Job Description
At Connells Group, We are looking for a Management Accountant to join our Finance team based in Leighton Buzzard.
Your role will be to provide finance input to business decisions and to ensure that Divisional & Area Directors make their decisions based on accurate financial information and with finance support.
You will be responsible for:
- Review and critical appraisal of branch results highlighting unexpected variances.
- Liaise with Divisional Managing Directors and Area Directors to help them understand and manage their cost base effectively.
- Create and process prepayments and accruals and reconcile the relevant balance sheet recs, ensuring all balances are justified.
- Calculate the commission payable to branch staff, ensuring accuracy of contractual details and liaising with all relevant parties to ensure figures are submitted to payroll before the set deadline.
- Calculate the monthly commission accruals for Estate Agency, Mortgage Services or Lettings field.
- Calculate the profit share accrual on a monthly basis and calculate the quarterly payments due to staff.
- Assisting with all weekly reporting requirements.
- Preparation of bank reconciliations.
- Preparation and submission of the National Statistic surveys.
- Intercompany Transactions.
- Provide assistance to the business for the annual budget and pay review processes.
Your experience and skills will include:
- Previous experience with month-end and multiple deadlines.
- Newly Qualified Accountant/ Finalist (CIMA, ACCA).
- Strong time management, prioritisation, and organisational skills with the ability to work to tight deadlines.
- Strong written & verbal communication skills.
- Intermediate Excel skills preferable (Presentation, V-Lookups, Pivot Tables, Data Analysis, Sumif(s) etc.)
- Self-motivated and has the ambition to progress beyond this role within the business.
- Ideally have property Industry knowledge.
Connells Group UK
is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, transgender status, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.
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