Job Description

The Role:

Reporting directly to the Financial Director, the Senior Accountant will work closely with internal stakeholders to fully understand/ interrogate forecast costs to complete.

Main Responsibilities:

• Ensure correct cost allocation
• Fair and reasonable approach to forecast costs to complete, including monthly spend

• Raising any issues or concerns to the executive board
• Review of accruals
• Monitoring the client variations and ensure the appropriate level of authorisation has been sought
• Financial control, systems & reports
• Audit of internal controls
• Audit of the approval process and checks made within the finance team in respect to subcontracts and payments
• Work with internal departments to ensure a robust system in place for maintenance contracts including cost allocation/ recharging
• Producing the PCD’s monthly and monitoring progress against forecast
• Working closely with the management in developing and managing the information systems for monitoring project progress and controlling the reporting systems
• Monitoring of cash to ensure this is managed in line with forecast
• Working closely with the senior management of the construction team and advisors, to ensure maximisation of rebates are achieved, monitored, and tracked

• Assisting the Finance Director/ Group Financial Controller to prepare cash flows, budgets, projections
• Assisting the Finance Director in producing appraisals on new schemes and developing tools to assist/ improve this process

The Package:

A salary of £60,000 to £70,000 per annum, dependent on experience, car allowance, 33 days annual leave (inclusive of bank holidays), plus an extra day leave for your birthday, private medical health, life insurance, pension contributions, cycle to work scheme, retail discount scheme training and development opportunities, fantastic performance incentives and a great team of people to work with.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Experience analysing constructional information for producing forecasts At least 3 years in property or construction accounting experience At least intermediate to advanced excel skills CIMA, ACCA or ACA qualified or working towards Superb communication and analytical skills to drive through the various organisational verticals Ability to motivate the personnel in working better and realise individual and collective goals