Management Accountant (Fixed Term)

Sovereign Housing Association Limited; Basingstoke; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading housing association in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced Management Accountant for a hybrid, fixed-term role. You will be responsible for delivering timely financial management accounts, advising on budgeting processes, and presenting reports to non-financial stakeholders. The ideal candidate will be a qualified accountant with strong analytical skills and experience in management accounting. This role offers a competitive benefits package including holiday, pension schemes, and wellness initiatives.

Benefits

25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays

Flexible holiday options

Wellbeing discounts

Generous pension scheme

Private medical and dental insurance options

Qualifications

• Qualified Accountant with strong knowledge of management accounting principles.
• Experience presenting financial reports to non-financial stakeholders.
• Ability to build trusting relationships with key stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Deliver timely and accurate management accounts with variance analysis.
• Report financial insights to senior management and stakeholders.
• Support the budget and forecasting processes.

Skills

Management accounting principles

Forecasting

Budgeting

Analytical skills

Effective communication

Report writing

Stakeholder management

IT skills (MS Word and Excel)

Education

Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA)

Tools

Agresso Accounting system

Workday

Power BI

Job description

Are you an experienced Management Accountant looking for your next opportunity?

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Management Accountant to join SNG on a fixed term contract for 12 months. Based from our office in either Basingstoke or Wembley, you'll combine office and home working in line with our hybrid approach.

SNG is one of the largest housing associations in England. We provide over 85,000 homes and invest in communities across London, the South East, South West and East of England, as well as aiming to create thousands of new affordable homes every year.

What you’ll be doing

Reporting into the Head of Investment and Development Reporting, you’ll provide support across our Investment and Development directorate to provide timely, accurate and comprehensive internal financial management accounts to senior management teams, giving insight into business performance and drive business decision making. Responsibilities include:

• Delivering timely and accurate management accounts, including variance analysis and commentary for senior management teams
• Presenting financial reports to senior management teams and key stakeholders, being able to explain complex financial concepts to non‑financial colleagues.
• Delivering robust analysis and commentary explaining monthly performance variances against Budgets and Forecasts, highlighting Risks and Opportunities, and supporting the business with reforecasting
• Taking responsibility for the budget and forecasting process, supporting budget holders and having confidence in knowing when to encourage, when to instruct, and when to push back
• Being a prime point of contact and support on all management accounting matters to executive directors, directors, heads of departments and the operational management teams
• Providing support for the development of robust financial management information to allow the business to analyse operations in terms of price, mix and volume variances, as well as day‑to‑day delivery of other operations that may not fit that criteria

What we need from you

You’ll be a Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) with strong practical knowledge of the principles of management accounting, forecasting and budgeting. Any previous experience working for a Housing Association would be advantageous but is not essential. You’ll also:

• Have strong, clear working knowledge of processes and controls surrounding budgeting, forecasting and management account preparation, including detailed report writing and analysis
• Demonstrate strong, clear working knowledge management information report writing and design, including detailed variance analysis
• Be an effective communicator with the ability to build trusting relationships with key stakeholders
• Have experience in presenting financial reports, data and insights clearly and confidently to non‑finance stakeholders
• Have the ability to advise and influence key stakeholders of all levels in the business
• Proactively challenge, introducing new ideas to drive the progressive development of the business
• Demonstrate strong analytical skills with the ability to adapt quickly to changing business needs, demonstrating a logical approach to your work
• Be highly numerate with strong IT skills, including MS Word and Excel

Knowledge of Agresso Accounting system, Workday, or Power BI would be advantageous but not essential

Your Benefits

We have some great benefits at SNG, including:

• 25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays (with an extra day every year up to 30 days)
• Chance to buy or sell holiday as part of our flexible benefits package
• 3 additional wellbeing days and 2 paid volunteering days
• Generous matched pension scheme up to 12% and Life cover at 4x salary
• Options for private medical insurance, dental insurance and critical illness cover
• Wellbeing discounts, including Gym Memberships and access to a 24/7 virtual GP service

At Sovereign Network Group, we are passionate about inclusion for all and creating a workplace where everyone can thrive. We are committed to our Equality Diversity and Inclusion strategy and believe that you can truly be yourself at SNG. Take a look at our careers site to learn more about us and our values.

If you would like the opportunity to make a real impact within our changing and growing organisation, we would love to hear from you!