Accountant

Service Care Solutions; Chelmsley Wood; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A staffing agency is recruiting for a temporary Accountant to support a Housing Association in Birmingham. This key role involves leading a team and ensuring effective delivery of financial reporting, budgeting, and control processes. The ideal candidate should be qualified or part-qualified CCAB, have significant experience in accounting, strong Excel skills, and knowledge of housing financial environments. This role offers a competitive daily rate with hybrid working options.

Benefits

£250 referral bonus

Qualifications

• Considerable experience in accounting, especially with Housing Associations.
• Experience in preparing and monitoring budgets and forecasts.
• Experience producing management accounts with variance analysis.

Responsibilities

• Produce monthly management accounts and performance information.
• Maintain systems of budgetary control and provide guidance.
• Prepare annual financial statements and working papers for audits.
• Ensure compliance with legislation and internal policies.
• Manage workflows within the team and report performance indicators.
• Act as a source of professional finance advice to the organization.

Skills

Qualified/Part-Qualified CCAB

Strong Excel skills

Experience in a similar capacity

Job description

Accountant

Location: Birmingham

Contract: Temporary (3 months initial)

Rate: £340.00 per day umbrella // £299.31 per day PAYE inclusive // £267.08 per day PAYE exclusive

Start Date: ASAP

Hybrid Working

Job Description

Service Care Solutions are recruiting on behalf of a Housing Association in Birmingham for an Accountant to join the team on a temporary basis. This is a key role within the Finance function, supporting the Financial Reporting Manager and Head of Financial Reporting in delivering high-quality financial services to internal and external stakeholders.

You will lead a small team and play an important role in ensuring the effective delivery, continuous development, and improvement of financial reporting, budgeting, and control processes, aligned to organisational values and statutory requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Produce monthly management accounts and performance information in line with agreed timetables.
• Maintain robust systems of budgetary control and provide guidance to budget holders.
• Support the preparation of annual financial statements and provide working papers for internal and external auditors.
• Ensure compliance with legislation, accounting standards, standing orders, and internal policies.
• Manage, coordinate, and monitor workflows within the team, allocating work and reporting performance indicators.
• Act as a source of professional finance advice across the organisation.
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with internal teams and external stakeholders including regulators, funders, and partners.

Candidate Criteria

• Qualified/Part-Qualified CCAB with considerable experience.
• Experience of working in a similar capacity with a Housing Association is highly desirable.
• Experience working in an accounts environment, preparing and monitoring budgets and forecasts.
• Experience producing management accounts with variance analysis to set deadlines.
• Experience of supervising staff.
• Strong Excel skills, including advanced functions and financial modelling.

If you are interested in the role, or know of anyone who could be, please contact Greg at Service Care Solutions on (phone number removed) or email (url removed).

Service Care Solutions also offers a £250 referral bonus! So, if you know of anyone who would be perfect for this position and they are placed into work, you will receive £250 for the referral once their probationary period has been completed.