Project Finance Analyst - IT

Job title: Project Finance Analyst - IT Location: Warwick/Wokingham/Hybrid Duration: 6 months initially Adecco is an employment consultancy. We put expertise, energy, and enthusiasm into improving everyone's chance of being part of the workplace. We respect and appreciate people of all ethnicities, generations, religious beliefs, sexual orientations, gender identities, and more. We do this by showcasing their talents, skills, and unique experience in an inclusive environment that helps them thrive. The role: This role is to support all IT portfolio investments to achieve our ambition, partnering with Delivery Managers in costing their delivery plans, month end and commercial processes plus oversight of correct usage of finance policies and guidance (Capex/Opex/iRTB). Responsibilities: · Understand and be able to communicate project financial processes within IT, working closely with both the Portfolio and Programme Managers, and corporate finance teams · Support and guide Project Managers and Solution Engineering Managers to ensure good financial management practices are adhered to · Working with Portfolio Finance Lead, ensure guidance on committed (purchase orders) and transactional spend (budget transfers, central overheads recharge) are followed by projects · Support and guide Project Forecasts, both within year and future financial years - provide overview of budgets and forecasts · Work closely with the Business Consultants to determine future pipeline of projects and the potential financial implications · Coach PMs in best accountancy practice · Act as point of contact for financial queries from portfolio stakeholders · Support and be the IT champion for any new finance tools · Review portfolio submissions to ensure good finance practices are being followed · Support creation of investment papers and provide financial challenge · Understand and challenge what project finance figures are comprised of, ensure baseline cost forecast methodology consistency between projects · Ensure that supporting month-end narratives for key financial metrics are captured by project management · Support queries or reports from CIO as needed · Ensure finance holding account figures are reconciled and cleared down on a regular basis Requirements: · Direct experience of a broad range of finance processes and best practices · Help in creating, standardising, and maintaining financial processes · Experience of IT project/product delivery financial environments · Excellent analytical skills with eye for detail · Excellent written and oral communication skills with ability to explain complex financial narratives effectively to technical and non-technical audiences · Commercial focus - understanding of the cost and value drivers of IT and the Business · Customer focus - ability to interact with the IT Project Management community to benefit the end-to-end result · Ability to build successful working relationships and partnerships with IT Programme Managers, Project Managers, and other stakeholders; demonstrate influence over peers and more senior managers in a virtual team environment · Ability to build successful working relationships and partnerships with finance teams · Attention to detail - able to ensure all financial figures are sound before being shared Candidates will ideally show evidence of the above in their CV in order to be considered. Please be advised if you haven't heard from us within 48 hours then unfortunately your application has not been successful on this occasion, we may however keep your details on file for any suitable future vacancies and contact you accordingly