Accounts Assistant

You’ll be part of a collaborative team of 12, working closely with Team Leaders and Supervisors to deliver timely and precise costing services. From managing timesheet systems to reconciling staff data, your contributions will help drive consistency and excellence across the business.

Join Arup’s global Costing team and play a key role in ensuring accurate project and cost accounting across all five regions. You’ll help maintain financial integrity by managing staff time allocations, supporting billing accuracy, and collaborating with internal stakeholders. This is a fast-paced, detail-driven role where your work directly supports the smooth operation of Arup’s finance systems.

If you thrive in a structured environment, enjoy solving problems, and have a sharp eye for detail, this role could be a great fit. You’ll need to be comfortable working to tight deadlines, communicating clearly with internal clients, and taking ownership of key processes. A strong customer focus and a commitment to continuous improvement will set you apart.

• Experience in project and cost accounting, ideally within a shared service or consultancy environment
• Effective communicator with a customerfirst mindset
• Proficient in transactional data processing with high speed and accuracy
• Familiarity with ERP systems such as Oracle or JDE
• Comfortable working in a team and contributing to process improvements
• Strong attention to detail and excellent organizational skills

We are owned in trust on behalf of our members, giving us the freedom, with personal responsibility, to set our own direction and choose work that aligns with our purpose and adds to Arup’s legacy. Our members collaborate on ambitious projects to deliver remarkable outcomes for our clients and communities. Profit Share is a key part of our reward, enabling members to share in the results of our collective efforts.

Guided by our values, we provide an attractive total reward package that recognises the contribution of each of our members to our shared success. As well as competitive, fair and equitable pay, we offer a career in which all of our members can belong, grow and thrive – through benefits that support health and wellbeing, a wide range of learning opportunities and many possibilities to have an impact through the work they do.

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We also provide Private medical insurance, Life assurance, Accident insurance and Income protection cover. In addition, you’ll have access to flexible benefits to help you look after all aspects of your wellbeing and give you the freedom and flexibility to find the best solutions for you, your family, and your individual needs.