Senior Finance Manager

Description

• Manage the consolidated monthly close process, ensuring a clean close of all sub-ledgers, interfaces, and accounting judgements, with the general ledger closed by WD3.
• Line manager of 5 finance staff within the team. Manage the team members through a positive, engaging approach, ensuring that processes are robust and controlled, and outputs delivered correctly and in a timely manner.
• Preparation of monthly management reporting for the BU. Include commentary which explains both YTD and full-year forecast variances from budget (or forecast), for review by the FD and incorporation in the monthly BUMT Board Report. The analysis will reflect operational understanding.
• Develop team members through on the job training and external training programmes, including finance and soft skills courses (as necessary), objective setting, performance management and succession planning.
• Submission of actuals and forecast data to Division and Group (via OneStream) on WD4, confirming the accuracy of all data in the P&L, balance sheet, cash flow and other submitted operational data.
• Preparation of forecasts and projections sourced from the COINs environment, for approval by the FD, and submission to Division/ Group. These presently consist of a 2 Year Profit and Cashflow Forecast as well as a Forward land bank profit projection
• Monthly review of WIP commitment and spend commitment carried out in conjunction with the Commercial Manager. Forecasts and Budgets
• Account and forecast for the complex areas of notional interest (IAS) on land acquisitions, land overage payables and closed sites.
• Preparation of the biannual detailed business plan/forecast, with support from the FD and with key decisions taken by the business and members of the BUMT. Interaction on plan creation with JVs where applicable.
• Review balance sheet reconciliations, including entries and accounts managed by central teams (e.g. payroll accounting), ensuring that items are correctly analysed and any accounting anomalies are cleared on a timely basis. Highlight issues to the FD during review and gain overall FD sign off.
• Review WIP and land recoverability reports, to ensure that all planned balance sheet amounts will be recovered by end of phase/ site. Liaise with the commercial and land departments to resolve any over/ under-recovery issues.

Requirements

• Previous industry experience
• Staff management (required) with development of staff (preferred)
• Qualified Accountant – ACA, ACCA, CIMA, with prior experience of working as a financial accountant (or external auditor) and management accountant.
• Good working knowledge of MS Office and Excel in particular

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance