Divisional Accountant

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 North London Division is looking to recruit a Divisional Accountant to join the Division’s Finance team.

The Role

The role of Divisional Accountant involves assisting in the production of accurate and timely financial transactions and reports in addition to maintaining the business’s accounting records. It will also involve providing support and direction to the wider finance team. 

Principal accountabilities of the role include:

• Prepare month end balance sheet reconciliations and management accounts and prepare monthly journals and account analysis, facilitating the financial year end and preparing schedules for external audit
• Lead on the preparation of the month end file and monthly checklist and prepare divisional reporting returns (VAT, CIS, Payroll)
• Treasury management – ensuring monthly and daily cash flow forecasts for the division are as accurate as possible, prior to review by the Head of Finance/ Finance Director. This should include divisional adherence to the Prompt Payment Code
• Provision of support and direction to the Assistant Accountant(s)/Finance Assistant(s)/Finance Apprentice on daily workload
• Initial contact for Finance queries or problems, conduit for reporting and escalating issues to Head of Finance/Finance Director. Assist the Finance Director / Head of Finance with data entry, queries and reports for the forecast system, as necessary. 
• Assist the Head of Finance/Finance Director to ensure compliance with the Group Accounting Manual and to implement business process improvements
• Assist with purchase ledger, sales ledger, bank and payroll processing when required and oversee on the maintenance of house sales ledger including monthly sales reconciliation
• Perform cost analysis, return, troubleshooting transactions and suggesting corrections and conduct maintenance of KPI and analysis schedules 
• Carry out any other reasonable tasks as directed by the Finance Management Team. 

Experience, Qualifications and Skills

Experience

• Experience of working within a similar role will be preferred
• Experience of working with accountancy software
• Working knowledge of COINS is desirable

Qualifications and Training

• CIMA, ACCA or ACA qualified 

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
• Please note this role is subject to a basic DBS and financial pre-employment checks

In return we can offer you:

• Competitive salary
• Competitive annual bonus
• Contributory pension scheme
• 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays
• Access to discounts and benefits portal
• ShareSave Scheme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Life assurance

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