Assistant Finance Manager (Joint Venture Accountant)

Description

• Maintain the accounting adjustments required to ensure accurate consolidation reporting for the Business Unit and Group.
• Maintain current knowledge of site operational status and forecast business plans.
• Proactively support managers/directors from the BU’s other functions. Provide information to enable robust decision making within the business, which will deliver shareholder value.
• Manage the JV Management Accountant through a positive, engaging approach, ensuring that processes are robust and controlled, and outputs delivered correctly and in a timely manner.
• Assist in other ad-hoc projects as required.
• Prepare annual statutory accounts for the Joint Ventures and subsidiary entities and ensure filing deadlines are met.
• Preparation and submission of the JV and collaborations monthly management accounts using both COINS and spreadsheets.
• Liaise with Joint Venture partners and funding bank as and when required.
• Prepare all other monthly, quarterly and annual reporting requirements in line with JV/collaboration agreements and third party requirements.
• Produce JV/collaboration 24 month profit and cashflow forecasts for review and submission.
• Deputise for the FM, provide analysis and attend meetings on his/her behalf.
• Ensure the tasks carried out by the JV Management Accountant are completed correctly, accurately and within the required deadlines. These include but not limited to processing of the JV bank account entries, supplier invoices and payments, processing journals, preparing the JV VAT and CIS returns.
• Ensure Finance Manual procedures are complied with, issues identified to enable dispensation to be sought where appropriate.
• Develop team members through on the job training and external training programmes, including finance and soft skills courses (as necessary), objective setting, performance management working in conjunction with the BU Senior Finance Manager.
• Provide reports to JV Board and Steering Committee as and when required.
• If, and when, required assist the FM with the preparation of the month end accounts.
• Respond to data and analysis requests from across the BU Management Team, Division and Group.
• Proactively provide analysis and explanations of actual variances from budget and forecast.
• Prepare weekly sales and pricing analysis for distribution to the wider BU.
• Preparation of the JV annual Budgets and Projections.
• Ensure accurate conversion of third party accounts into TW accounting practices and coding.
• Maintain and manage the Affordable Housing/Build to Rent (BTR) analysis model providing necessary information for forecasting and budgeting purposes, liaising with Production and Commercial teams on a regular basis to support the analysis.
• Attend the weekly build sales meeting, ensure plot completion profiles are accurate and reflect the latest forecast assumptions.
• Ensure the accurate preparation of the bank reconciliations and balance sheet reconciliations for the JV.
• Ensure all submission timetables are adhered to.
• Ensure the accuracy and timeliness of the bank loan draw down facility.

Requirements

• Experience and knowledge of Joint Venture accounting
• Previous industry experience
• Good (Strong preferred) working knowledge of MS Office and Excel in particulat Experience of working with an ERP system
• Part-Qualified Accountant – ACA, ACCA, CIMA

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance