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Are you a finance project professional looking for a role which will offer you a wide breadth experience? Interested in a finance role within real estate projects? Got your interest.…look no further!
What the role has to offer:
Opportunity to engage with multiple stakeholders across the project, functions and other parts of Thales UK
Opportunity to work in a fast paced, exciting and dynamic environment
Ability to drive continuous improvement
Our Opportunity:
Thales UK currently have an exciting opportunity for Properties Accountant to join our Real estate team within Thales Finance. You will provide day to day financial support for Thales Properties Ltd and be responsible for the production of the Reporting Packages to Group. This will include Income Statement, Balance Sheet and cash flows (actuals, forecast, budget). You will liaise with other parties to guarantee the quality of all the information in a timely manner.
Day to day you will:
Provide financial support to Real Estate Function Controller in month end reviews and QFRs, ensure control of overhead and operating costs, comparisons between actual & budget, identifying and analysing anomalies, defining actions and ensuring resolution.
Provision of regular, or ad hoc, financial reports & management accounts (including cost centre reporting) in line with the business requirements.
Prepare quarterly balance sheet reconciliations ensuring that they are performed to a high professional standard. Ensure they are all reviewed & outstanding actions are cleared in a timely manner.
Preparation of journal vouchers as required e.g. business accruals, prepayments, project accruals for sales, cost of sales, contract variances.
Production of the monthly financial results (including I/S, B/S and OCF) along with supporting schedules, ensuring all deadlines are achieved.
Completion of Group Reporting Packages including any disclosures (Actuals, Budget, Forecast) ensuring accurate submissions are made in a timely manner.
Hold monthly reviews of financial information with the Real Estate Function Controller/business and
ensure all corrective action is taken to resolve issues.Assist in the preparation of the monthly Business Operational Review (BOR) reporting pack, including
commentary and analysis.Prepare data for the multi-year budget (MYB), developing and maintaining effective mechanisms for
the preparation of annual budget estimates and realisable forecasts.Assisting in the preparation of the real estate recharge workbook during MYB and providing detailed breakdowns to the businesses.
About You
You should hold relevant qualifications and have a Financial and management accounting background. Ideally you will have a few years post qualification experience in a relevant role and ready to take your next step. You should be someone with excellent attention to detail with the ability to self govern. As Thales properties is its own entity, this is a great opportunity for someone who wants a role which can give you the whole picture and exposure to the full financial process, setting you up for success for your next career move.
What We Can Offer
We’re committed to giving you opportunities to be your best. We believe in embracing the passion and potential of our people, and to achieve this we offer market leading training, development and experiences, along with the opportunity to be mentored and coached by some of the smartest minds in the industry. We hire from within as our first priority, so you’ll have a myriad of opportunities within our diverse, global organisation.
Flexibility
Your health and well-being matters to us and that’s why we offer you the flexibility to do what’s important to you; whether that’s part-time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.
Thales is an equal opportunities employer and diversity and inclusion are integral to the success of Thales.
In line with Thales' Baseline Security requirements, candidates will be asked to provide evidence of identity, eligibility to work in the UK and employment and/or education history for up to three years. Some vacancies may require full Security Clearance which can require further evidence to be provided. For further details of the evidence required to apply for Baseline and Security Clearance please refer to the Defence Business Services National Security Vetting (DBS NSV) Agency.
At Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales employing 80,000 employees in 68 countries our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad, in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields. Together we believe that embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working.
Thales UK is committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free recruitment process. We will provide reasonable adjustments and support to ensure neuro-diverse applicants or those with a disability or long-term condition can be their best during the recruitment process. To request an adjustment, if you need this job advert in an alternative format or if you have any questions about the recruitment process, please contact Resourcing Ops for mid to senior roles, or the Early Careers Team for graduate and apprentice roles.
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