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We have an exciting opportunity for a Finance Director to join our team within Vistry North Midlands, at our office in Castle Donington. As our Finance Director, you are a key member of the business unit’s leadership team and is the Business Partner to the Managing Director.  The role is responsible for working closely with the Managing Director and leadership team to develop and implement the business unit’s strategy, own the financial forecasts, ensure accurate financial reporting and provide insight and challenge to the senior management team.

We value in-person collaboration and team culture, but we’re also committed to supporting flexible working where possible. We encourage you to raise any specific requirements during the interview process so we can explore how this could be accommodated.

• Competitive basic salary and annual bonus 
• Company car, car allowance or travel allowance
• Agile working possible (dependent on role)
• Up to 33 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Private Healthcare
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Competitive contributory pension scheme
• Life assurance – 4 x your annual salary
• Share incentive schemes
• Employee rewards portal with many more benefits…

• Behave in line with our company values – Integrity, Caring and Quality
• Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent qualification)
• IT literate including MS Excel/Outlook Relevant commercial and business partnering experience gained in industry
• Experience of operating a robust financial control environment and driving change and continuous improvement in control, process efficiency and forecast accuracy
• Strong technical accounting acumen, including understanding of IFRS and joint venture accounting
• Strong verbal and report writing skills with the ability to express financial results articulately at multiple levels up to Board level
• Experience of working in a matrix management structure and leading a finance team
• Effective communicator both with finance and non-finance professionals
• Drive and ambition to deliver results

Desirable…

• COINS finance system
• Construction / Housebuilding industry

• Business partner the Managing Director and other business unit board directors, providing robust business and performance insight and challenge.
• Monitor KPIs to identify areas of concern or opportunities to ensure the business unit achieves its financial and non-financial targets.
• Review and challenge all aspect of development performance, including all costs and revenue streams, and ensure risks around margin recognition and WIP recovery are highlighted and managed.
• Support due diligence on land acquisitions and new business in terms of strategy, financials, structure, review of legal contracts and financial reporting implications, including the preparation of technical accounting papers where required.
• Preparation of financial business plans, budgets, and forecasts.
• Manage business unit cash and prepare robust cashflow forecasts.
• Prepare and present monthly finance board papers.
• Promote and ensure that there is a robust financial control environment in place at all times across the business.
• Own all financial accounting and reporting for the business unit, ensuring compliance with the Vistry Finance Manual and associated Group policies and procedures. This includes but is not limited to reviewing and challenging journals, balance sheet reconciliations, management accounts and other month end outputs.
• Financial management of joint ventures/ operations including monthly reporting to the relevant boards.
• Lead the accounts payable process and team.
• Own the business unit’s COINS Plot database.
• Manage internal and external audit requirements, including audit requirements for joint ventures/ operations.
• Lead the business unit finance team.
• Work with the Divisional Financial Controller and Group to ensure consistent accounting policies, principles and processes are being applied in the preparation of financial information.
• Attend business unit board meetings, Divisional quarterly reviews, and budget presentations, as required.

We’re Vistry Group, the UK’s leading provider of affordable mixed-tenure homes. Our core values of integrity, caring, and quality shape all we do; our partnership-led approach helps us build sustainable communities where they’re needed most.

You’re probably familiar with our unmatched portfolio of brands: Linden Homes, Bovis Homes, and Countryside Homes. We also have Vistry Works, our timber frame manufacturing operation, and Vistry Services, our support functions. Together, we build more than homes, so there’s nowhere better to build your career. We’re proud that our culture sees everyone treated fairly and respectfully, with diversity and inclusion a top priority and reasonable adjustments provided during the application process.

Join us in making Vistry.

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We have an exciting opportunity for a Technical Manager to join our team within Vistry North Midlands at our new office location in the vicinity of Castle Donnington. As our Technical Manager, you will coordinate key information, engineering and working drawing packages to enable any given residential development to be built as intended and to obtain all necessary technical approvals.

We value in-person collaboration and team culture, but we’re also committed to supporting flexible working where possible. We encourage you to raise any specific requirements during the interview process so we can explore how this could be accommodated.

