Capital Accountant - 1 year contract Full or P/T

Paradigm Housing Group; High Wycombe; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Paradigm Housing Group as a Capital Accountant, where you'll play a crucial role in managing fixed asset registers and guiding capital transactions. This opportunity offers flexibility with reduced-hours options, competitive pay, and a supportive, values-led culture dedicated to impactful housing projects. Bring your finance expertise to a team focused on positive change within the community.

Benefits

25 days holidays plus bank holidays

Paid volunteering days

Health cash plan worth over £1,800 p/a

Flexible hybrid working

Free car parking and charging points

Pension scheme

Opportunities for career development

Social activities

Qualifications

• At least part qualified accountant with relevant qualifications.
• Experience in Social Housing or property sectors preferred.
• Detail-oriented with strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage Fixed Asset Registers and capital transactions.
• Ensure accurate reporting and support for strategic projects.
• Lead on year-end capital accounting.

Skills

Attention to detail

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Strong Excel skills

Education

Part qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA)

Job description

Capital Accountant - 1 year contract Full or P/T

The Vacancy

Day rates are ok, but when you factor in our benefits package, our high employee engagement and flexibility, you may just change your mind. Are you a detail-oriented finance professional with a passion for purpose? This is a great career opportunity for someone to bring their experience and knowledge to our growing business through merger and acquisition. If you're available now / next couple of weeks you could be joining our friendly team as a Capital Accountant and help us deliver impactful housing and development projects that change lives. Ideally to start in the next couple if weeks

What You'll Do
As a key member of our Finance team, you'll manage our Fixed Asset Registers and capital transactions from project inception to completion. You'll ensure accurate reporting, support strategic projects, and help shape our capital accounting practices.

Key Responsibilities
Maintain project ledgers and fixed asset registers
Track development programme progress and financials
Prepare capitalisation and depreciation journals
Lead on year-end capital accounting and statutory returns
Support acquisitions, disposals, and grant reporting

You'll need to be at least part qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA) with strong Excel and analytical skills and a solid understanding of capital accounting. With excellent communication skills and attention to detail. If you have experience in Social Housing or the property sectors - even better!

Reduced-Hours Opportunity We welcome applications from candidates interested in a reduced-hours contract (circa 30 hours over 4/5 days) please specify this clearly at the application stage. Our standard weekly hours are 37-hour; 09:00 - 17:30 Monday to Thursday, and 09:00 - 17:00 on Fridays. This needs to fit our month end reporting requirements which may require flexibility at these times.

Where could this role take you? Whilst this role is fixed term for 12 months, in a business our size; circa 630 employees and turnover £150m+ (which is growing) and with the transformation we are going through, there is a possibility that this could either be extended, made permanent or other suitable opportunities may arise. Many of our talented colleagues started at Paradigm as temporary/interim and have gone on to forge successful careers with us. However, if something longer term doesn't materialise, you will still gain valuable experience which will add to your employability in this and similar fields

Why Join Us?
We're a values-led organisation committed to integrity, inclusion, and impact. You'll enjoy flexible working, a supportive culture, and the chance to make a real difference.

Some of our benefits are:

• 25 days holidays plus 3 paid days at Christmas/new year, plus bank holidays.
• Up to 3 paid days for volunteering
• Health cash plan worth over £1,800 p/a
• Flexible hybrid working
• Free car parking and charging points for electric vehicles
• Pension
• Social activities

Ready to bring your expertise to a role that matters? Apply Now as this has a short application period and we reserve the right to close earlier than the published date.

About us

We are Paradigm Housing Group.

We manage more than 17,000 homes across the South East.

We know that house prices in the areas where we work are high, both to buy and rent. We want to help more people have a safe and sustainable home that they can afford.

As a charity, the money we make goes into building new homes and providing an excellent service for residents.

We are a Best Companies two-star accredited organisation in recognition of our high employee engagement and commitment to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone is free to be themselves and feel like they belong. We are clearly focused on the delivery of our five-year corporate plan with ambitious and challenging objectives including delivering one of the sector's largest digital transformation programmes, improving our environment and sustainability targets and delivering more quality homes to people who need them.

Our benefits

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• Holidays - 25 days rising to 30 with length of service (30 days starting for senior roles) plus an extra three paid days off between Christmas and New Year, and the opportunity to buy up to another five days.
• Pension scheme: a defined contribution scheme with employer contributions of 7.5% or 9.5% depending on the employee's contribution rate.
• Car leasing scheme.
• Annual bonus potential.
• 1 paid professional subscription per year.
• Family friendly policies including generous paternity, maternity, shared parental and adoption leave, sabbaticals and more.
• Health cash plan - worth over £1,800 per year. Includes dental, optical, prescriptions and flu jabs, physiotherapy, chiropractic therapy, reflexology, Sports massage and more.
• Hybrid working for many roles.
• Up to three paid Giving Back (volunteer) Days a year.
• Modern collaborative offices, with free parking and charging points for electric vehicles.
• Opportunities for career development and progression.
• Social events such as quiz nights, Christmas Party, Summer BBQ.

Our Vision

We provide excellent services to customers.

And build new homes to help more people.

We make sure our homes are safe and sustainable.

And strive to do more by making the most of our resources.

Working For Us

Our Values

Safer Together

The safety of our customers, colleagues and ourselves is a priority in everything we do.

Driving Improvement

We seek to do things better and deliver value to our customers.

Working As One

We work collaboratively with others and also take personal responsibility for delivering outcomes for our customers, colleagues and stakeholders.

Acting Thoughtfully

We make ourselves aware of our customers' and colleagues' circumstances, and consider this thoughtfully and respectfully, and with attention to the impact on the environment, when taking action.

Being Clear

We will communicate in a clear and consistent manner so that our customers, colleagues and stakeholders understand the high standards that we work to.

Please note that customer facing roles may be subject to a DBS check.