Management Accountant

Saffron Housing Trust Limited; Norwich; On-site; GBP 53,000; Full time

Job summary

A housing association in Norfolk is looking for a Management Accountant to join their Finance team. The successful candidate will provide financial support, contribute to monthly reporting, and work closely with various stakeholders. This permanent full-time role offers a collaborative environment where you will help drive efficiencies and improve financial processes. Candidates should hold a qualification from a recognized accounting body and possess strong analytical and communication skills. An inclusive workplace culture is prioritized.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Learning and development opportunities

Collaborative office environment

Qualifications

• Qualification with a recognised accounting body (ICAEW/ACCA/CIMA).
• Experience in month-end and year-end processes.
• Ability to prepare and analyse financial information.

Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly management accounts.
• Support budget managers with budget preparation.
• Manage external reporting related to properties.

Skills

Excellent analytical skills

Communication skills

Technical knowledge of financial reporting

Strong IT skills, particularly in Excel

Time management skills

Education

Qualification with a recognised accounting body (ICAEW/ACCA/CIMA)

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

£52,530 per annum

Long Stratton, Norwich, Norfolk

Permanent, Full Time

Full time: 37 hours per week

Proposed interview date: weekcommencing5 January 2026

We have an exciting opportunity for a Management Accountant to join our Finance team, supporting the Financial Controller in delivering high quality financial support and expertise to the business.

As part of a small, collaborative team of Management Accountants the successful candidate will have exposure to a wide variety of responsibilities and projects. This role offers the chance to develop and use skills across multiple areas including monthly reporting, forecasting, business planning, financial analysis, treasury management and statutory reporting.

Business partnering is an important element of the role, supporting senior leaders with financial decision‑making and planning while working to increase financial awareness and acumen across the operational teams. Alongside day‑to‑day responsibilities, the team plays an active part in driving efficiencies and improving financial processes, contributing to the continuous enhancement of systems and workflows.

Key Responsibilities Include

• Prepare monthly Saffron Group management accounts and Saffron's subsidiaries, supporting analysis and commentary.
• Support budget managers with preparation of their budgets and quarterly forecasts.
• Manage the external reporting and record‑keeping relating to housing properties and other fixed assets.
• Hold regular reviews with budget managers to review financial performance, field day‑to‑day queries and provide challenge to budget/forecast assumptions and expenditure.
• Proactively participate in the development, improvement and automation of financial controls, processes and systems.

Our Ideal Candidate Will Have

Education and Qualifications

• Qualification with a recognised accounting body (ICAEW/ACCA/CIMA)

Experience

• Familiarity with month‑end and year‑end processes.
• Experience of preparing and analysing financial information and discussing this with senior stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of budgeting, forecasting and planning.

Skills, Knowledge and Abilities

• Excellent analytical and problem‑solving skills with attention to detail.
• Ability to effectively communicate financial information to non‑financially trained colleagues, building strong relationships across the organisation.
• Technical knowledge of financial reporting, including a working knowledge of the requirements of FRS102.
• Strong skills in using common IT systems and software, particularly in Microsoft Excel.
• Time management skills. Will be methodical and analytic and be able to plan time effectively to meet internal and external deadlines.

Personal Attributes

• Collaborative and adaptable approach. Comfortable handling varied tasks working in a small team.
• Able to build positive relationships across the business.
• Proactive mindset, taking the initiative to identify issues and suggest improvements.
• Commercial awareness and curiosity to understand the wider business impact of financial decisions.

Please note this role is subject to a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service check.

The Company

We are a housing association based in Norfolk providing quality homes and services to people across the county and in Suffolk.

We manage over 6,000 homes including affordable homes for those in housing need who cannot afford to rent or buy in the open market.

We offer specialist homes for older and vulnerable adults and are committed to providing new homes to help solve the housing crisis.

At Saffron

We have a huge commitment to our employees. We want the team at Saffron to be happy, empowered, motivated and feel proud to be part of the Saffron community. We know by having great people we can do a great job for our tenants. We trust our colleagues to do the right thing and we are looking for people whose values are aligned with ours (PACE Professional, Accountable, Collaborative and Evolving).

You will have the freedom to learn and grow. We are passionate about investing in our people, providing them with the skills they need now, and for their future aspirations. We do this by offering a blend of learning opportunities, including our innovative e‑learning platform where learning is self‑directed allowing people to learn what they want, when they want to.

We work with and support our people to work in an agile way to ensure that have the right work/life balance. They have the choice to work in the office, work from home, coffee shop, park or a combination of all. We have recently refurbished our offices to encourage collaborative, agile working.

As an inclusive employer, we are committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and have a zero tolerance policy relating to discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join the Saffron Community.