Role overview

• ID: 2024-6037
• Entity: Vistry
• Region: Vistry Northern Home Counties
• Department: Finance & Tax
• Contract Type: Permanent - Full Time
• Job Location: Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
• Date Posted: 20.08.2024

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Management Accountant to join our team within Vistry Northern Home Counties, at our Milton Keynes office. As our Management Accountant, you will support the objectives of the Finance team for the Region, providing financial and commercial reporting and analysis. Developing and managing excellent relationships with our stakeholders. Provision of internal and external reporting and maintaining financial control for the Northern Home Counties business unit.

We are pleased to say, this role can accommodate agile working arrangements.

• Let’s cut to the chase, what’s in it for you...
  • Competitive basic salary and annual bonus
  • Agile working possible (dependent on role)
  • Up to 33 days annual leave plus bank holidays
  • Private Healthcare
  • Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
  • Competitive contributory pension scheme
  • Life assurance – 4 x your annual salary
  • Share incentive schemes
  • Employee rewards portal with many more benefits...
• In return, what we would like from you...
  • Behave in line with our company values – Integrity, Caring and Quality
  • Strong academic record
  • Strong GCSE/A levels or equivalent
  • Part Qualified ACCA / CIMA
  • Experience of working as a management accountant
  • Very good understanding of Microsoft Office, particularly Excel.
  • Excellent analytical and organizational skills
  • Strong mathematical and IT skills
  • Ability to work to a high degree of accuracy
  • Good understanding of the business
  • Ability to explain technical financial information clearly to non-finance people
  • Ability to work efficiently under pressure and meet deadlines
  • Attention to detail
  • Able to communicate to individuals at all levels and build strong working relationships across disciplines
  • Good team working skills
  • Time management
  • Honesty and discretion

  Desirable...

  • Qualified CIMA / ACCA
  • Experience working in a similar role in the housebuilding or construction sector
  • Knowledge of the housebuilding industry
  • Experience using COINS (ERP system)
  • Experience using ANAPLAN (ERP system)
• More about the Management Accountant role...
  • Preparation of management accounts for the core business and joint ventures with variance analysis to identify trends and provide commentary.
  • Monitor and report on key metrics both financial and non-financial, to report to joint venture partners and provide to management.
  • Assisting with monthly and weekly forecasting including updating system information on sales. This includes ownership of P&L and supporting schedules to ensuring forecasting is accurately reflected in the system.
  • Ownership of revenue valuations claims and forecasting.
  • Ensuring the integrity of data within the financial system is maintained through regular reviews of plot data and implement changes to data management requested by Central teams.
  • Review of regular monthly and weekly reporting submitted to Division and Group Finance by junior members of team, provide mentoring and support to enable their development.
  • Participate in period end processing, journals to process actuals, balance sheet reconciliations and reporting to the Group Finance Team.
  • Participate in audits conducted per the calendar including audits for joint ventures.
  • Involvement in day-to-day transaction recording as required including journals, purchase orders, sales invoicing, cashbook postings, payments to suppliers and chasing overdue debt.
  • Assisting with ad hoc projects such as implementing Group harmonization of procedures, requests for analysis, seeking out ways to improve current processes and internal controls.
  • Assistance as required with annual budget and strategic planning cycles.

Finally, let’s tell you a bit more about us...

We’re Vistry Group, the UK’s leading provider of affordable mixed-tenure homes. Our core values of integrity, caring, and quality shape all we do; our partnership-led approach helps us build sustainable communities where they’re needed most.

You’re probably familiar with our unmatched portfolio of brands: Linden Homes, Bovis Homes, and Countryside Homes. We also have Vistry Works, our timber frame manufacturing operation, and Vistry Services, our support functions. Together, we build more than homes, so there’s nowhere better to build your career. We’re proud that our culture sees everyone treated fairly and respectfully, with diversity and inclusion a top priority and reasonable adjustments provided during the application process. Join us in making Vistry.

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Benefits

Agile Working

Offers a flexible way of working.

Annual Leave

Enjoy 28 days’ holiday plus all UK Bank Holidays. There are options to carry leave forwards and buy up to 5 days.

Pension with Legal & General

Eligible employees are auto-enrolled. You contribute 4%, we contribute 6%. Salary Sacrifice and options to increase contributions available.

Volunteer Days

With 2 paid volunteer days a year, you can give back to communities and charities.

Why Vistry

Joining Vistry is just the start of building your perfect career. In return for your passion and skills, we invest in your future, providing all the support and training you need to thrive in your career and realise your potential. Our work is rewarding in itself, but we also offer a range of financial, lifestyle, health and wellbeing benefits, plus plenty of recognition incentives. We value you and everything you help us build as we make Vistry together.