Company Accountant

Great Places Housing Association; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A community-oriented housing organization in Manchester seeks a company accountant to provide strategic and operational financial support. The ideal candidate will have a recognised accountancy qualification and extensive experience in financial management, particularly in preparing budgets and management accounts. This role emphasizes collaboration and a commitment to community engagement, offering a flexible working environment and various benefits.

Benefits

Annual leave starting at 26 days

Pension DC scheme

Healthcare benefits

Flexible working options

Smart tech loans

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in financial management.
• Experience of preparing budgets forecasts and management accounts.
• Proven relationship builder and influencer with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and operational finance support.
• Prepare business plans and budgets for relevant subsidiaries.
• Ensure robust financial plans and sufficient reporting.
• Contribute to service improvements within the finance teams.

Skills

Financial management

Budget preparation

Strong IT skills

Report writing

Relationship building

Education

Recognised professional accountancy qualification or strong QBE

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Youll provide strategic and operational finance support to Great Places and will help embed financial planning commercial thinking and budgetary control.

The company accountant will work with our new Head of Finance to support our subsidiary companies.

What you'll be doing

Youll ensure there are robust financial plans and sufficient financial reporting to enable better decision making.

Youll provide support in financial appraisals of schemes.

Youll prepare business plans and budgets for the relevant subsidiaries in line with the Group timetable and with sufficient granularity to allow input into the group model in Brixx using group assumptions.

Youll prepare monthly management accounts financial KPIs and cash flows for the relevant subsidiaries in line with Group timetables.

Youll prepare statutory accounts for the relevant subsidiary calculate and pay gift aid in line with agreed policies.

Youll contribute to service improvements within the wider finance teams.

Undertake all balance sheet reconciliations for companies affected by transactions involving the relevant subsidiary.

Drawdown and repay intercompany loan funding administer inter group interest payments and manage the inter group trading balances.

Youll contribute to financial modelling and appraisals of schemes.

Youll contribute to management or board reports specifically around financial implications and financial impacts.

What you’ll need

Recognised professional accountancy qualification or strong QBE.

Extensive experience in financial management.

Experience of preparing budgets forecasts and management accounts.

Strong IT skills and proficient in excel and report writing.

Proven relationship builder and influencer with stakeholders.

What we need from you

A commitment to understand the challenges and opportunities that exist in the communities in which we work. We particularly value lived experience in social housing.

A passion to advocate on behalf of people and communities.

A passion for customer service.

A commitment to work in partnership with others for the benefit of Great Places.

A commitment to continuous learning and improvement

Ability to work flexibly and when needed outside normal working hours to ensure service continuity.

An ability to work in uncertainty.

To be professional and work with integrity inclusivity and respect for diversity.

You will be required to attend a number of face to face training sessions as well as virtual sessions and e-learning. This part of your role is vital and of equal importance as the day to day aspects.

What we give you in return for your hard work and commitment

Pension DC scheme (up to 10% contribution from both colleagues and Great Places).

WPA Healthcare auto enrolled at no contribution level with 1250 of savings available - option to increase & add family members.

Annual leave: Start at 26 days annual leave increasing up to 30 days Bank Holidays.

Greater Working We offer Hybrid and flexible working.

Reward & Recognition: You Count Rewards are individual rewards for going above & beyond.

Professional fees: The business pays the cost of one professional membership fee for each colleague.

The Market Place: High street restaurant & supermarket discounts gym memberships cycle to work smart tech loans and much more.

Health and wellbeing initiatives: Our colleagues enjoy wellbeing campaigns throughout the year with activities designed around our four pillars of wellbeing these include career wellbeing mental wellbeing physical wellbeing and financial wellbeing.

Interview details

The interview will include both an assessment and a standard Q&A session further details will be provided in advance.

The Company

Great Places Housing Group exists to improve the lives of the people living in our 25000 homes across the North West and Yorkshire. We are much more than just a landlord providing a wide-range of services and promoting partnership work to create vibrant sustainable communities.

You can find details of our story our vision and our values here.

At Great Places we are committed to using inclusive hiring embracing diversity and difference we enrich our teams with varied perspectives drive and innovation to create an environment in which everyone can thrive. We welcome applications from people of all identities backgrounds and cultures and are committed to fostering an environment in which everyone can be their authentic self; building a workforce that truly reflects the diverse communities we serve.

We want to create a recruitment process that allows you to perform at your best! Should you need any support or information throughout the process please reach out to our recruitment team at .

The Benefits

Flexible working

Smarttech loans

Pension

Pension (duplicate)

DC Scheme (up to 10% contribution from both colleague and Great Places)

WPA

Healthcare auto enrolled at no contribution level with 1250 of savings available- option to increase & add on family members.

The Market Place

High street restaurant & supermarket discounts gym memberships cycle to work smart tech loans and much more.

Annual Leave

Start at 26 days annual leave increasing up to 30 days within 5 years Bank Holidays.

Reward & Recognition

You Count Rewards are individual rewards for going above & beyond.

Help with transport

We offer season ticket loans an affordable way to purchase season tickets for public transport at discounted rates.

For more information about our benefits and rewards visitour careers page.

Documents

Key Skills: Internal Audit, Accounting Tally, General Ledger Accounting, External Audit, Microsoft Excel, PMP, Financial Accounting, Financial Analysis, Payroll, Financial Reconciliation, Financial statement, Accounting and Finance, ACCA, CPA, Financial Reporting.

Employment Type: Full-Time

Experience: years

Vacancy: 1