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The Arch Company is the UK’s largest small business landlord, serving thousands of business owners who make a unique and vital contribution to the UK economy. The company purchased Network Rail’s former commercial property estate in early 2019 and have a property portfolio of more than 5,000 railway arches, business estates, former station buildings and other properties.
The Arch Company is proud to be the landlord to a diverse, passionate group of small business owners, entrepreneurs and community organisations across England and Wales. The Arch Company shareholders are TT Group and Blackstone Property Partners.
We're committed to creating a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace, so if you're interested in this job but don't meet every aspect of the job description, we’d still encourage you to apply. You might be the ideal candidate for this role, or other positions.
ROLE PURPOSE
You will need to be a part-qualified or qualified Management Accountant with strong technical skills and a minimum of two years’ prior industry experience. You will play a crucial role within our finance department as part of the management accounts and commercial finance team, involved in the production of The Arch Company’s monthly management accounts and other regular reporting, balance sheet control account reconciliations, and statutory financial reporting and the audit process. You will support the existing Management Accountants in the business and collaborate with the Financial Controller, Senior Management, Business Modelling, Property Teams, Treasury, and Accounts Payable & Receivable. Good communication and influencing skills are essential, along with broad knowledge of financial activities, which will require a keen eye for detail, strong analytical skills, and a proactive mindset.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES
- Production and development of the various management and shareholder reporting packs and other key financial data, identifying opportunities to improve current methodology and processes.
- Responsibility for month-end processes, ensuring that reconciliations of Balance Sheet control accounts and Bank accounts are carried out in compliance with The Arch Company’s policies, highlighting and correcting errors, and posting necessary transactions and journals.
- Producing The Arch Company’s monthly management accounts, reviewing actual performance against budget and assessing the impact on the year-end forecast
- Take ownership of key balance sheet line items including rent-free, incentives and bad debts, ensuring all accounting is completed accurately and in line with IFRS guidance where relevant.
- Assisting in the annual budgeting process, working with the operational and commercial parts of the business to challenge and agree forecasts.
- Communicating with all levels within the organisation and being able to present financial information to finance and non-finance members of staff. Contribute to the planning and production of The Arch Company’s year-end process and production of annual accounts, and to assist the Financial Controller and Head of Financial Accounts in liaising with the external auditors, including preparing any required analysis to support the financial data disclosed, and be able to present such analyses in a form that is easily accessible and understood by others.
SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, AND EXPERIENCE
Essential
- CIMA/ACCA/ACA part-qualified or qualified with a minimum of two years’ industry experience.
- Sound understanding of accounting concepts and principles.
- Previous involvement in month-end procedures and processes including closing ledgers, posting correcting / reallocation journals, and account reconciliations.
- Ability to manipulate large volumes of data, and experience in carrying out a detailed analysis of data, especially during the year-end to provide results that are easily understood by external auditors and senior management.
- Experience of reporting financial information to management and other stakeholders including investigating and explaining variances against budget
- Ability to plan, organise and prioritise workload, including coordinating with others and ensuring that statutory and other deadlines are met.
- To work as part of a team and independently to deliver a common goal or objective.
- Excellent IT skills including accounting software, Microsoft Excel and Word
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
Desirable
- CIMA/ACCA/ACA qualified with 1 year’s PQ experience.
- Industry experience in the real estate or a related sector
- Previous experience of, or willingness to develop, business partnering.
- Ability to deal with difficult situations and make decisions on the best course of action. Experience of advanced data manipulation and presentation tools such as Power Query, Power BI, Tableau or similar
EQUALITY, DIVERSITY & INCLUSION
At The Arch Company, we're on a mission to make our workplace as welcoming and inclusive as possible. We believe that our differences make us stronger, and we're committed to providing everyone with a fair chance at success, no matter where they come from or who they are.
We take pride in celebrating what makes each of us unique. When you join our team, you're not just getting a job; you're becoming a part of our part of our friendly and open-minded team, with an important role to play in creating a more inclusive and diverse future.
The Arch Company is an equal opportunity employer, so if you're excited to be part of a company that champions diversity and inclusion, we invite you to explore our job opportunities.