• Competitive basic salary and annual bonus
• Company car, car allowance or travel allowance
• Salary sacrifice car scheme available to all employees
• Up to 33 days annual leave plus bank holidays increasing to up to 39 days with service
• 2 Volunteering days per annum
• Private medical insurance, with employee paid cover
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Competitive pension scheme through salary sacrifice
• Life assurance at 4 x your annual salary
• Share save and share incentive schemes
• Employee rewards portal with many more benefits…

• Behave in line with our company values – Integrity, Caring and Quality
• BTEC HND/HNC in Design, Construction or Civil Engineering
• Experience working within a technical role at a residential house builder, consultant or contractor
• Good level of IT literacy with experience of AutoCAD, Outlook, Excel & Word
• Proven ability in a Technical Coordinator role of delivering design for projects on time, to budget and quality standards with high customer satisfaction results
• Excellent organisation and time management with ability to multitask
• Commercially aware
• Ability to make decisions within authority
• Able to lead and work as a team member
• Experienced in analysing problems and delivering solutions
• Strong mathematical ability
• Be able to design and interpret the designs and technical demands of others
• Professional aptitude and appearance at all times
• Strives for continuous improvement for the benefit of the company
• Driven to achieve customer satisfaction
• Able to work under pressure, and accept criticism of work
• Be able to work effectively in a team
• Good level of communication skills, with the necessity to liaise with internal staff and external bodies
• Be practical and methodical with good analytical skills
• Willing to work extra to meet deadlines as and when the business needs require it

Desirable…

• Member of a professional body such as: ICE, CIAT, CIOB
• Principal Designer and associated Health and Safety training/ qualifications
• CSCS card qualification
• Use of Viewpoint drawing management system
• Proficient use of Auto Cad
• Management of technical fees and services cost to complete

• Manage sites from a Technical function from inception design stage to post completion, in line with delivery programme.
• Completion of all necessary Health, Safety & Environmental documents, in line with group policy.
• Co-ordinate delivery of surveys & reports required for the development and manage associated requirements from design to completion.
• Manage the process of obtaining consultant fee proposals and formal appointment documents in accordance with group procedures.
• Co-ordinate consultants to deliver the civil engineering designs including legal plans.
• Undertaking value engineering assessments and ensure buildability.
• Co-ordinate submission of designs and securing technical approvals for agreements such as S104, S38 and S278.
• Following technical approval being granted, managing timely completion of legal agreements.
• Co-ordinate utility designs and initial mains laying onto site, ensuring legal agreements completed in timely manner.
• Coordinate street naming with local authority, complete plot list and distribute internally and externally of the business.
• Assist in production of Sales brochure, legal and sales handover meetings.
• Provide information for Housing Association contracts and attendance of progress meetings,
• Co-ordinate consultants to deliver the house type working drawing packs and liaise with key suppliers to provide ancillary drawing information for tender, construction and sales packs.
• Prepare all drawings and documents for engineering and superstructure elements for tender, followed by the construction issue and sales handover.
• Co-ordinate the accuracy of information supplied by all departments to ensure no discrepancies.
• Submission of all information to building control and warranty providers and obtaining approval of same, obtaining SAP/HEM Assessments together with PEA’s and EPC’s, Secured by Design Approval and Robust Standard Details where required.
• Attending and chairing Pre-Start Meetings and briefing all departments on matters related to the engineering and working drawings.
• Co-ordinate information and liaise with architects, civil and structural engineers and landscape architects, ensuring consistency between various designs.
• Assist the Land, Planning and Commercial teams with advice during the land acquisition stage and assist in the information to discharge of planning conditions.
• To monitor and report technical & development fees including S106 obligations.
• Resolve all technical related queries including conducting site visits as required.

We build more than homes, we’re making Vistry. Being a responsible developer and award-winning employer means we live each day through our ethos - doing the right thing. Our behaviours reflect this, as well as our values of integrity, caring and quality. Shaping all we do; they empower us to develop sustainable communities across affordable and private housing. We work in a partnership-led way, and you’ll recognise our renowned brands Bovis Homes, Linden Homes and Countryside Homes. Together with Vistry Works, our manufacturing operation, and the functional support of Vistry Services, we’re a proud UK Green Building Council member, UK top five housebuilder with a five-star House Builders Federation (HBF) customer satisfaction rating, and winner of many awards including Top Employer, Global Top Inspiring Workplaces, and Best for Talent Attraction and Outreach. 

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We have an exciting opportunity for a Finance Manager to join our team within Vistry North Midlands, at our Castle Donington office. As our Finance Manager, you will be responsible for the production of weekly, monthly, and annual management reports and Statutory Accounts. This is a front-end role liaising closely with other departments to ensure timely and accurate information is presented to the local Board and Division.

