Senior Accountant

Senior Accountant

St Asaph

40k- 48k

About the Company - Not for Profit organisation

About the Role - Senior Accountant - 12 month FTC - Hybrid

Responsibilities

• To assist the Director of Development and Assistant Director of Assets with the financial planning of the Capital Programme (new build and existing properties) ensuring consistency with the business plan.
• To ensure that group budgets are monitored and controlled appropriately via the preparation of monthly management accounts, variance analysis reports, cost projections and regular liaison with budget holders.
• Consistently looking for ways to better support operational staff, improve reporting, engagement and relationships and understanding of budget holders and what numbers mean to them.
• Act as a first point of contact on all finance related issues for the directorate you support.
• Ensure that the financial ledgers in relation to Capital Expenditure are up to date and accurate, and to maintain financial control accounts and key reconciliations.
• To meet financial accounting deadlines, so that monthly management accounts can be prepared on a timely basis.
• Budgeting and Budgetary Control.
• Report to senior management in clear and concise terms, providing timely, accurate financial and management information.
• To supervise and review the preparation of monthly management accounts for the entire Property directorate budget (including Repairs and Maintenance) in accordance with the agreed timetable.
• To prepare the annual Property budget (both Capital and Revenue), including uploading budgets to the financial system and ensure that all Budgets agree with the approved budget and the business plan.
• Treasury Management - To provide the Treasury Management team with reports to assist with loan covenant compliance reporting. Reporting and management of cashflow forecast.
• Statutory Accounts - To assist with the preparation of the year end statutory accounts. Preparation of Statutory Accounts Disclosures. To liaise with the external auditors during the audit of the accounts ensuring that they are provided with all relevant working papers and explanations.
• Capital Accounting - Review Key reconciliations against all Capital Schemes. Assist and advice Group Assistant Finance Business Partner of processes and procedures. Review of completed schemes and report on final costs and sign off with Director of Development and Head of Finance.
• Asset Management - To ensure that all capital expenditure can be analysed to property and component level as required by the Housing SORP. To ensure that all component costs reconcile to the Assets Department's project management system. Review key information schedules relating to New Homes and Asset Management, ensuring that each property portfolio classification is recorded accurately on the Fixed Asset Register and costs are promptly and accurately recorded against individual components.

PERSON SPECIFICATION;

• Fully or part qualified accountant with a clear understanding of finance processes
• Relevant management or leadership qualification
• Experience of working in the housing sector
• Knowledge of Capital Accounting and associated transactions
• Knowledge of Component Accounting
• Experience in the production of Statutory Accounts Disclosures and dealing with external audit requirements, with an up to date knowledge of general accounting principles
• Be methodical, organised, efficient and effective and have attention to detail
• Communicate complex financial information to non-Finance colleagues
• Thrive under pressure and have the ability to prioritise workload and work to deadlines
• Preparation of budgets, management accounts and year-end reports
• Experience of financial reconciliation and of maintaining internal financial controls and key control accounts
• VAT experience
• You will have excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, able to understand a wide range of stakeholder needs and adapt services

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