Management Accountant

Management Accountant

FTSE 100 Developer in Milton Keynes

£55,000 - £60,000 + £5,000 Car + 10% bonus

This is an exciting opportunity for a qualified and self-motivated accountant with commercial acumen to join a high performing finance team within one of the largest operating companies in the Group. Acting as a finance partner to some of the most exciting new mixed-use developments, you will play a crucial role in the success and management of multi-year, multi £m sites where you will see the output of your work applied every day. You will be given early responsibility over a breadth of key areas of management accounting, forecasting, reporting and financial control. You must be organised and reliable with a relentless attention to detail. This role would be well-suited to a qualified accountant with a passion for residential property development and an eagerness to develop into a future finance leader.

Key Responsibilities:

Finance Partnering / Project Accounting:

• Responsibility for controlling the profit and cash flow forecasts for developments within the portfolio, acting as a finance partner to both finance and non-finance stakeholders across the business.

• Responsibility for controlling the project balance sheet, establishing a detailed understanding of work in progress, sales deposits, and accounting provisions for the development.

• Monthly financial reporting of the development and responding to queries from the wider Group and external auditors in respect of the site.

• Production of analysis to support commercial decisions, working closely with the project management team to ensure changes in commercial circumstances are modelled in company profit and cash flow forecasts. Financial Control.

• Balance sheet control, working with accountants in the team to manage the consolidated balance sheet covering debtors, creditors and fixed asset schedules.

• Preparation of HY and FY deliverables and responding to external audit queries.

• Month end close and green lighting of company books.

• Internal VAT return submissions and VAT reconciliations, developing an understanding of VAT treatment specific to the construction industry.

• Ad hoc posting of journals

• Intercompany reconciliations

• Management of confidential payroll information and costing

Personal Attributes:

Key to success in this role will be your passion for taking ownership and your attention to detail. Building relationships with stakeholders across the business will be key, as will your eagerness to identify ways to improve processes that contribute to business performance. The key attributes we are looking for are:

• Attention to detail

• A willingness to challenge the status quo to improve processes

• Ability to learn bespoke systems integral to operational performance

• Team player

• Friendly and approachable

• Ability to interpret complex information and portray it in a simple manner

Professional Skills and experiences:

We are looking for :

• A qualified accountant (ACA/ICAS/ACCA/CIMA).

• A track record of high performance in a corporate environment

• Passionate about the property industry