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Project Accountant - FTC
KP Snacks
Home Office register entry: KP Snacks Limited, Slough
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This role is listed by an employer that holds a live Home Office sponsor licence on the Skilled Worker route.
Closest occupation match: SOC 2421, Chartered and certified accountants. Home Office going rate for this occupation: £49,200 a year.
Public reference figures for the Skilled Worker route: the standard salary threshold is £41,700 a year and the new-entrant threshold is £33,400 a year. Individual eligibility depends on personal circumstances. These figures are public reference information, not advice or a verdict on this job.
Role description
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
Last verified against our ingestion on 2 September 2026; sponsor register dataset 2026-08-25.