Head of Commercial Finance

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At Bellway we recognise that people are the key to our success, and we are working towards becoming a more inclusive employer that values and respects individual differences in the workplace.

There is an exciting opportunity to join Bellway, one of the UK’s largest house builders. OurGroup Head Office is looking to recruit a Head of Commercial Finance to join the Division’s Finance team.

The Role

The role of Head of Commercial Finance will drive the financial performance and position of the Group and is a key member of the Group finance team. They will support the Group Chief Financial Officer and Group Financial Controller to deliver the Group’s financial strategy across the Group. Reporting to the Group Financial Controller, the role will lead a team of 7 skilled accountants.

Principle accountabilities of the role include:

• Providing the CFO and Group FC with clear, insightful analysis and commentary, providing recommendations and implementing action plans
  
  
• Ensuring the Group’s finance strategy is understood by the divisions and support them in achieving target performance. This will involve liaising with divisional management teams, regular divisional visits and embedding a collaborative approach to continuous improvement.
  
  
• Share operational finance best practice to allow divisions to optimise performance
  
  
• Providing a first line of operational finance support for Regional Chair’s to ensure decisions are aligned with the Group’s strategy
  
  
• Lead for all forward-looking financial and operational analysis, including short, medium and long-range financial planning, budgeting and forecasting. In doing so, having a full understanding over time of the operations of the business, the key interdependencies between business functions and their impact on overall financial performance and position.
  
  
• Responsible for the continued optimisation of the Group’s financial modelling capabilities to ensure the delivery of real-time, value add forecasting and optionality to the business
  
  
• Critically reviewing the internal management reporting requirements to ensure both the contents of the reports remain relevant to the users and the method of reporting
  
  
• Lead the development of predictive analytics and performance dashboards to support management decision making, as well as areas of importance to the business, including but not limited to work-in-progress, land and operating expenditure, overheads and liquidity management
  
  
• Owning the finance systems used throughout the Group, ensuring a robust and efficient control environment that complies with the relevant rules and legislation
  
  
• Review the financial evaluation of strategic initiatives including land, joint ventures, finance structuring and other commercial initiatives, from both a returns and accounting perspective. This will involve collaboration with other senior leaders across the business.
  
  
• Other ad hoc projects as they arise and impact the business from a financial or operating perspective.
  
  
• Effective line management of the FP&A and Finance Systems and Processes teams, identifying personal development needs and supporting and coaching direct reports
  
  Experience, Qualifications and Skills
  
  

• Qualified accountant with extensive experience in a similar role
  
  
• Construction or property experience is preferred
  
  
• Experience of successfully leading and developing a team
  
  
• Experience of change management
  
  Qualifications and Training
  
  
• ACA/ACCA/CIMA
  
  
• Current full UK driving licence
  
  Skills and Aptitude
  
  
  • Ability to overlay technical accounting knowledge commercially
    
    
  • Ability to communicate at all levels across various functions
    
    
  • Good interpersonal skills with experience of interacting with senior executive team members
    
    
  • Strong ability to multi-task and work under pressure to deadlines in a fast-paced environment, where relationships, organisation, accuracy and a high attention to detail is required
    
    
  • Self-motivated team player
    
    
  • Hands-on approach to issue resolution and driven to deliver the required result
    
    
  • Excellent verbal and written presentation skills
    
    
  • Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint
    
    Working Conditions
    
    
• Willing to be flexible in respect of day-to-day duties and hours worked
  
  
• Office based role
  
  
• Please note this role is subject to a basic DBS and financial pre-employment checks
  
  In return we can offer you
  
  
  • Competitive salary
    
    
  • Competitive annual bonus
    
    
  • Contributory pension scheme
    
    
  • 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays
    
    
  • Access to discounts and benefits portal
    
    
  • ShareSave Scheme
    
    
  • Cycle to Work Scheme
    
    
  • Life assurance
    
    
  • Holiday Purchase Scheme
    
    
  • On-site Gym
    
    We reserve the right to close this vacancy if a large volume of applications are received