Senior Management Accountant

at  Mears Group

Annual salary: up to £50,000.00
Senior Management Accountant
Gloucester, Hybrid
Full time Monday to Friday 08:30 - 17:00, offering a salary of between £40,000 and £50,000 per annum, depending on experience.
We have an exciting opportunity in Mears for a Senior Management Accountant to join our busy, friendly finance team.
This will not be your everyday Senior Management Accountant role; we are looking for a specific person who is not afraid to work outside the lines, can work autonomously and switch between contracts.
Mears are a market leader in providing housing services to the affordable housing sector, and a major presence in the housing with care market. Mears Group’s vision is to make a positive difference to the people we serve by improving homes, improving communities and improving lives. We do this by developing outstanding partnerships with employees, clients, tenants, customers, their families and the wider community. We are looking for people who can help us deliver on our values, fulfil our future ambitions and their own.
As such, Mears Group is currently searching for an experienced and professional Senior Management Accountant to support the Regional Finance Director and the successful development of the business by delivering first class management information & analysis, plans & forecasts.
About the Role:
Based at our registered head office in Gloucester, the position will focus on ensuring the company management accounts, budgets and other financial reports are produced in a timely and accurate manner. This is a key role within the UK finance team as you manage the monthly revenue reporting.
You’ll co-ordinate and supervise the month-end process and oversee junior accounting staff, as well as supporting the UK Financial Controller with monthly reporting, budgeting, forecasting and other ad hoc tasks while also providing finance support to non-finance staff in the business.
There will be a far amount of data driven work within this role, so having an analytical brain and wanting to find results will be an advantage.

Responsibilities:

• Preparation of financial management information for a number of branches and entities within the Group.
• Analysis of financial and other data in order to make recommendations and implement methods for increasing a branch or entity’s efficiency and profitability.
• Provision of clear information on both upside and downside risks for a branch or entity’s operation.
• Develop, manage and support management accountant direct report.
• Ownership of the preparation of financial MI from source data
• Analyse, challenge and interrogate stakeholders and systems to understand variances to expectations and emerging trends. Accurate and comprehensive balance sheet maintenance.
• Assist in the preparation of branch annual budgets and quarterly forecasts.
• Assist regional finance teams and local operations in work in progress management, the production of cash forecasts and cash collection

Role Criteria:

We are looking for applicants who are graduates and achieved an accounting qualification (either ACCA / CIMA or equivalent). Candidates will ideally have experience of working in a similar role, and within large multi site organisation. The successful candidate will be someone who:

• Can maintain effective working relationships remotely with finance and non-finance colleagues
• Ability to control and interrogate high volume data
• Has good communication skills and shows initiative;
• Has a methodical approach to work; Outstanding attention to detail
• Is able to work flexibly and efficiently in order to meet deadlines;
• Has a good knowledge of accounting standards, and can apply this knowledge to work situations;
• Has the ability to effectively line manage staff;
• Proficient in Excel and IT
• Inquisitive and tenacious nature

A career with Mears Group means putting people and customers at the heart of what you do, every day. Our culture is built on what we call our ‘Red Thread’ – the common values we share that make us what we are. Because, as a team and a company, we’re better when we work together.

Benefits we can offer you:

• Friendly and flexible working environment
• Staff perks with Mears Rewards - discounts of up to 10% on coffee, weekly groceries, holidays, the list is endless
• Excellent training and development opportunities
• 25 days holiday entitlement along with bank holidays.
• Access to employee support and wellbeing services
• Mears offer a company pension, life insurance and share scheme
• Annual Mears Fun Day - Our annual Fun Day is organised as a massive thank you from the Executive team for all the hard work!
• Volunteering Leave - Mears supports employees to undertake volunteering in the community, in support of our social value commitment
• Use and access to the latest technology.

If you feel you have skills and experience needed, please apply below via the link. If you have any further questions please contact Vickie on
vickie.rudge@mearsgroup.co.uk
or 07843 817346, quoting the job reference number for further information. We look forward to hearing from you soon.
Mears Group is a Disability Confident employer and recognises our people as our greatest asset, we hire individuality, recognising and valuing everyone is individual and ensuring equal access to opportunities for all regardless of social economic background or individual make up.
Candidates should be aware that all our roles are subject to relevant DBS/Security checks either before or upon commencement of employment.
We are also a Forces Friendly employer and an ERS Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award holder.

Responsibilities:

• Preparation of financial management information for a number of branches and entities within the Group.
• Analysis of financial and other data in order to make recommendations and implement methods for increasing a branch or entity’s efficiency and profitability.
• Provision of clear information on both upside and downside risks for a branch or entity’s operation.
• Develop, manage and support management accountant direct report.
• Ownership of the preparation of financial MI from source data
• Analyse, challenge and interrogate stakeholders and systems to understand variances to expectations and emerging trends. Accurate and comprehensive balance sheet maintenance.
• Assist in the preparation of branch annual budgets and quarterly forecasts.
• Assist regional finance teams and local operations in work in progress management, the production of cash forecasts and cash collectio

We are looking for applicants who are graduates and achieved an accounting qualification (either ACCA / CIMA or equivalent). Candidates will ideally have experience of working in a similar role, and within large multi site organisation. The successful candidate will be someone who:

• Can maintain effective working relationships remotely with finance and non-finance colleagues
• Ability to control and interrogate high volume data
• Has good communication skills and shows initiative;
• Has a methodical approach to work; Outstanding attention to detail
• Is able to work flexibly and efficiently in order to meet deadlines;
• Has a good knowledge of accounting standards, and can apply this knowledge to work situations;
• Has the ability to effectively line manage staff;
• Proficient in Excel and IT
• Inquisitive and tenacious natur