The Opportunity:
We are looking for an exemplary Accountant, ideally with manufacturing experience, to provide strong financial controls and reporting, at Explore Manufacturing / the Centre of Excellence for Modern Construction (CEMC) in Steetley, Worksop, Nottinghamshire.
CEMC is at the heart of Laing O'Rourke's commitment to offsite manufacturing, and is the industry leading offsite precast facility, which began production in July 2009, manufacturing a range of products including walls, floors, columns, beams, platforms and bridge components for Laing O'Rourke's and external client's projects throughout the UK.
Current projects include Everton's new stadium, Olympia redevelopment, Oxford Humanities and various HS2 packages.
Main Accountabilities:
The role comprises the following key responsibilities:
Reporting Profit & Loss, Balance Sheet, and Cashflow performance along with submitting budget/forecasts to Group
Analysing business performance and providing explanations for variances in budget & forecast
Take responsibility for balance sheet accounts, FAR & stock listings ensuring reconciliations are undertaken on a monthly basis
Weekly cash forecasting, driving opportunities to maximise cash and manage working capital
Internal review ensuring Stock and WIP are reflected accurately in the system and on reports
Proactively identifying and improving finance and business processes to ensure fast, accurate management information is available
Keeping up to date with Accounting Standards and implementing new accounting treatments where necessary
Understanding business risks and strategies
Prepare and review the supporting schedules for year end audit
Preparation of VAT & CIS returns
Travel occasionally required to other offices
Two direct report - Accounts Clerks
What skills and experience are we looking for?:
Essential:
Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent)
Strong communication and influencing skills. An ability to communicate effectively at all levels and to build and maintain productive working relationships
Proven experience working in a deadline-driven environment with the ability to prioritise workload
Experience in developing and improving processes
Strong financial and analytical skills
Experience in managing budgets, forecasts, and monthly reporting
Excellent IT skills - particularly Excel and PowerPoint with Power BI an advantage.
Desirable:
Experience using SAP, COINs, Tagetik, and Power BI
Experience working within a large manufacturing company.
Personal Attributes:
Candidates must have a record of academic success and a mix of the following personal and professional characteristics:
Highly driven and committed individual
Enthusiastic, resilient and collaborative
Effective communicator, a strong team ethic, and a desire to share knowledge
Confident, ambitious, well-rounded, and able to relate to a variety of stakeholders from senior executives to administrators
Self-motivated
Analytical
Excellent attention to detail
Always looking for ways to improve processes.
About Us:
We are an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia.
Certainty, reliability, quality - this is what our clients want. And at Laing O'Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it.
Laing O'Rourke's story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients.
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We are looking for an exemplary Accountant, ideally with manufacturing experience, to provide strong financial controls and reporting, at Explore Manufacturing / the Centre of Excellence for Modern Construction (CEMC) in Steetley, Worksop, Nottinghamshire.
CEMC is at the heart of Laing O'Rourke's commitment to offsite manufacturing, and is the industry leading offsite precast facility, which began production in July 2009, manufacturing a range of products including walls, floors, columns, beams, platforms and bridge components for Laing O'Rourke's and external client's projects throughout the UK.
Current projects include Everton's new stadium, Olympia redevelopment, Oxford Humanities and various HS2 packages.
Main Accountabilities:
The role comprises the following key responsibilities:
Reporting Profit & Loss, Balance Sheet, and Cashflow performance along with submitting budget/forecasts to Group
Analysing business performance and providing explanations for variances in budget & forecast
Take responsibility for balance sheet accounts, FAR & stock listings ensuring reconciliations are undertaken on a monthly basis
Weekly cash forecasting, driving opportunities to maximise cash and manage working capital
Internal review ensuring Stock and WIP are reflected accurately in the system and on reports
Proactively identifying and improving finance and business processes to ensure fast, accurate management information is available
Keeping up to date with Accounting Standards and implementing new accounting treatments where necessary
Understanding business risks and strategies
Prepare and review the supporting schedules for year end audit
Preparation of VAT & CIS returns
Travel occasionally required to other offices
Two direct report - Accounts Clerks
What skills and experience are we looking for?:
Essential:
Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent)
Strong communication and influencing skills. An ability to communicate effectively at all levels and to build and maintain productive working relationships
Proven experience working in a deadline-driven environment with the ability to prioritise workload
Experience in developing and improving processes
Strong financial and analytical skills
Experience in managing budgets, forecasts, and monthly reporting
Excellent IT skills - particularly Excel and PowerPoint with Power BI an advantage.
Desirable:
Experience using SAP, COINs, Tagetik, and Power BI
Experience working within a large manufacturing company.
Personal Attributes:
Candidates must have a record of academic success and a mix of the following personal and professional characteristics:
Highly driven and committed individual
Enthusiastic, resilient and collaborative
Effective communicator, a strong team ethic, and a desire to share knowledge
Confident, ambitious, well-rounded, and able to relate to a variety of stakeholders from senior executives to administrators
Self-motivated
Analytical
Excellent attention to detail
Always looking for ways to improve processes.
About Us:
We are an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia.
Certainty, reliability, quality - this is what our clients want. And at Laing O'Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it.
Laing O'Rourke's story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients.
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