Senior Financial Analyst
Vistry Group PLC
Milton Keynes, GB
In a Nutshell \n\nWe have a great opportunity for a Senior Finance Analyst to join our team within Vistry Northern Home Counties at our office in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire . We are seeking a skilled and detail-oriented Senior Finance Analyst to join our Group finance team. \n\nTo manage the joint venture activities for the Region, supporting the Regional Finance Director and Team in providing financial and commercial analysis. Developing and managing excellent relationships with our joint venture partners. Assisting in the provision of internal and external reporting and financial control, focused on joint venture activities for the Northern Home Counties business unit.\n\nLet's cut to the chase, what's in it for you \n\nCompetitive basic salary and annual bonus\nAgile working possible (dependent on role)\nUp to 33 days annual leave plus bank holidays\nPrivate Healthcare\nCompetitive contributory pension scheme\nLife assurance - 4 x your annual salary\nShare incentive schemes\nEmployee rewards portal with many more benefits In return, what we would like from you \n\nBehave in line with our company values - Integrity, Caring and Quality\nACA/ACCA professional qualification or equivalent international qualification.\nExperience in consolidation/ working within a large Group;\nExperience managing multiple projects simultaneously in line with strict deadlines;\nExperience within audit practice;\nExperience working with or for external auditors;\nExperience building relationships with a wide range of colleagues.\nHighly proficient in Microsoft Office,\nExcel, Outlook;\nHigh level of attention to detail;\nExcellent organisational skills and analytical skills;\nGood Maths and IT skills;\nAbility to work to high degree of accuracy;\nComfortable reading accounting standards and interpreting appropriate accounting.\nAbility to work under pressure and meet deadlines;\nAbility to work both independently and as part of a team;\nAbility to challenge upwards effectively;\nSelf starter and driven to succeed;\nAccuracy and attention to detail;\nExcellent communications skills;\nTime management skills;\nHonesty and discretion.\nWillingness to work the hours required to meet the needs of a busy finance teamDesirable -\n\nExperience with joint venture entities;\nExperience preparing financial statements under IFRS, FRS101 and FRS 102;\nExperience accounting for payroll.\nExperience of a large Group listed company's half year and/or full year reporting process;\nAbility to analyse a set of financial statements and understand what they tell us about the business and their performance, and identifying where something appears unusual.More about the Senior Finance Analyst role \n\nExternal Reporting - Support the Financial Reporting Manager in the preparation of the Group's external results for both the Half Year and Year End, whilst working closely with the external auditors and other relevant stakeholders across the business from planning to completion.\nProcess improvement - Review existing financial reporting processes, suggest improvements and see the implementation of these improvements from start to finish.\nBusiness Partnering - Building relationships with business unit Finance teams, communicating regularly and assisting/guiding local teams on application of accounting policies and preparation of information for Group submissions.\nTechnical accounting - Provide insight into technical accounting areas\nFinancial Statement preparation - Lead the preparation and coordination of the material subsidiary\nfinancial statements working with all stakeholders to ensure that the accounts are prepared, audited, reviewed and filed on time.\nIFRS 16 Leases and Fixed Assets - Own and manage all things leases and fixed assets across the Group, including the preparation of registers, review of business unit submissions and being the "go to expert".\nPayroll - Assist the wider Group Finance team in the Payroll posting and recharge process including performing monthly balance sheet reconciliations.\nProduction of joint venture budgets, forecasts and monthly management accounts to deadlines.\nPreparation of reports for JV Board Packs.\nDistributing sales forecast updates and preparation of adhoc reporting such as covenant compliance, occupations for S106 and plot stage updates\nDevelop and maintain strong working relationships with joint venture partners through regular updates and communication\nPreparation of weekly cashflow forecasts and managing funding requirements with partners, including loan facility administration\nCompletion of monthly management information relating to our joint venture activities, including full balance sheet reconciliations.\nMonitor performance against management plans to ensure that all results, trends and risks are clearly understood and communicated.\nWork closely with commercial team to ensure forecasts are accurate and reconciled to ledgers and financial forecasts. Challenge the information provided and identify potential risks and opportunities.\nWork with external advisors, cost consultants to facilitate regular draw down of costs\nResponding to year end and interim audit queries and working with Group statutory team to ensure timely filing of JV financial statements.\nControl of joint venture overheads and raising of accruals, prepayments, work in progress drawdowns and relevant journals.\nRaising Sales invoices and chasing and reporting of outstanding debtors.\nRaising purchase orders and coding invoices for relevant joint venture overhead costsFinally, let's tell you a bit more about us \n\nAt Vistry Group, we build more than homes. We develop sustainable communities across all sectors of the UK housing market through our leading housing brands Bovis Homes, Linden Homes and Countryside Homes. Delivered through Vistry Housebuilding, Countryside Partnerships and Vistry Works with the support of Vistry Services, our values of integrity, caring, and quality continue to shape all we do.\n\nWe're proud that our UK Green Building Council membership, 2021 Large Housebuilder of the Year award and status as a UK top-five housebuilder with a five-star House Builders Federation (HBF) customer satisfaction rating allows us to transform land into thriving spaces. We're also 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. From memories and communities to worthwhile careers, we're making Vistry.\n\n#LI-HA1