Finance Manager Cambridge

Overview

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 Eastern Counties Division located in Cambridge is looking to recruit a Finance Manager to join the Division’s Team.

The Role

The role of Finance Manager will drive the financial performance and position of the Division’s business and is a key member of the Division’s team, supporting the Finance Director achieve the agreed business plan and sustainable, profitable growth. The Finance Manager will have a broad level of operational knowledge to enable critical review and challenge of key decisions and information across all of the Division’s disciplines.

There is opportunity for progression if the chosen candidate demonstrates their ability to successfully carry out the role and a high level.

The role of Finance Manager reports to the Division’s Finance Director.

Principal accountabilities of the Finance Manager role include :

• Divisional Management
• Develop the business plan for the division with other functional heads within the division and ensuring it is aligned to the Group’s strategic objectives.
• Ownership of the budget and three year forecast for the division, ensuring it is accurate and well managed, and ultimately delivering it.
• Review and challenge proposed land acquisitions, including areas such as the financial assumptions and VAT issues.
• Primary divisional contact for divisional HR, payroll, IT and fleet issues with support available from Group.
• Lead and manage the Divisional finance team and ensure accuracy, quality and efficiency are maximised.
• Reporting, Controlling and Operational
• Manage the interim and year end process with external auditors through to sign off for the division.
• Oversee all month end processes for the division and timely delivery of management information to both the divisional management team and Group.
• Treasury management – ensuring monthly and daily cash flow forecasts for the division are as accurate as possible.
• Accurately complete returns to Group such as at year end, half year end, budgets, pay review, bonus calculations, National Statistics and prompt payments.
• Management compliance and overall responsibility for all taxes relating to the Division. This includes VAT, CIS, payroll taxes and corporation tax.
• Forecast valuation revenues in conjunctions with the Sales Director for inclusion in the quarterly valuations.

Experience, Qualifications and Skills

Experience

Qualifications and Training

Skills and Aptitude

The Role and Working Conditions

In return we can offer you :

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

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