Management Accountant

Henry Boot is one of the UK’s leading land, property development, home building and construction businesses - and we’ve been transforming land and spaces since 1886.

Listed on the London Stock Exchange since 1919, we’re renowned for quality, expertise, delivery and a partnership approach across the group - which comprises Hallam Land, HBD, Stonebridge, Henry Boot Construction and Banner Plant.

Operating across the UK, and employing over 500 people, we focus on three key markets: residential, industrial and logistics and urban regeneration. Hallam Land has facilitated 52,000 new homes since 1990, managing one of the top five largest land portfolios in the country, with the potential to facilitate over 100,000 homes. HBD manages a development pipeline of £1.3bn, the equivalent of 7.1m sq ft of developments across our key markets, while maintaining a £113m investment portfolio, of which 73% of the properties have an EPC rating of ‘C’ or higher. Stonebridge, our jointly-owned home building business, manages a land portfolio capable of delivering 1,500 homes, with an ambition to deliver up to 600 new homes a year.

Henry Boot Construction has extensive experience in both the public and private sectors, including major projects such as the £200m regeneration of Barnsley city centre, and The Cocoa Works, a £57m residential development in York. For over 65 years, Banner Plant has supplied construction products and services, operating from seven regional depots in the North of England. We have also developed an ambitious Responsible Business Strategy to help us meet our aim of being Net Zero Carbon by 2030, and to deliver, by 2025, charitable, community and education work valued at £1m.

From land promotion, property development and investment to home building, construction and plant hire, Henry Boot is where great places start.

We are seeking a qualified Chartered Accountant to join our Group Finance Department as a Management Accountant on a 12-month fixed-term contract. This is an excellent opportunity to join a well-established organisation and play a key role in delivering accurate financial reporting and analysis.

About the role:

Reporting to the Senior Accountant, you will be responsible for:

• Preparing monthly management accounts and supporting schedules
• Contributing to budgets, forecasts, and business planning
• Managing statutory accounts preparation for relevant entities
• Overseeing purchase and sales ledger operations
• Supporting tax compliance across VAT, Corporation Tax, and CIS
• Mentoring junior team members including Trainee Accountants and Accounts Assistants

What you'll need:

Essential:

• Qualified Chartered Accountant qualification
• Strong technical accounting skills
• Excellent written and numerical abilities
• Team-oriented approach with strong interpersonal skills

Desirable:

• Post-qualification experience
• Real estate sector experience
• Contract accounting knowledge
• Microsoft Dynamics experience

Our offer:

We are passionate about our people, and we are committed to your career development with us. You will have full access to our People Development team, and we encourage you to consider your personal development desires. We pride ourselves on fully supporting you in undertaking development and education to achieve your goals and objectives.

We have a competitive and progressive benefits package to help shape and support you inside and outside of work.

• We pay you a competitive salary – we are committed to promoting equality and diversity and gender pay parity;
• We will provide you with car allowance and access to electric and hybrid vehicle leasing through our salary sacrifice scheme;
• We share our financial success with our bonus scheme;
• We invest in your future with our pension plan provided by AVIVA;
• We protect your loved ones by giving a life assurance benefit based on multiples of salary;
• We support you when you might have health concerns for you or your family with our Digital GP app;
• We will help you manage the balance of work and home with agile working (where possible) and flexibility to ensure that you can be there for those important life events;
• We give you 26 days of annual leave, with the ability to buy additional leave;
• We support a complete business closure between Christmas and New Year, which does not require you to use your annual leave entitlement;
• We give you enhanced pay if you take leave due to becoming a parent; however you become a parent;
• We support your career aspirations; we are committed to personal growth and internal talent development;
• We offer you access to our Cycle to Work salary sacrifice scheme, which includes access to e-bikes;
• We support you when you need external support with our Employee Assistance Programme.

We put our people first. As a responsible and inclusive employer, we are committed to creating an environment in which we can all be our best and bring our authentic selves to work.

We ensure our recruitment processes do not treat anyone less favourably, should you wish to discuss any adjustments please contact our people team ([email protected])

We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time in advance of the closing date.

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