Project Accountant

Role Overview: As a Project Finance Officer at WSP, your primary responsibility is to provide proactive financial oversight and support across the project lifecycle. You will ensure robust project hygiene, accurate reporting, and strong stakeholder engagement. Your role will involve serving as a key point of contact for project managers, delivering training, troubleshooting, and guidance to improve financial awareness and project compliance. By conducting regular project reviews and insightful reporting, you will identify projects requiring attention and collaborate with cross-functional teams, including billing support, to drive corrective actions. Ultimately, your position will support the delivery of financially sound, well-governed projects through enhanced visibility, engagement, and operational discipline. Key Responsibilities: - Work towards compliance with NI 52-109 for all Project Finance controls in an Oracle environment - Provide Internal Audit support - Review processes and suggest improvements - Analyze Working capital for various businesses/projects - Perform Project reviews and timely identification of risks and opportunities - Compare actuals vs budgets/forecasts and identify reasons for variations - Contribute to delivering Business Unit P&L, annual budgets, and quarterly forecasts - Coordinate with different team members including project leaders, business partners, and GBS - Review various reports like utilization reports, time cost reports, etc., and reach logical conclusions - Analyze the cost to complete of different projects - Gain a good understanding of the business and analyze the numbers based on the business understanding - Provide ad-hoc reporting and reconciliations as required - Prepare and finalize reports pertaining to various projects for Global reporting - Review and carry out project-wise, Business Unit-wise cost & margin analysis and provide reasons for the erosion/gain of margins Qualifications: - Full accountancy qualification with a recognized organization (ACA, CIMA, ACCA) - Experience in finance business partnering, supporting a variety of senior stakeholders - Confident in communicating at all levels of the organization - Committed to enhancing collaboration across organizational boundaries - Committed to continuous improvement and lifelong learning - Familiar with working in collaboration with shared services teams Company Details: WSP is one of the world's leading professional services consulting firms dedicated to local communities and driven by international brainpower. With approximately 4,000 talented individuals across 3 locations in India and more than 73,000 globally, WSP offers technical expertise and strategic advisory services in various sectors. The company prides itself on engineering projects that contribute to societal growth and sustainability. WSP values diversity, inclusion, and innovation, fostering a collaborative environment where employees can work on complex global projects and make a positive impact on communities worldwide. For more information, visit www.wsp.com.,