Financial Accountant (Team Leader)

Abri Group; Eastleigh; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Abri Group is seeking a Financial Accountant (Team Leader) to guide and develop a small finance team, oversee month-end processes and contribute to management accounts and reporting. The role requires strong leadership, solid knowledge of transactional finance and effective stakeholder communication.

You’ll be working from our Eastleigh office with a hybrid pattern (three days onsite, two days flexible). The package includes a salary up to £45,000 per annum depending on experience.

Qualifications

• Must be a qualified accountant or hold a relevant qualification or equivalent experience.
• Experience leading people in finance and managing teams.
• Strong knowledge of transactional finance, month-end processes, financial returns and reporting.
• Clear communicator who can turn complex data into insight and influence stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead, support and develop the team, coordinate month-end activity and contribute to management accounts and reporting.
• Collaborate with Senior Accountants, Finance Business Partners and the wider Finance team to keep processes robust and accurate.
• Strengthen analysis and reporting, support annual budgets and our understanding of costs, and coordinate statutory returns and accounts.
• Champion strong financial controls, share knowledge and drive continuous improvement.

Skills

Leadership

Financial analysis

Stakeholder communication

Education

Qualified accountant

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Salary: up to £45,000 per annum depending on experience

Working hours per week: 37

Employment type: Permanent

Your new role

Are you a confident finance professional who enjoys developing people and turning financial information into meaningful insight? We’re looking for a Financial Accountant (Team Leader) to lead our Assistant Financial Accountants and deliver a timely, accurate and customer-focused service.

What you’ll be doing

You’ll lead, support and develop the team, coordinate month-end activity and contribute to management accounts and reporting. Working with Senior Accountants, Finance Business Partners and the wider Finance team, you’ll ensure issues are reflected accurately, processes remain robust and financial information is clearly understood.

You’ll strengthen analysis and reporting, support annual budgets and our understanding of costs, and collaborate with colleagues and external stakeholders on statutory returns, accounts and budgets. You’ll champion strong financial controls, share knowledge and keep improving how we work.

What we’re looking for

You’ll be a qualified accountant, hold a relevant qualification or bring equivalent experience. You’ll have experience leading people in finance, with strong knowledge of transactional finance, month-end processes, financial returns and stakeholder reporting.

A clear and supportive communicator, you build trusted relationships and bring people together. You’re confident using finance systems and Microsoft Excel, able to challenge the detail and turn complex information into reliable insight. You’ll also keep your knowledge current and demonstrate our values and behaviours in everything you do.

You’ll be working from our Eastleigh office a minimum of three days per week to connect and collaborate with colleagues and the other two days can be worked from at a place of your choosing whether that’s at another of our offices, a cafe or at home.

Ready to make a difference?

If you’re curious, collaborative and ready to make an impact, we’d love to hear from you. Bring your expertise, ideas and leadership—and help us deliver a finance service that makes a positive difference every day.

Who we are

Abri is a large housing provider who own and manage over 58,000 homes and various community assets, serving around 113,000 customers across the South of England.

We believe everyone has the right to a good quality safe, warm and sustainable home in a community where they can belong, grow and thrive. What does that look like in real terms?

We’re investing £689m over the next ten years in our existing homes to improve building safety and make them more energy efficient.

We’re delivering 10,000 homes by 2030, ensuring affordable housing is built where it’s needed most

We’re investing in our communities, to address local issues and create opportunities for everyone

As we grow, we’re reestablishing our strong local presence to provide a really good service. Abri has adopted a regional approach to service delivery, with our operating areas split into three, each with their local governance and leadership. This will ensure our colleagues are more visible, accountable and better connected to our customers and local communities to meet their diverse needs.

More information about Abri and our strategic objectives can be found at www.abri.co.uk.