Project Accountant

Project Accountant Salary: Competitive Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract – 12 months – 35 hours a week Location: Hybrid working (office based in Birmingham) – typically 2 days in the office per week Closing Date: 25/09/2026

Shape Brighter Futures with Wesleyan Established in 1841, Wesleyan help trusted professionals—GPs, hospital doctors, dentists, and teachers—secure their financial future. Today, we’re proud to continue that mission with passion and purpose. If you’re looking for a role where your expertise makes a real impact, and you want to work in a culture that values collaboration, innovation, and integrity, we’d love to hear from you. Find out more about who we are: careers.wesleyan.co.uk

Make a Difference in the Financial Planning and Analysis team. This is an exciting time to join the Wesleyan team within their transformation arm, for a maternity cover fixed term contract. Within this role you will have extensive interaction with operational teams across the organisation and will be pivotal to building relationships, as well as using financial data to drive key decision making within the programmes.

Your Impact Here’s how you’ll make a difference:

Business partnering with Programme Managers and Directors providing financial insight, challenging assumptions and supporting decision making across key projects or programmes.

Lead financial management and provide accurate monthly financial information, highlighting risks and opportunities, and key variances including recommended actions.

Work closely with operational delivery teams to identify efficiencies and financial optimisation.

Provide scenario analysis and forward-looking insights to support programme delivery and long-term planning.

What You’ll Bring

A fully qualified accountant or working towards the qualification with only a few exams to take before qualifying.

Experience of finance business partnering across a range of projects and programmes.

Strong communication skills;

Excellent customer service in dealing with internal and external customer queries;

Excellent problem solving and business analysis skills;

Ability and motivation to deliver tasks under pressure to tight deadlines;

Excellent attention to detail;

Ability to work on own initiative;

Strong knowledge of Excel and Word;

An organised and flexible approach to work.

Benefits That Work for You We believe rewards should reflect the life you live. Here’s what you can expect:

Annual bonus to recognise your contribution.

28 days holiday (plus a culture day!) – rising to 30 days with service.

Flexible hybrid working for better work-life balance.

Company pension scheme – matched plus 2% (up to 10%).

Free secure underground Birmingham city centre parking (subject to availability, weekend use included).

Salary sacrifice schemes that help you provide the things that matter – to include PMI, Electric Vehicle Leasing and cashback on everyday essentials.

Enhanced family leave and two volunteering days to give back to causes you care about.

Discover the full range of benefits: Wesleyan Careers Rewards

Why Wesleyan? We’re building a culture where everyone belongs. Diversity isn’t just a policy—it’s part of who we are. Whatever your background, we want you to feel valued and empowered to thrive. We’re proud supporters of the ABI Making Flexible Work campaign, which means we’re open to discussing flexible working, job shares, and part-time options. If you need reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, just let us know—we’re here to support you.

What to Know Before Applying

Right to Work: We’re unable to provide VISA sponsorship, so you’ll need the legal right to live and work in the UK.

Advert Closing: We typically advertise for two weeks but may close early if we receive a high volume of applications—apply early to avoid disappointment.

Ready to Shape Your Future? Apply today and join us in creating brighter financial futures—for our customers, our members, and you.