Finance Manager

www.topfinancialjobs.co.uk - Jobboard; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading house builder as a Finance Manager, where you'll play a crucial role in driving financial performance and supporting business growth. This position offers the chance to lead a talented finance team, manage budgets, and ensure compliance with financial regulations. With opportunities for progression and a commitment to diversity and inclusion, this role is perfect for a motivated professional looking to make a significant impact. Enjoy a competitive salary, flexible working conditions, and a range of benefits as you help shape the future of the division.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Car allowance

Annual bonus

Pension scheme

25 days holiday

Discounts and benefits portal

ShareSave Scheme

Cycle to Work Scheme

Life assurance

Earn and Learn opportunities

Qualifications

• Post-qualified experience in accounting and financial control.
• Experience leading teams and managing budgets.

Responsibilities

• Drive financial performance and support business growth.
• Manage budget, forecasts, and financial reporting processes.

Skills

Financial Accounting

Management Accounting

Team Leadership

Budget Management

Analytical Skills

Communication Skills

Microsoft Office

Education

ACA Qualification

Job description

Finance Manager

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At Bellway we recognise that people are the key to our success, and we are committed to building an inclusive culture that values and respects difference combined with creating a safe and inclusive working environment for all colleagues. This means we are positive about making adjustments as well as providing flexible working and we would be happy to talk to you about how this could work for you.

There is an exciting opportunity to join Bellway, one of the UK s largest house builders. Our Wales Division is looking to recruit a Finance Manager.

The Role

The role of Finance Manager will drive the financial performance and position of the Division s business and is a key member of the Division s senior management team, supporting the Managing Director achieve the agreed business plan and sustainable, profitable growth. The Finance Manager will have a broad level of operational knowledge to enable critical review and challenge of key decisions and information across all of the Division s disciplines.

There is opportunity for progression if the chosen candidate demonstrates their ability to successfully carry out the role and a high level.

The role of Finance Manager reports to the Division s Managing Director and Group s Finance Director.

Principal accountabilities of the Finance Manager role include:

Divisional Management

• Develop the business plan for the division with other functional heads within the division and ensuring it is aligned to the Group s strategic objectives.
• Ownership of the budget and three year forecast for the division, ensuring it is accurate and well managed, and ultimately delivering it.
• Review and challenge proposed land acquisitions, including areas such as the financial assumptions and VAT issues.
• Primary divisional contact for divisional HR, payroll, IT and fleet issues with support available from Group.
• Lead and manage the Divisional finance team and ensure accuracy, quality and efficiency are maximised.

Reporting, Controlling and Operational

• Manage the interim and year end process with external auditors through to sign off for the division.
• Oversee all month end processes for the division and timely delivery of management information to both the divisional management team and Group.
• Treasury management ensuring monthly and daily cash flow forecasts for the division are as accurate as possible.
• Accurately complete returns to Group such as at year end, half year end, budgets, pay review, bonus calculations, National Statistics and prompt payments.
• Management compliance and overall responsibility for all taxes relating to the Division. This includes VAT, CIS, payroll taxes and corporation tax.
• Forecast valuation revenues in conjunctions with the Sales Director for inclusion in the quarterly valuations.

Experience, Qualifications and Skills

Experience

• Considerable post-qualified experience gained in industry in a role incorporating accounting and financial control responsibly.
• Experience must include: Financial and management accounting including leading month end close, evidence of responding to and working with external auditors, providing analysis, profit and loss and cashflow, forecasting and planning, supporting and challenging businesses to make optimal operational and performance decisions.
• Experience of successfully leading and developing a team.

Qualifications and Training

• ACA qualification

Skills and Aptitude

• Excellent administration and organisation skills
• Analysis, numerical and report writing skills
• Strong management and time management skills
• Strong communication, listening and problem solving skills
• Ability to prioritise workload and meet deadlines
• Demonstrates a high level of discretion and confidentiality.
• Excellent attention to detail
• Ability to work on own as well as part of a team
• Proficient IT skills along with a good working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and outlook) and the ability to adapt to new systems.
• Committed to diversity and inclusion

The Role and Working Conditions

• Willing to be flexible in respect to day to day duties and hours worked.
• Office based role with some travel within the Divisional area and Head Office, located in Newcastle upon Tyne.
• Please note this role is subject to a basic DBS and financial pre-employment checks

In return we can offer you:

- Competitive salary

- Competitive car allowance

- Optional salary sacrifice car scheme

- Competitive annual bonus

- Contributory pension scheme

- 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays

- Holiday purchase scheme

- Access to discounts and benefits portal

- ShareSave Scheme

- Cycle to Work Scheme

- Life assurance

- Earn and Learn opportunities

We reserve the right to close this vacancy if a large volume of applications are received.