We value in-person collaboration and team culture, but we’re also committed to supporting flexible working where possible. We encourage you to raise any specific requirements during the interview process so we can explore how this could be accommodated.

• Competitive basic salary and annual bonus 
• Company car, car allowance or travel allowance
• Salary sacrifice car scheme available to all employees
• Up to 33 days annual leave plus bank holidays increasing to up to 39 days with service
• 2 Volunteering days per annum
• Private medical insurance, with employee paid cover
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Competitive pension scheme through salary sacrifice
• Life assurance at 4 x your annual salary
• Share save and share incentive schemes
• Employee rewards portal with many more benefits…

• Behave in line with our company values – Integrity, Caring and Quality
• ACA / ACCA or CIMA qualified
• Proven track record in producing concise management information
• Extensive post qualifications experience
• Experience of implementing new processes and procedures and consistently challenging such processes to improve the quality of input
• Very strong knowledge of Excel
• Ability to work on own initiative
• Ability to prioritise work to meet deadlines
• Building relationships with commercial teams
• Ability to follow up queries and obtain explanations of variances to budget
• Having strong inter-personal skills to enable effective communication at all levels
• Possess commercial acumen
• Be flexible in their approach
• Be proactive in dealing with issues
• Ability to work on own initiative
• Ability to work well in a tea

Desirable…

• Experience of working in the construction sector
• Experience of COINS accounting system
• Knowledge of Anaplan

• Preparation of management accounts and supporting commentary on a monthly basis, including drafting P&L, Balance Sheet and Cashflow forecasts.
• Maintaining and updating the WIP summary, challenging assumptions and calculating the month end WIP number for inclusion in the management accounts.
• Reconciling project gross profit to management accounts gross profit, verifying reconciling items.
• Provide support to the Head of Finance in production of monthly Board packs.
• Monthly Joint Venture reporting both internally and to JV partners.
• Business Partner with Sales, Operations and Commercial to drive performance of business.
• Attendance at Weekly Build / Sales meeting.
• Ensuring integrity of data on COINS and Anaplan.
• Monitoring daily bank movements including actual and 3 month forecast reporting.
• Updating the sales forecast on a monthly basis and reviewing with senior management.
• Ensuring invoices are raised in line with the sales forecast, analysing variances with the QS.
• Updating and reviewing the retention tracker and bonds forecast with senior management, setting targets for completion.
• Monitoring customer care costs, ensuring costs are recharged to subcontractors wherever possible.
• Reviewing cost to completes and raising questions at the monthly project review meetings.
• Manage production of weekly sales and build reports.
• Prepare Working Day 1 flash reports to FD and Division.
• Challenging management and identifying areas for investigation.
• Improving systems and procedures.
• Preparation of schedules for statutory audit.
• Management of the finance team (Management Accountant, Assistant Management Accountant and Accounts Payable), objective setting and PDRs.
• Work closely with the Finance team to ensure integrity of the accounting system.
• Work closely with the Head of Finance, FD and MD in preparing ad-hoc management reports as required.
• Liaise with and help lead reporting initiatives with the Head of Finance and Finance Director.

We build more than homes, we’re making Vistry. Being a responsible developer and award-winning employer means we live each day through our ethos - doing the right thing. Our behaviours reflect this, as well as our values of integrity, caring and quality. Shaping all we do; they empower us to develop sustainable communities across affordable and private housing. We work in a partnership-led way, and you’ll recognise our renowned brands Bovis Homes, Linden Homes and Countryside Homes. Together with Vistry Works, our manufacturing operation, and the functional support of Vistry Services, we’re a proud UK Green Building Council member, UK top five housebuilder with a five-star House Builders Federation (HBF) customer satisfaction rating, and winner of many awards including Top Employer, Global Top Inspiring Workplaces, and Best for Talent Attraction and Outreach. 

Join us in making Vistry.  

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We have an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Planning Manager to join our team within Vistry North Midlands, at our Castle Donington office. As our Assistant Planning Manager, you will deal with, and (under the guidance of the senior planning manager) be responsible for planning related matters within the regional business; designing and planning of our residential developments and managing the planning process to targeted objectives, so that we can gain planning consents, discharge conditions, and comply with our planning related obligations.

