Job Openings at 360 Degree Habitat Limited

Job Description

• The key functions of the role are to ensure that a high level of financial control exists, ensuring that our project spend is closely managed and understood, ensuring a high level of service to Senior Management, Project Directors and to take responsibility for and lead the company’s day to day financial accounting requirements while.

Responsibilities

• Manage the day to day financial accounting function, providing support, guidance and direction to the general ledger and project accounting staff:
• Supporting Project Managers in construction of business cases, challenge costs and project benefits
• Perform monthly analytical reviews on expense categorisation.
• Maintain resource profiles for each project.
• Produce accurate and timely monthly consolidated management accounts and related financial reports, as well as supporting ad hoc reports as required in line with company deadlines;
• Manage the year-end audit process ensuring accounts are prepared and filed within company deadlines.
• Lead the process of year-end Tax preparation and Statutory accounts.
• Lead the preparation of the company’s annual business plan/budget and reforecasts;
• Ensure monthly reconciliation of balance sheet accounts and project Gross Margins;
• Ensure all filings are done in accordance with official timescales.
• Ensure timely payment of associates, subcontractors & suppliers;
• Prepare a complete annual audit file for presentation to the company’s auditors;
• Manage the credit control function;
• Review & identify areas of improvement in financial processes, controls & reporting
• Close out project accounts upon project completion.
• Provide overall support to the Finance Business Partner on all project analysis requests

Qualifications and Skills Required

• Bachelors Degree in financial Accounting with experience as a Financial Controller in a relevant Organisation
• A fully qualified accountant - ACA, ACCA(Desirable) or candidate with equivalent experience, in a relevant discipline;
• Project management accounting experience preferred
• Strong Excel user
• Track record in managing a team including Project Accountants / Experience in Project Accounting environment
• Experience with Oracle Financials, preferably with implementation skills.
• Good knowledge of Tax and compliance.

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Key Responsibilities
The responsibilities/accountabilities of this role include demonstrating confidence, experience and keenness to lead in the following areas of delivery:

• Master planning: carrying out independent site visits to do analysis of sites/ developments, development of high level conceptual options, location and layout of master planning land uses, identifying population and knowledge of current trends and technologies in planning and integrating inputs and outputs with the environmental, infrastructure and transportation planners.
• Urban design: writing and illustrating urban design and concept architecture concepts, explanation and analysis of a projects requirements to develop urban design and landscape guidelines, bench marking studies for comparable developments, development of presentations and reports to explain the same.
• Architecture: writing and illustrating concepts around different types of architecture, explanation and analysis of a projects requirements to develop project briefs, strategies and guidelines, bench marking studies for comparable developments, development of presentations and reports to explain the same
• Landscape design: writing and illustrating landscape design and placemaking concepts, explanation and analysis of a projects requirements to develop strategies and guidelines, bench marking studies for comparable developments, development of presentations and reports to explain the same.
• Leadership: Leading (project managing) design projects for both internal and external clients. Leading, taking records at progress meetings, presentations and workshops.
• Business development: Seeking opportunities for further work with clients including identification of opportunities, writing proposals, pricing and determination of resources.
• Responding to ad hoc client and stakeholder requests: Quick turnaround for short planning, urban design exercises.
• Meeting and establishing relationships with local authorities
• Overall responsibility of the planning function on the project
• Co-ordinating programmes for the work
• Monitoring the planning and project controlling works for conformance with project procedures.
• Communication of programme information to team and stakeholders
• Presentation and negotiations of programme entitlement for additional works
• Working with the Construction Manager to ensure the construction programme is fit for purpose

Requirements

• Relevant Bachelors degree in Architecture, and or urban design with a masters in urban design, planning, landscape architecture an advantage
• Minimum of 3-5 years of relevant post graduate experience in Planning within the construction industry, in architecture or site planning with consultancy or a private developer.
• Strong background of working on highway or major infrastructure construction projects
• Sound knowledge of best practices and demonstration of use of innovative techniques in urban design, urban planning and sustainable development.
• Excellent hand drawing skills.
• Both tender & live works planning experience
• Previous highways planning experience – a plus
• Experience of using P6 and MS Office is essential
• Previous experience of managing / mentoring planning teams
• Heavy civil engineering background - qualifications or site experience
• Strong communication skills