Management Accountant

Niyaa People; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading housing association in Birmingham is seeking an experienced Accountant to support frontline housing services. The role includes preparing management accounts, budgeting, and providing financial oversight. Candidates should have strong management accounting experience, advanced Excel skills, and the ability to engage with non-finance stakeholders. This temporary contract offers a competitive hourly rate and the opportunity for flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Supportive finance team

Opportunity for professional development

Collaborative working culture

Qualifications

• Strong management accounting experience, including month-end processes.
• Proven experience in budgeting and forecasting.
• Advanced Excel skills, particularly pivot tables and data analysis.

Responsibilities

• Preparing monthly management accounts and supporting year-end accounts.
• Supporting budget setting, monitoring, and forecasting.
• Providing financial support for responsive repairs.

Skills

Management accounting

Budgeting

Forecasting

Advanced Excel skills

Financial oversight

Communication skills

Tools

Finance system

Operational or housing management system

Job description

Join a well-established Housing Association in a key finance role that directly supports frontline housing services and helps deliver value for money for tenants. This Accountant position offers the opportunity to work closely with operational teams across repairs, estates, and fleet services, playing a vital role in service delivery and performance improvement.

This is a broad, hands‑on role with a strong operational focus, supporting multiple service areas and working within a collaborative finance team. The organisation is open to developing the right candidate, offering exposure to complex housing operations alongside strong professional support. As an Accountant, you will play a critical role in linking finance and operations.

You’ll be providing financial oversight, insight, and challenge across high-volume, in-house service delivery areas, ensuring budgets, forecasts, and performance reporting are robust, accurate, and meaningful. This Accountant role is well suited to someone who enjoys working close to service delivery.

Responsibilities

• Preparing monthly management accounts and supporting year‑end accounts across three operational service areas
• Supporting budget setting, monitoring, and forecasting for frontline housing services
• Providing financial support for responsive repairs, a high-volume, day‑to‑day service delivered by in‑house labour teams
• Supporting void repairs, also delivered in‑house, with lower but critical volumes
• Analysing operational outputs using Excel (pivot tables essential) to produce detailed performance and cost reports
• Supporting Estates services, with costs recharged to tenants through service charges
• Providing financial oversight of a fleet of approximately 350 vehicles supporting repairs and estates services
• Managing and developing three Assistant Accountants, improving reporting quality and team capability

Qualifications

• Strong management accounting experience, including month‑end processes
• Proven experience in budgeting and forecasting
• Advanced Excel skills, particularly pivot tables and data analysis
• Experience using a finance system alongside an operational or housing management system (desirable)
• Experience working in social housing or a similar operational environment (advantageous but not essential)
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively with non-finance stakeholders

Key Requirements

• Experience managing or mentoring staff
• Strong system reporting and data interpretation skills
• Ability to work at pace in a high-volume, operational environment

Benefits

• A broad, operationally focused Accountant role
• Opportunity to develop knowledge of housing repairs, estates, and fleet services
• Supportive finance team and collaborative working culture
• A role that directly supports frontline services and tenant outcomes

Hourly rate: £31.00 per hour

Contract type: Temporary 6-month contract

Travel & Location

This role is based in Birmingham, working closely with operational service teams. Flexible working arrangements may be available, subject to business requirements.

If this Accountant role sounds like your next opportunity, please apply now or contact Ryan Stewart at [e-mail] or 07488 866 709.