch and focus on sustainability which it believes sets it apart from firms. Indeed it is trusted by huge swathes of the UK public sector including the NHS, the Office for National Statistics, the Cabinet Office and the Ministry of Defence, to name just a few.
Methods was acquired by the Alten Group in mid-2022. This acquisition will help to reinforce Method's position as a leading player in the public sector while also allowing it to broaden its role in the private sector. It is poised for growth and is investing heavily in talent to make this a reality.
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Company benefits
- Autonomy to develop and grow your skills and experience
- Be part of exciting project work that is making a difference in society
- Strong, inspiring and thought-provoking leadership
- A supportive and collaborative environment
- Development access to LinkedIn Learning, a management development programme and training
- Wellness 24/7 Confidential employee assistance programme
- Social - Breakfast Tuesdays, Pizza Thursday monthly, weekly social in the office and commitment to charitable causes
- Time off 25 days a year
- Pension Salary Exchange Scheme with 4% employer contribution and 5% employee contribution
- Discretionary Company Bonus based on company and individual performance
- Life Assurance of 4 times base salary
- Private Medical Insurance which is non-contributory (spouse and dependants included)
- Worldwide Travel Insurance which is non-contributory (spouse and dependants included)
- Benefits Platform offering various retail and leisure discounts
Company HQ
Farringdon, London, UK
Leadership
Pat Crossley-Smith
(Executive Director)Previously worked in Agile Product at BUPA and Senior Manager in Development at British Airways.
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