Interim FP&A / Project Accountant – Bristol (3–4-Month Contract)

Are you an FP&A specialist who loves getting under the skin of data and the business behind it? A large Bristol-based manufacturing organisation (400+ staff) is looking for an experienced interim FP&A / Project Accountant to step in and bring clarity to a complex overtime and timesheet environment.

This is a hands-on, high-impact contract where you’ll combine advanced Excel & Power BI modelling with true business partnering — not just reporting the numbers, but understanding why they’re happening.

What you’ll be doing:

• Reviewing and analysing overtime and timesheet data across 60–70 bookings
• Building clear, insightful models in Excel & Power BI
• Investigating cost drivers by getting out into the business and fact-finding
• Partnering with PMO, Engineering, Finance and Operations
• Bringing structure, control and insight to cost management
  
  What we’re looking for:
  
  
• Proven FP&A / Project Accounting experience
• Strong Excel & Power BI skills (you enjoy working with messy data)
• Confident stakeholder engagement & business partnering
• Background in manufacturing / costing / cost management is highly beneficial
• Someone pragmatic, curious and commercially minded
  
  The details:
• Contract: 3–4 months
• Rate: Circa £250-£300 per day
• Location: Bristol (3/2 split between office & home)
  
  If you’re an interim who enjoys solving real business problems, adding value fast, and leaving things better than you found them — this one’s for you. Get in touch with Charlie Maidment at Hays Bristol to find out more.