Management Accountant

Job Description

We are Places for People Developments, we build thousands of well-designed, innovative homes across the UK each year. When we develop new places, we put everything into delivering homes and neighbourhoods that work for the whole community.We want you to join the Places for People Group and the 11,000 other colleagues on our journey; colleagues who have helped to build, manage, maintain places that people are proud to call home and stay active in. How do we do all this We surround ourselveswithcustomer focussedpeople, commercialpeople and analyticalpeople. Our people live and breathe our SPIRIT values; we are the place for spirited people.More about your roleAs a Management Accountant you will coordinate and liaise with Development finance colleagues to collate information required to prepare and update reports. You will respond to changes in reporting requirements of the Development function through the designand implementation of new and additional reportsThis role would ideally suit someone with experience working within a housebuilder/developer in the private sector with knowledge of key indicators for sales and marketing including weekly reservations, sales prices, and marketing costs with the abilityto carry out comprehensive variance analysis and support the Head of Finance in the production of annual and ongoing business planning.This is a hybrid role whereby travel between Preston and Edinburgh will be required. Your role will also be part based at home to achieve a work life balance.For more information please download our job profile available on our websiteMore about youWe are looking for a self starter to come and join the team! To apply for this role you will ideally be part qualified Accountant (CCAB), however we would welcome applications from candidate who are QBE.. You will need a strong background in management accountingand reporting and have the ability to demonstrate commitment to excellent customer service (internal & external)You will have strong technical skills and the ability to work autonomously and under pressure and will ideally have experience of operating in a diverse environment with a range of customers and deadlines.In addition, it would highly advantageous if you had experience in sales commissions, sales price reviews, marketing cost reviews and build cost reviews as well as analysis and reporting.The benefitsWe are a large diverse and ambitious business, which will give you job security and all the challenge you could wish for. Here people can flourish, thrive, better themselves and work in fantastic communities with inspirational colleagues and customers.We know that theres always more we can do to make you smile, thats why we offer a comprehensive benefits package to help colleagues save money or make their lives a little bit easier which can include: Annual bonus Excellent holiday pay and sick pay Pension with matched contributions Training Extra perks including huge discounts and offers from shops, cinemas and much more.Whats nextIf you meet the criteria and are ready to make the next step in your career then click apply. You will be redirected to our careers site where you can discover more about the role, read a full job description and apply directly to us.