We value in-person collaboration and team culture, but we’re also committed to supporting flexible working where possible. We encourage you to raise any specific requirements during the interview process so we can explore how this could be accommodated.

• Competitive basic salary and annual bonus
• Company car, car allowance or travel allowance
• Salary sacrifice car scheme available to all employees
• Up to 33 days annual leave plus bank holidays increasing to up to 39 days with service
• 2 Volunteering days per annum
• Private medical insurance, with employee paid cover
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Competitive pension scheme through salary sacrifice
• Life assurance at 4 x your annual salary
• Share save and share incentive schemes
• Employee rewards portal with many more benefits…

• Behave in line with our company values – Integrity, Caring and Quality
• Further education in Architecture or Planning related course or;
• Further education in Design, such as, Urban Layout, Landscape, Architectural Technology or;
• Relevant experience in the industry
• Competent in Word, PDF, Excel, etc.
• Experience in people management and project leading
• Able to influence and persuade others to their point of view
• Capable of implementing change and of using their initiative
• Resilient, positive, confident and assertive but diplomatic
• Strong mathematical ability
• Able to manage and lead a team of consultants
• A good communicator/listener
• An awareness of the social and environmental impact of your work
• Accurate with an eye for detail
• Capable of strategic vision
• Decision making/problem solving/multi-tasking
• Able to work under pressure, and accept criticism of work
• Willing to work extra to meet deadlines as and when the business needs require it

Desirable…

• MRTPI qualified or working towards
• Achieved or working towards a BSc or an NVQ in Planning or Architectural Technology
• Any other short courses
• Experience working within a residential house builder, planning consultancy or local authority

• Under the wing of the Senior Planning Manager, manage and positively contribute to the preparation of layouts and planning applications for all sites.
• Organise, programme, positively influence and manage project consultant design teams, ensuring fantastic projects are designed, within tight timescales.
• Build excellent long-term relationships within the team, regional business, consultants and local authorities.
• Reviewing, understanding, interpreting and commenting on various design information and reports with an aim of making every project a success.
• Understanding the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) and how this is calculated.
• Assist in discussions and with all relevant bodies and Local Planning Authorities, in conjunction with external project teams, and engage with the public and relevant stakeholders.
• Being able to review/understand relevant local authority policies and nationally described space standard (NDSS) requirements.
• Raising purchase orders and managing the planning budget for each project.
• Manage and maintain planning condition trackers. Gathering all necessary information, submitting and pushing for discharge in a timely manner.
• Assist in the preparation of planning appraisals for new land opportunities.
• Contribute to the overall effectiveness of the Development Department in conjunction with the other team members.
• Prepare design and planning briefs, tender packages and commission works being undertaken by external consultants in the preparation of various types of planning applications.
• Provide an effective handover to the regional business at various stages of planning to ensure any key matters are passed onto the relevant teams.
• Submit and prepare non-material amendment and minor material amendment applications to amend planning permissions.
• Understand S106 agreements and keep trackers to ensure obligations are complied with.
• Awareness of housebuilder requirements including standard house types and design principles.
• Ensure the team are meeting the Company’s health and safety commitments and attend all relevant training.
• Ensure you have read, understand and comply with the Company’s health and safety policies and procedures at all times.
• Reporting any accidents, near misses and unsafe conditions immediately to your manager and record them appropriately.
• Ensure your workplace is kept tidy and any hazards are eliminated or reported to your line manager.
• Wear appropriate protective clothing on site at all times.
• Attend all health and safety training as required by the Company.
• Ensure designers risk assessments are prepared, checked and saved, following company guidance.

We build more than homes, we’re making Vistry. Being a responsible developer and award-winning employer means we live each day through our ethos - doing the right thing. Our behaviours reflect this, as well as our values of integrity, caring and quality. Shaping all we do; they empower us to develop sustainable communities across affordable and private housing. We work in a partnership-led way, and you’ll recognise our renowned brands Bovis Homes, Linden Homes and Countryside Homes. Together with Vistry Works, our manufacturing operation, and the functional support of Vistry Services, we’re a proud UK Green Building Council member, UK top five housebuilder with a five-star House Builders Federation (HBF) customer satisfaction rating, and winner of many awards including Top Employer, Global Top Inspiring Workplaces, and Best for Talent Attraction and Outreach. 

Join us in making Vistry.  

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