Project Accountant (SAP) – 12 month fixed term contract/secondment

Up to £66,000 (Work Level 5) pus great benefits

Hybrid/Manchester – in this role, you’ll split your time between home and the Manchester office, at least once a week. For more information of our hybrid working policy, visit jobs.coop.co.uk/hybrid-working-policy

With our SAP go-live date approaching here at Co-op, we’re looking for an experienced Project Accountant to oversee the financial support and finance business partnering for this critical system transformation. Sitting within the central FP&A team, you’ll work closely day to day with the Programme Director and Programme Lead to ensure the project stays on budget.

You’ll also support the financials on pan Co-op SAP projects, ensuring seamless financial management across workstreams. This is a high-visibility role where you’ll engage with key stakeholders, providing detailed financial insights to drive informed decision making.

If you’re looking for an opportunity to drive financial excellence in a fast-paced environment, this is the role for you. 

What you’ll do

• Oversee the financial management of the SAP transformation project, including budgets of end-to-end projects and managing spend and performance of individual business cases to ensure the delivery within budget and identifying where cost savings can be made
• Work closely with the programme leadership team and wider business unit to provide detailed financial analysis and insights that support key decision making
• Provide support and challenge to make sure that initiatives are carried out efficiently, and benefits are delivered
• Track that all plans are delivered to target and internal quality standards
• Support post-implementation SAP projects across the business, managing financial processes for FTP and RBTE whilst ensuring strong financial governance
• Be responsible for the day-to-day management of cost centres, and have an overall understanding of corporate cost positions 
• Lead, mentor and support the development of a lead financial analyst

This role would suit people who have

• Strong experience in cost management and overseeing project delivery from a financial perspective, with the ability to maintain a high-level view of benefits realisation
• Proven expertise in project-level financial reporting, including governance-focused reporting and ensuring compliance with financial controls
• The ability to build strong relationships with colleagues up to executive level, challenging and influencing where necessary
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to present complex technical information to non-financial audiences in a compelling way

Why Co-op? 

If you have the skills that we need, we can offer you a competitive salary and great benefits package which includes 30% off Co-op branded products in our food stores (as well as other discounts on Co-op products and services).

• private healthcare
• coaching, training and support to help you develop
• pension with up to 10% employer contributions
• annual incentive scheme
• Wagestream - a money management app that gives you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn it
• 28 days holiday (rising to 32 in line with service)
• discounts on Co-op products and services
• Grocery Aid – 24/7 access to a range of emotional, financial, and practical support services for you and your family

Building a diverse environment

We’re actively building diverse teams and we welcome applications from everyone. If you have a disability, we can make reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process according to your needs. We're also part of the Disability Confident scheme, meaning we'll always offer an interview to disabled candidates who apply through the scheme if they meet the minimum criteria for a job.

We'll ask whether you’d like to be considered under the Disability Confident scheme when you apply.

If we invite you to take part in the recruitment process for any of our jobs, we’ll ask you if you need any reasonable adjustments to enable you to participate.

You can find out more about our recruitment process at jobs.coop.co.uk/apply-process

You can find out more about the Disability Confident scheme and all our commitments to diversity and inclusion at colleagues.coop.co.uk/diversity-inclusion-and-wellbeing

Please be aware that we may close applications for this role early