Cost Accountant

Cost Accountant

Location: St Asaph

Salary: £39,000

Sector: Housing

FLUENT WELSH SPEAKER ONLY

MAIN PURPOSE OF THE JOB

The Cost Accountant will work alongside the company's in-house contractor. The purpose of this role is to provide real-time and reliable financial information to support all repairs and maintenance works to empty and tenanted properties, as well as undertaking investment works via a planned programme.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Cost Accounting

• Report to 'Senior Managers' in clear and concise terms, providing timely, accurate financial and management information.
• Analysing and assessing data to determine monthly costs, including labour rates, materials and overheads.
• To provide accurate and timely monthly management account information including variance analysis, to operational managers and budget holders, and to deal with resultant queries
• To create detailed forecasts from interpreted costs.
• Establish an in depth understanding of costs and outputs for the purposes of;
• Developing cost-saving strategies.
• Determining the accuracy of financial records
• Analysis of data related to any aspect of operational costs.
• To design and create new financial reports to assist decision making

Management Accounting :

• Assist the Group Finance Business Partner with producing the annual budgets and forecasts, including uploading budgets to the financial system.
• To prepare the monthly management accounts and year-end reports in-line with agreed deadlines.
• To arrange and attend regular budget monitoring meetings with budget holders and the Group Finance Business Partner.
• To assist in the production of monthly, quarterly and annual Financial Performance indicators
• To be responsible for maintaining the fixed asset register in relation to the Vehicles & Plant stock
• To assist with the preparation of the year end statutory accounts.
• To be the point of contact with external auditors during the audit of the accounts ensuring that they are provided with all relevant working papers and explanations.
• To ensure that proper books and records are maintained to comply with statutory and regulatory requirements.

EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

• Fluent Welsh
• Part Qualified or Fully Qualified Accountant
• Experience (minimum of 1 year), either in current role or previous of Cost Accounting
• Significant experience of working with cost monitoring, cost versus budget analysis and asset management systems.
• Preparation of budgets, management accounts and year-end reports
• Experience of working in the housing sector / building construction environment

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