Job Title:Finance Manager
Location:Crowthorne House, Wokingham
Brand:Leaders Romans Group
Salary: Competitive Salary Package
Hours:Monday to Friday 8:30am to 5:30pm
About Leaders Romans Group:
LRG are an award-winning national property company, who are going through exciting periods of growth and offer tailored training and development programmes at all levels. With over 200 branches across England and Wales we have a reputation for perfection and delivering an outstanding customer experience. Investment in people is built into our culture, and there are opportunities for driven individuals to achieve their career aspirations within the company.
Job Summary and key responsibilities
Working closely with the Head of Finance Integrations and senior leadership across the business this role will bolster our current acquisition strategy from an operational finance perspective; from the due diligence process through to completion and finally to migration onto LRG systems and integration into our reporting.
Key Responsibilities:
* Attendance at integration meetings to help drive decision making and ensure implications on both finance and the wider central functions are identified, understood and acceptable before they are approved.
* Attendance post completion at acquisition sites to meet the team and review finance processes and controls. Ensuring that LRG can gain oversight and where appropriate control of the newly acquired entity - this will involve a review of all financial controls, processes and team members within the acquired business.
* Collaborate and build relationships with the incumbent management structure and acquired finance team to ensure a smooth handover process
* Involvement in the banking switchover from current banking mandates to LRG mandate and ensuring that LRG have full oversight and control of all acquisition bank accounts.
* Document and challenge the controls and processes in place at newly acquired sites to determine if they are sufficient or if they differ from LRG's.
* Review and challenge monthly management accounts production and compare to acquisition budget.
* Ensuring the smooth transition of accounting procedures from the newly acquired entity into our accounting system and our group reporting post integration.
* Successfully integrate the results and budgets of acquired companies into the Group's monthly management accounts pack, ensuring acquired company's accounting package is set up to enable reporting in line with LRG chart of accounts
* Develop an acquisitions checklist that can be used in all future acquisitions
* Provide guidance and support to other members of the Acquisitions team as required
* Work with members of LRG's finance team so that post integration there is a smooth handover to the financial controller responsible for business as usual.
* Dealing with ad-hoc queries from the acquisition or from LRG following acquisition / integration.
What are we looking for:
* Qualified (ACCA, ACA or CIMA)
* Good written and oral communication skills
* Able to plan and prioritise
* Excellent IT skills - Experience of Microsoft suite of products, Word, Excel etc.
* Line management experience essential
* Able to communicate at all levels
* Prior experience of acquisitions integrations
Desirable Experience:
* Hands on experience of acquisition integration.
* Business Partnering Experience
* Prior integration experience, or at least system implementation experience
* Experience of D365 accounting system
* Knowledge of property market and associated services
What we can offer you:
* Proven track record for career growth and advancement within the company
* Market leading training and ongoing professional development
* Access to a diverse portfolio of properties
* Supportive and collaborative team environment
Benefits:
* Competitive base salary and Commission structure
* Quarterly and yearly awards including trips abroad
* Salary sacrifice pension scheme
* Generous Holiday allowance, increasing by 1 day per year based on service with the option to purchase an additional 5 days holiday per year
Leaders Romans Group are an equal opportunities employer and encourage candidates of all backgrounds to apply. We look forward to welcoming a dedicated individual to our team who shares our commitment to excellence in the Real Estate Industry.
Leader Romans Group d oes not engage the services of Recruitment agencies for the purpose of hiring. All job openings are managed directly by our Internal Recruitment team. We do not accept unsolicited CVs or candidate referral from Recruitment agencies, and any such submissions will not be considered.
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