Senior Management Accountant in Harrogate

Hours: 40 per week

Location: Harrogate

VervLife is a subsidiary of Homes for Students and is a market leader in the build-to-rent (BTR) sector managing BTR accommodation on behalf of its clients. As experts across the Build-to-Rent and Co-living project journey, we know how to make our client’s assets outperform through our intelligent, creative advice from the earliest phases of a project and into operational management. Put simply we simultaneously strive to improve the wellness, health and happiness of our residents whilst they are living with us, as well as enhancing the value of our client’s investments.

Key Responsibilities/Accountabilities

• Ensure the monthly management accounts, balance sheet lead schedules and cashflow forecasts are produced and submitted within the agreed client reporting deadlines.
• Provide insights into profitability, liquidity, and identify opportunities for improvements.
• Deliver any other client contractual requirements and support client annual statutory audits.
• Review and approve client annual operating budgets and forecasts with the VervLife operations team before presentation to the client, helping identify any corrective actions to stay on track.
• Attend client meetings and lead from a Finance perspective and complete any actions arising.
• Ensure financial regulations, standard operating procedures and controls are always maintained.
• Provide the highest level of customer service to internal and external stakeholders.
• Act as a business partner between Finance and other departments to ensure consistent and joined-up ways of working.
• Ensure compliance with statutory returns or accreditation requirements such as Client Money Audit and VAT.
• Strive to automate where possible, add insightful commentary, use advanced technology and drive better decisions for VervLife and our clients.
• Manage and develop one Assistant Management Accountant.
• Part of the Finance senior team reviewing overall Finance department initiatives and helping lead the wider team.
• Support on ad-hoc tasks and reporting.
• Support and maintain best practice regarding GDPR.
• Keep up to date with industry initiatives to enable best practice to be adopted.

Skills (includes Key Competencies)

• Strong financial, analytical modelling and problem-solving skills.
• Proven experience with the MS package and financial programmes and software.
• Strong communication skills, both orally and in writing. Comfortable presenting financial information and explaining complex financial concepts in an easily understandable way.
• Ability to handle several priorities simultaneously, maintain composure in high-pressure situations and maintain objectivity, focus and good judgment.
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement.
• Understand all commercial aspects of contracts.
• Excellent presentation and attention to detail and ability to complete tasks.
• Effectively delegate work in line with operational priorities and needs.

Personal Qualities

• Commitment and enthusiasm to VervLife and its work, understanding we are an SME within a much larger Group structure.
• Open to broad roles and enjoy working across many areas of finance processes with autonomy in a key position.
• Commitment to quality in all aspects of service delivery to our clients.
• Commitment to equal opportunities.
• Communicate and engage with personnel across the company and the client’s own teams.
• Self-motivated and able to work independently with minimum guidance, confident in taking initiative, making decisions and consulting as appropriate.
• Flexible and respond to changing circumstances.
• Demonstrate a flexible and positive 'can do' attitude and become quickly established to add value to the business.

Experience and Qualifications

• A qualified Accountant, ACCA, ACA, CIMA or QBE with 5+ years of relevant management accounts experience.
• Experience working within a variety of areas of the finance function.
• Thorough knowledge of a finance package – Xero an advantage but not mandatory.

Security

It will be necessary to undergo enhanced DBS clearance prior to your commencement of employment.

Vision, Mission and Values

As well as being qualified for the post, all staff will need to have empathy with our Vision, our Mission and our Values.