Management Accountant

Application Reference Number: 0130
Function: Finance
Location: Farnham Royal, Slough
Position Type: Permanent
Application End Date: 30/10/2020
Job Purpose: To assist the Finance team in providing accurate and timely financial analysis and reporting, project accounting management and comprehensive business partnering.

Responsibilities and Accountabilities: 

• Amalgamate different data sets to produce and update cost reports providing monthly positions and variances highlighting areas of concern
• Forecast possible future outcomes of cost positions
• Estimate land & build payment dates
• Represent Finance at site cost meetings and feedback key information
• Process entries to correct miss-postings
• Recognise profit and post corresponding entries
• Recharge salary costs to sites & key strategic partners
• Update key date changes on sales system
• Forecast cash expenditure and receipts
• Post intercompany entries
• Ensure VAT posting accuracy
• Post accruals and prepayments
• Value current stock holding and Land Bank
• Calculate ROCE for each development
• Finalise postings on the system and declare position to HQ
• Management of the P/L team (3) and ensure deadlines are met
• Process reservation values onto system
• Provide weekly sales stats to the sales dept inc averages
• Produce weekly management pack for distribution to the Ops board
• Calculate CIS tax values to send to HMRC
• Providing ad hoc reporting duties and be a general excel point of contact

 Technical Competencies: 

• Demonstrated experience working in a management or project accounts role, preferably for a property developer
• ACCA/ACA part qualified

Person Specification:

• Strong customer facing and presentation skills
• Commercial acumen with a resilient nature
• Target driven with good negotiation skills
• Able to work in a team and on own initiative
• Good listening and verbal communication skills
• Able to demonstrate computer literacy
• Good time management skills
• Positive and confident attitude

Please note our standard working hours are 8.30am until 5.30pm Monday to Friday. 

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