Accounting Senior Manager / Team Leader
Bristol/Hybrid - 3 days a week on-site
Reports to: Head of Finance Planning & Reporting - Europe
37.5 hours per week
Permanent
£55,000 - £60,000
Last date for applications 3rd Febraury 2025
The Finance Planning & Reporting team leader is responsible for management accounting, financial planning, reporting, analysis, as well as driving commercial and operational value in the business by supporting strategic initiatives and influencing decisions.
The successful candidate will be supported by up to four Management Accountants / Assistant Management Accountants to deliver annual budgets, accurate accounts, P&L and performance reports in a timely manner for up to 30 properties managed by Yugo across Europe.
Responsibilities
Investor reporting
As part of month end process, supervise up to four Management Accountants to produce accounts and review them to ensure that the data is accurate.
Work closely with Yugo Operations to ensure financial performance for properties across multiple European regions are reported accurately and on time to investors.
Act as subject matter expert for any local reporting requirements.
Act as a main point of contact for investors, portfolio managers and our own operations team.
Collaborate with the wider Finance function, including teams who deliver transaction processing, corporate accounting and projects.
Planning
Supervise management accountants to consolidate data for budget and forecast models for any new or existing properties, ensuring data is consolidated and presented in a controlled manner.
Liaise and co-ordinate with Yugo Operations to provide support and challenge in the preparation of budget for each property as part of the annual planning process, reforecasts, and budget for new properties as part of the mobilisation process.
Analysis
Supervise management accountants to produce reactive and proactive analysis to provide insights into property performance.
Business partnering
Act as primary interface into Finance for the business, as well as business advocate within Finance, to lead cross-functional collaboration and build relationships with multiple stakeholders.
Guide the management accountants in supporting the development and monitoring of business performance measures to identify gaps against agreed targets and KPIs, ensuring transparency of business actions and supporting course correction.
Guide the Assistant management accountants in providing qualitative and quantitative analysis to support business decision making process.
Challenge Yugo Operations on their spend on limited resources available on the most profitable projects or initiatives to achieve Opex and Capex optimisation.
Transformation and business changes
Be a change maker, driving improvements and identifying resolutions to historic issues.
Developing best practice, communicating it out and driving the implementation.
Support Head of Planning & Reporting in relevant projects for finance and business processes optimization.
People management and coaching
Coach junior members of the team by being a role model.
Support management accountants through their professional studies.
Manage performance of management accountants to ensure accurate set of management accounts are produced in a timely manner.
Qualifications
Competencies required
Passion - Shows enthusiasm and demonstrates energy. Self-starter who shows initiative.
Resilience – The successful candidate will need to demonstrate adaptability, ability to manage stress, problem solve and foster a resilient and collaborative work environment.
Agility -Track record of adapting to and delivering in uncertain and ambiguous situations. Change management skills.
Leadership - Demonstratable skills of motivating and developing a team
Time management - Ability to handle multiple tasks and prioritise appropriately. Can work independently and in a team, hybrid and in the office work environment and be able to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
Interpersonal skills - Excellent communication skills across multiple stakeholders
Building Trust - Ability to engage and influence multiple stakeholders, build constructive relationships and manage expectations.
Problem solving - High-level analytical and problem-solving skills
Commercial mindset - Ability to think strategically and spot opportunities for revenue growth or cost savings.
Experience Required
Essential:
Qualified Accountant, with 5+ PQE
Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills
Fluent in written and spoken English
Must have people management experience.
Desirable:
Oracle NetSuite experience
Fluency in a foreign language (Spanish)