Finance Manager

Vistry Group PLC; Cambridgeshire and Peterborough; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job description

Role Overview

In a Nutshell...

We have an exciting opportunity for a Finance Manager to join our team within Vistry East Anglia, at our Peterborough office. As our Finance Manager you will be responsible for providing support to the Finance Director in providing accurate and timely financial information to all stakeholders for decision making and purposes and ensure the smooth running of the finance team. This will involve weekly and monthly reporting to all departments to continually improve the financial performance of the region.

Let's cut to the chase, what's in it for you...

• Competitive basic salary and annual bonus
• Company car, car allowance or travel allowance
• Salary sacrifice car scheme available to all employees
• Up to 33 days annual leave plus bank holidays increasing to up to 39 days with service
• 2 Volunteering days per annum
• Private medical insurance, with employee paid cover
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Competitive pension scheme through salary sacrifice
• Life assurance at 4 x your annual salary
• Share save and 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
• ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified with a proven track record in producing concise management information
• Experience of financial reporting within a large organisation
• Team Management
• Strong systems experience
• Cash management and forecasting experience
• Excellent Excel Skills
• Variance analysis and interrogation
• Able to produce information accurately and to the stipulated deadlines
• Strong interpersonal skills and possess commercial awareness to effectively communicate at all levels
• Experience of implementing new processes and procedures and consistently challenging such processes to improve the quality of output

Desirable -

• Experience of joint venture accounting
• Good understanding and experience of financial governance and compliance
• Construction or Housebuilding Industry experience
• Knowledge of VAT, DRC and CIS
• Experience of using COINS would be beneficial.

More about the Finance Manager role...

• Ensure that regional finance and accounting requirements are accurately and efficiently carried out in accordance with recognised accounting standards, Group requirements and within set deadlines
• Ensure the key assumptions, risks and opportunities underpinning business financial performance/project performance are robustly challenged, clearly understood and managed
• Ensure budgets, forecasts and long-term strategic plans reflect the ambition and aims of the business are challenging but achievable, regularly reviewed and updated
• Financial management of Joint Ventures in the region including monthly reporting to the Joint Venture boards
• Key focus on cash management including management of working capital
• Ensure routine processes are embedded across the business to ensure risk is highlighted and managed - eg limits of authority, contract review process
• Ensure transaction process is efficient, processes streamlined and waste minimal
• Management of the business unit finance team
• Prepare/review monthly finance board papers
• Review/management of business cashflow
• Produce miscellaneous commercial and financial reports as required
• Deal with half year and full year audit queries and manage any Joint Venture audit requirements.

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

We build more than homes, we're making Vistry. Being a responsible developer and award-winning employer means we live each day through our ethos - doing the right thing. Our behaviours reflect this, as well as our values of integrity, caring and quality. Shaping all we do; they empower us to develop sustainable communities across affordable and private housing. We work in a partnership-led way, and you'll recognise our renowned brands Bovis Homes, Linden Homes and Countryside Homes. Together with Vistry Works, our manufacturing operation, and the functional support of Vistry Services, we're a proud UK Green Building Council member, UK top five housebuilder with a five-star House Builders Federation (HBF) customer satisfaction rating, and winner of many awards including Top Employer, Global Top Inspiring Workplaces, and Best for Talent Attraction and Outreach.

Join us in making Vistry.