Project Accountant - FTC

Project Accountant
Open to Part-Qualified and Qualified Candidates
12-month FTC

This is a hybrid role with regular travel to our Ashby and Billingham Sites. You can be based at either Site, with flexibility to work remotely.

Join our snack-loving team
We’re looking for a Project Accountant to join us at KP Snacks. If you’re ready to bring your ideas to the table, grow your skills and be part of a team that values what makes you, you – this could be your next big move.

Who are we?
We’re KP Snacks, part of the Intersnack family. Across more than 30 countries, over 15,000 of us work together to make the snacks people love – from Hula Hoops to McCoy’s. In the UK, we’re a team of around 2,400 colleagues, based across seven sites and our Slough HQ. We’re proud of our close-knit culture, where we speak up, celebrate differences and push boundaries together.

About the role

In this role, you will provide clear financial visibility, robust cost control and insightful reporting across complex, cross-functional activity. You will play a key part in ensuring project spend is well managed, risks are identified early and financial performance remains on track.

Working closely with stakeholders across Finance, Operations and Project teams, you will support strong governance and help guide decision-making through accurate, timely and clear financial insight. You will bring structure and discipline to cost tracking, forecasting and reporting, helping to improve transparency and strengthen financial control.

You will also play an important role in identifying risks and opportunities, supporting mitigation plans and driving continuous improvement in financial processes and reporting. With a strong eye for detail and a proactive approach, you will help ensure the business can confidently deliver its plans while maintaining high standards of financial accuracy and accountability.

What’s in it for you?
We believe in rewarding our colleagues and helping them thrive. Here’s a flavour of what we offer:

• £48,000 annual salary, plus an annual bonus scheme with a strong track record of overachievement

• Comprehensive healthcare support – including Medicash Health Cash Plan or Private Healthcare, Digital GP, Best Doctors second opinion service and specialist cancer care

• KP Pension Plan – contribution matching up to 7% of your salary

• 25 days holiday, plus the option to buy more

• KP4ME – our online platform for benefits, discounts, wellbeing tools and more

What will you be doing?

• Own cost tracking and reporting
  Maintain accurate project cost trackers, ensuring full alignment with approvals and scope changes, and delivering clear, timely reporting

• Strengthen financial governance
  Manage approvals, track risks and ensure adherence to accounting standards and governance processes across all spend

• Identify and manage financial risks
  Proactively spot overspend and risks, escalate where needed and support practical mitigation actions

• Support stakeholders and decision-making
  Provide clear financial insight to senior stakeholders through governance forums, helping guide key decisions

• Drive financial control across programmes
  Monitor spend, analyse variances and improve forecasting to increase visibility and control across project and BAU costs

We’d love to hear from you if you can bring:

• Strong financial and analytical capability
  Advanced Excel skills with the ability to interpret and present complex data clearly

• Attention to detail and rigour
  A high level of accuracy with a structured approach to planning and reporting

• Stakeholder engagement skills
  Confidence working with senior stakeholders and building strong relationships with non-financial stakeholders

• Proactive and self-starting mindset
  A driven approach with the ability to identify issues and take ownership of solutions

• Project and cost tracking experience
  Experience managing and tracking projects, including monitoring costs, tracking spend against budgets, identifying risks and ensuring delivery against timelines

• Relevant qualifications
  Degree qualified or equivalent, with part-qualified CIMA or ACCA preferred

Our purpose
At KP Snacks, we're passionate about creating happy snacking moments through our great tasting snacks and iconic brands. Every day, millions of people enjoy our products, including Hula Hoops, McCoy's, KP Nuts, Tyrrells, Skips, POM-BEAR and Butterkist, making us one of the UK's leading snack manufacturers.

For decades, we've been delighting consumers by combining well-loved favourites with exciting innovations that reflect changing tastes and expectations. We're equally passionate about our people and committed to creating a workplace where everyone can grow, develop and make a real impact.

As part of the Intersnack Group, one of the world's leading snack manufacturers, we combine global expertise with a shared commitment to creating happy snacking moments every day.

We’re committed to inclusion
We’re building a workplace where everyone belongs. If you don’t tick every box, we’d still love to hear from you – your unique perspective could be just what we need. And if there’s anything we can do to make the process easier for you, just let us know.

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