Management Accountant

Job Description - Management Accountant

Reporting to: Finance Director

Join a FTSE 250 five-star homebuilder, headquartered in Newcastle upon Tyne, which operates 22 trading divisions across England, Scotland and Wales. The company has grown from a family firm, established more than 75 years ago, into a respected national brand, selling over ten thousand homes a year.

Job Summary

The role of Management Accountant involves assisting in the production of accurate and timely financial transactions and reports in addition to maintaining the business’s accounting records. It will also involve providing support and direction to the wider finance team.

Principal Accountabilities

• Prepare month end balance sheet reconciliations and management accounts and prepare monthly journals and account analysis, facilitating the financial year end and preparing schedules for external audit

• Lead on the preparation of the month end file and monthly checklist and prepare divisional reporting returns (VAT, CIS, Payroll)

• Treasury management - ensuring monthly and daily cash flow forecasts for the division are as accurate as possible, prior to review by the Finance Director. This should include divisional adherence to the Prompt Payment Code

• Provision of support and direction to the Assistant Accountant(s)/Finance Assistant(s)/Finance Apprentice on daily workload

• Initial contact for Finance queries or problems, conduit for reporting and escalating issues to Head of Finance/Finance Director. Assist the Finance Director / Head of Finance with data entry, queries and reports for the forecast system, as necessary.

• Assist the Head of Finance/Finance Director to ensure compliance with the Group Accounting Manual and to implement business process improvements

• Assist with purchase ledger, sales ledger, bank and payroll processing when required and oversee on the maintenance of house sales ledger including monthly sales reconciliation • Perform cost analysis, return, troubleshooting transactions and suggesting corrections and conduct maintenance of KPI and analysis schedules

• Carry out any other reasonable tasks as directed by the Finance Management Team.