The Group Financial Accountant and Analyst will work within the Group Finance Team, reporting to the Group Financial Controller. This is a wide and varied role as part of the corporate head office team, combining financial reporting and financial analysis for a FTSE 250 Group.
This is an excellent first move out of practice for a newly ACA qualified accountant. You’ll bring the technical discipline built during your training – whether through audit, accounts preparation or advisory work and apply it in a fast-paced, commercial, real-world business. In return, you’ll gain hands-on exposure to financial forecasting, land and stock analysis, investor and analyst reporting, and Group consolidation that simply isn’t available in practice – all within a small, supportive Group Finance team that invests in your development from day one.
There is a proven track record of ACA qualified accountants joining Berkeley directly from practice and building long-term careers here, many have progressed from this Head Office role into senior operational finance positions across our divisions within a few years.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Preparation of key operational and financial information as part of monthly management reporting pack (for example, cash flow forecasting, stock analysis, sales analysis, status of planning applications etc.).
- Preparation and analysis of the Group’s land holdings.
- Forecasting of half year and year-end financial results.
- Review and preparation of analysis of competitor results and industry trends.
Year End and Half Year – preparation and review of external reporting – 50%
- Assistance with the Group consolidation and detailed analysis of key components (inventory, creditors, etc.).
- Contribution to the Annual Report preparation and Presentation to Analysts and Investors.
- Monitoring financial statement disclosures and updating Group practice through direct liaison with Divisional Finance teams, as appropriate.
- Working with the external auditors throughout the audit process – a natural extension of your experience from the other side of the audit.
- Preparation of subsidiary and joint venture statutory accounts (approximately 40 across the team) – putting your technical accounts preparation skills from practice straight to work.
IFRS / Technical accounting – 10%
- Continuing review of impact and development of international accounting standards.
- Keeping aware of the impact of changing practice and industry issues.
Ad hoc – 10%
- Sales cash monitoring against forecast.
- Impact analysis of financial/accounting effect of proposed Group projects / transactions.
This role will be based at Oval, London with travel to Cobham, Surrey required. Access to a car essential.
What You’ll Bring
- Qualified Accountant ACA.
- Essential to possess excellent knowledge of Microsoft Excel.
- Good knowledge of Microsoft Word and PowerPoint.
- Motivated with a positive ‘can do’ attitude and genuine curiosity about how a business operates beyond the audit file.
- Good organisational skills.
- Diligent, with strong attention to detail.
- Confident interacting with senior stakeholders in a corporate head office environment, and keen to build on client-facing experience gained in practice.
- Ability to multitask and prioritise work according to timescales.
- Professional approach and high level of discretion.
- Team player, willing to learn and get involved in a wide range of tasks beyond the audit cycle.
- Ability to work on own initiative and generate solutions.
Why join us?
- 25 days annual leave, increasing with service to 33 days.
- Health and wellbeing benefits including Private Medical Insurance.
- Lifestyle benefits including access to an online discount platform.
- Berkeley Foundation volunteer day.
- Private pension plan.
- Group life assurance.
The standard default full-time working hours in the office are 8am-5pm with core working hours 9am-4pm.
Internal applicants:
If you’re an internal applicant, please ensure you’ve informed your line manager of your intention to apply for this position.
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