Location Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
About The Role
Accountant
28 Days Holiday + 8 Bank Holidays
Generous Pension Scheme / Life Assurance
Employee Discount Platform
Ongoing Training & Development (incl. Professional Qualifications)
Hybrid Working
Milestone Infrastructure are the UK's leading highways maintenance provider. Responsible for 48,652 km of road and over 300,000 streetlights, always with a view to ensuring that all works are carried out as sustainably as possible and with minimal impact to local communities.
In line with our ambitious growth plans our key contract Peterborough Highways are looking for an Accountant. The role requires some occasional travel to sites including Peterborough and Huntingdon. The successful applicant will be supporting the Senior Accountant at the contract and the Finance Business Partner for the East Region in providing financial support, advice, and governance.
Key Duties & Responsibilities:
* Developing and supporting the contract Finance team, Commercial and Operational teams.
* Responsible for the timely and accurate review of monthly financial information.
* Assisting the preparation and coordination of the quarterly forecasting and annual budgeting cycle. Reviewing of reporting packs for submission to leadership team.
* Reviewing and challenging financial performance against forecasts and provide variance analysis.
* Ensuring compliance of Milestone's internal and UK FRS Accounting policies and processes.
* Identifying and driving improvements in processes and systems to add value and seek efficiencies, identifying and mitigating risk.
* Responsibility of the contract balance sheet, timely balance sheet reconciliations and review with Finance Leadership team.
* Weekly update of expected Cash Position.
* Supporting the interim and year-end audit process.
* Providing year end statutory information to Central Finance.
Essential Skills:
* Qualified Financial Accountant with at least a minimum 4 years' post qualification experience in a similar role.
* Initiative-taking, robust, and resourceful finance professional
* Remain focused in a challenging environment
* Ability to build relationships on a cross-functional basis within the sector and business
* Excellent communication and people skills
* Advance Excel skills
* Knowledge of Oracle and Highways Costing Programs advantages.
At Milestone we embrace diversity, opening a rich potential for new ways of thinking and helping us to build successful and winning teams. We would like you to perform at your best at every stage of our recruitment process; and as a Disability Confident employer, if you require any adjustments that would assist you throughout your application, please contact us at [email protected] or inform the recruitment manager in the first instance and we will be pleased to offer support.
This is an advert for our job vacancy, and therefore may not be inclusive of all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the role described, and may be amended at any time at the sole discretion of Milestone. The closing date for this vacancy may be subject to change any time at the sole discretion of the Business. #J-18808-Ljbffr