Finance Manager

Scape; Harrogate; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading property management firm in Harrogate is seeking a Finance Manager to lead billing, accounting, and management reporting. The role involves overseeing financial statements and audits, managing a direct report, and ensuring robust financial controls. The ideal candidate will be a qualified accountant with experience in financial reporting and strong communication skills.

Benefits

Birthday day off

Charity day off

Access to our onsite gyms

Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

Access to our Cycle to Work and Tech Scheme

Long service awards

Maternity + Paternity benefits

Career progression and development opportunities

Enrolment onto the Scape Pension Scheme

Team socials

Qualifications

• Must be a qualified accountant.
• Experience in student accommodation or construction is advantageous.
• Proven ability to manage and prioritize workload.

Responsibilities

• Lead the billing, accounting and management reporting.
• Ownership of the management accounts and financial statements.
• Management and coaching of one direct report.

Skills

Qualified accountant ACA, ACCA, CIMA (or qualified by experience)

Direct management experience

Experience of preparing/reviewing management accounts

Experience of reviewing and/or preparing financial statements

Experience of reviewing balance sheet reconciliations

Experience of IFRS16 (or other technical accounting experience)

Ability to take ownership of role and prioritise/manage workload

Good level of Excel skills and overall IT literacy

Strong communication skills

Tools

Microsoft Navision

Job description

Scape Finance Team

The Scape UK finance team is based in Harrogate and provides accounting and finance to the UK assets, including management companies, operational assets and development assets. The team's work includes investor reporting, management accounting, statutory reporting, accounts payable, accounts receivable and payroll.

Location

Harrogate

Hours

35 hours per week, 9am - 5pm

The Role

The role of Finance Manager is to lead on the billing, accounting, management reporting and the review and audit of the financial statements for the management companies. The role will also entail supporting the Finance Business Partner and CFO to maintain the business models.

Responsibilities include:

• Ownership of the management accounts of the Scape management companies
• Ownership of the financial statements and audits of the Scape management companies
• Management and coaching of one direct report, the senior management accountant
• Review of monthly recharges within management and operating companies and reconciliation of intercompany balances, working with finance team to investigate any differences
• Review of monthly reconciliation of balance sheet codes
• Review of sales ledgers, ensuring the invoiced amounts reflect any contract changes and are collected in a timely manner
• Assist with the preparation of quarterly board reports, with the potential to being the owner once established
• Transition the quarterly management reporting schedule to monthly reporting
• Oversight of payroll for c200 staff split between 3 companies until these are outsourced in due course
• Oversight of VAT returns and corporation tax
• Over time, the role will be required to oversee the preparation of some of the property entity TBs
• Ensure controls and processes are documented and adhered to.
• Other tasks as required to support the finance team
• Support the Finance Director, CFO and wider team on project-based work

Skills & Experience:

• Qualified accountant ACA, ACCA, CIMA (or qualified by experience)
• Direct management experience
• Experience of preparing/ reviewing management accounts
• Experience of reviewing and/or preparing financial statements
• Experience of reviewing balance sheet reconciliations
• Experience of IFRS16 (or other technical accounting experience) would be a strong advantage
• Ability to take ownership of role and prioritise/manage workload
• Good level of Excel skills and overall IT literacy
• Strong communication skills with a need to be able to communicate with both finance and non-finance stakeholders
• Experience using Microsoft Navision an advantage
• Experience working within property or construction an advantage
• Experience working in student accommodation an advantage

Why join Scape?

We have a range of employee benefits including:

• Birthday day off*
• Charity day off*
• Access to our onsite gyms
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Access to our Cycle to Work and Tech Scheme*
• Long service awards for our loyal employees
• Maternity + Paternity benefits*
• Career progression and development opportunities
• Overtime and the opportunity to work across Scape sites*
• Enrolment onto the Scape Pension Scheme*
• Team socials!!

About Scape

Scape are one of the largest purpose-build student accommodation operators and managers in the world. In the UK we manage over 5,000 student beds and have big plans to grow that further.

At Scape, we are driven to inspire students and look after them during one of the most important times of their lives, enhancing their time at University.

Scape people bring their skills to work each day across lots of different areas. Whether it's on the front desk or in the back office, putting up shelves or putting on events - we're all held together by one common aim: the better we look after our students today, the better they'll look after tomorrow.

We partner with institutions that have pushed the boundaries in education. People who'll break down barriers, open doors for life after university and understand that students can learn as much outside their walls as they do within.

Scape are developing a series of exciting, large-scale opportunities across the UK in purpose-built student accommodation and building co-living properties to support our new City Living brand. We have successfully developed and operate over 5,000 beds from the ground up in the UK and have big plans to do a lot more.

Scape Finance Team