Financial Accountant in Addlestone

Crest Nicholson has been building new homes for over 60 years and is firmly established as a leading developer with a passion for building high quality new homes, whilst also creating vibrant, sustainable communities. We are currently recruiting for a Financial Accountant to join our South team based in Addlestone, Surrey. We are a diverse team and are looking to recruit an individual who can work on their own initiative and is looking for a fast paced and challenging career.

Key Responsibilities:

• Production of the Trial Balance including but not limited to;
• Key Profit and Loss transactions, including Turnover, Cost of Sales and Trading Adjustment journals
• General Accruals/Prepayments
• Monthly Overheads/Cost allocations
• Sales Ledger Maintenance and Review
• Maintenance of Work in Progress/Stock
• Old Site Provisions
• Preparation and review of monthly VAT return
• Preparation of annual CITB levy returns and Insurance renewal returns
• Assisting with the preparation of the Annual and Half Year reporting packs
• Reconciliation of all key balance sheet nominal ledger accounts
• Liaison with other Crest Nicholson departments particularly the Group Finance Department and the Divisional Land and Sales departments.
• Inter-company transactions
• Ad hoc tasks to support the Financial Controller.
• Assisting the Finance Director and Finance Controller with Statutory Reporting packs.
• Any other reasonable duties requested.

Key skills and experience required for this role:

• Professional Qualifications; Part Qualified, QBE or AAT.
• Systems Experience; COINS, Anaplan, MS Word, MS Excel, MS Outlook.
• Additional Skills; Experience in the construction industry is desirable but not essential.
• Ability to learn quickly and work proactively with an eye for detail and accuracy.
• The ability to deal with the increased pressure associated with half year and year-end financial reporting is essential.
• This position requires a person with good interpersonal skills, the ability to communicate effectively with Line Manager, Financial Director and other departments at all levels, sound accounting knowledge, effective time management and the ability to prioritise are key.

The Company

Crest Nicholson is a leading developer of quality homes and thriving, sustainable communities. We create great places for our customers to live, selecting desirable locations for our developments and taking a holistic approach to the design of our homes and their surroundings. Attractive placemaking helps us deliver appealing and well-connected communities where people and nature can thrive.

As an employer of choice, we offer an extensive range of benefits, to include:

• Competitive Salary
• Company Bonus Scheme
• Private pension
• Private healthcare and cash plan options
• 25 days' annual leave
• Cycle to work scheme
• Share save scheme
• Gym membership discounts

We are an inclusive employer; the Company will consider flexible working requests for all roles. We seek to be an ethical and progressive employer which encourages a culture of openness, creativity and continuous professional development and which rewards the effectiveness and loyalty of our employees as an equal opportunities employer.

If you are applying to work at Crest Nicholson, we will ask you to supply us with sufficient personal information to help us process your application. To learn more about what personal information we will need to process and why, please refer to our recruitment privacy notice which can be found on the Crest Nicholson website under ‘Recruitment Privacy Policy'.