Project Accountant

About the role:

LUC’s finance team is collaborative, supportive and focused on continuous improvement. The team is based across our London, Bristol, Sheffield and Glasgow offices and supports the whole of LUC.

This role is ideal for someone in their early career pursuing an accountancy qualification, with study support provided. You will report to the Finance Manager and gain hands-on experience.

Partnering directly with Project Managers and Directors, you will oversee project finances and lead regular reviews to ensure strong financial performance. We’re looking for someone who enjoys building relationships, constructively challenging stakeholders, and supporting the delivery of successful environmental projects.

The role will include, but not be limited to:

Partnering with Project Managers and Directors to set up and manage project financials in line with LUC procedures, ensuring strong financial governance and control.

Acting as a trusted advisor, ensuring project teams have accurate, timely, and meaningful financial information to support decision-making. Taking a proactive role in managing the financial performance of large and complex projects.

Leading monthly reviews of work-in-progress (WIP), providing challenge, insight, and recommendations to optimise project performance and cash flow.

Delivering targeted training and ongoing support to non-finance staff, improving financial understanding.

Building strong relationships with stakeholders across the business.

Analysing and interpreting project profitability, providing actionable insights to drive improved margins and operational efficiency.

Providing flexible & value-added finance support to the wider business and produce high-quality financial and management reports.

This role includes the opportunity to share and participate actively in the management and ownership of the business through the Employee Ownership Trust, which places full ownership of the company with the employees.

This is an exciting opportunity to work for a sincere, employee-owned company with strong values and a particular focus on addressing the climate emergency and delivering positive impact.

The role is based in LUC’s office in Bristol. We work in a hybrid model with people being in the office a minimum of two days per week. There will also be travel required to visit sites, client offices and other office locations.

A full-time role is based on 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday). However, LUC has a strong track record in flexible working, and we have been recognised for our flexible working culture, so we are happy to discuss a range of flexible working options for this role including part time hours (minimum 30 hours per week) if desired.

Salary: £28,875 - £31,500 FTE (Dependent on experience)

Experience and qualifications

The successful candidate will be organised and efficient with good communication skills. You will be keen to utilise these skills, your knowledge and experience “to deliver better places for nature, people and places”. This role is likely to have a strong focus on renewable energy projects, including wind farms, solar farm, mixed use technologies, and overhead lines, so an interest in this area would be beneficial.

Essential

AAT level 4 qualification (or be in the final stages of completion) and looking to progress towards professional qualification.

Confident using Excel and used to handling large amounts of data.

Desirable

Experience in using accounting systems (Sage, Xero) – on the job training will be provided

Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

Please apply by uploading your CV and covering letter via the link: https://hr.moorepay.co.uk/hr/recruitment/job/a2f8c29f2022012f657780c3f06c4b34/53756

LUC is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and we actively encourage applications from under-represented groups. We value the differences, needs and contributions a diverse workforce represents, and we strive to embed equality, diversity and inclusion in all our people related activities.

About LUC:

LUC is an award-winning environmental consultancy celebrating 60 years of impact. Since 1966, we have been dedicated to a single mission: delivering better futures for nature, people, and places.

As an independent, employee-owned business, we combine a rich heritage with a forward-looking approach. Our multidisciplinary teams – spanning planning, impact assessment, landscape design, ecology, and geospatial services – collaborate to tackle complex land-use challenges across the UK.

From restoring historic environments to driving climate resilience and nature recovery, we are proud of our past. But in our 60th year, our focus is firmly on the future and driving positive change for the next generation.

Our Mission is to deliver better futures for nature, people and places.

Just like our founders, we’re dedicated to leaving this world in a better place. And we believe we have the power to create a positive legacy through all our projects. We do this by guiding our clients, as well as influencing national and local policy.

Of course, we recognise that change is inevitable. But we also recognise that cities, towns and landscapes of the future must work to help nature recover and to create a fairer society for all. We are committed to creating beautiful, inclusive places that support the health and wellbeing of the people and environments impacted by such inevitable change.

Our Values are what make us.

They reflect our heritage, express the attitudes of our people, and capture what our clients tell us we’re like to work with. Our values are timeless, informing the actions of every generation of LUC.

They guide our big thinking as much as our daily working lives – from the projects we pursue, to how we manage people, to how we resolve conflicting interests.

We act with professionalism and integrity

We have the courage and openness to lead

We collaborate to achieve shared goals

We act with passion, insight and creativity

We are intrinsically people-centred

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: £28,875.00-£31,500.00 per year

Benefits:

Casual dress

Company events

Flexitime

Profit sharing

Referral programme

Sick pay

Transport links

Work from home

Language:

English (preferred)

Work Location: In person