Senior Development Planning & Forecasting Accountant

CLARION HOUSING GROUP LIMITED; London; Hybrid; GBP 56,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the housing sector seeks a qualified finance professional with strong project management and communication skills. In this hybrid role, you will manage contractor exposure and produce essential financial reports while working with diverse stakeholders. Located in Greater London, this role offers a salary range of £56,242 to £67,358 per annum with comprehensive benefits aimed at enhancing your lifestyle.

Qualifications

• Must be ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified.
• Experience in an accounting/finance department or similar environment.
• Ability to implement process improvements.

Responsibilities

• Manage contractor exposure work stream and reviews.
• Monitor starts and handovers; produce development spend reports.
• Assist in the delivery of key work streams.

Skills

Attention to detail

Project management

Strong communication

Excel skills

Investigatory skills

Education

ACA

ACCA

CIMA

Job description

Salary: £56,242 - £67,358 per annum

Location: Hybrid - Greater London House

Hours: 36 hours per week

Contract Type: 12 month Secondment/Fixed Term Contract

Do you have an acute attention to detail, strong investigatory nature towards all processing, reporting duties and are commercial astute?

If you're ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified then this could be the opportunity you've been waiting for!

Sitting as a member of the Development Planning and Forecasting team and reporting to the Head of Development Planning & Forecasting, you'll have a demonstrable commitment to achieving customer service excellence, together with strong communication skills, both verbal and written.

Self-motivating with experience to grasp existing process and recommend improvements you'll implement process improvements where applicable. You'll need strong project management skills, essential to ensure the Contractor review process and other work streams are managed effectively and excellent communication skills as you with work with a wide variety of stakeholders, both financial and non-financial.

With strong Excel skills specifically on modelling and creating user friendly reports and tools, and with experience in an accounting/finance department or similar environment, you'll assist in the delivery in a timely manner of the following key work streams;

• Manage contractor exposure work stream including main contractor reviews
• Production of pipeline graphs
• Monitoring starts and handovers
• Production of the Net Development Spend report

Please review the full role profile on our website before applying.

Salaries are just the starting point. Here at Clarion we're dedicated to rewarding hard work and commitment, and providing benefits that support you and your lifestyle.

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Closing Date: Wednesday 25th June 2025 at midnight.

This is a hybrid role with a base location at our offices in Camden, London. Candidates will also be expected to travel to our offices in Manchester when required.

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You must be eligible to work in the UK to apply for this vacancy; Clarion are not able to offer visa sponsorship. You are required to reside in England or Wales for the duration of your employment.