Senior Accounts Assistant

Sanctuary Group; Worcester; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading supported living provider in Worcester is looking for a Senior Accounts Assistant. This role offers the chance to manage financial systems and support decision-making processes. Ideal candidates will have experience in finance and a keen analytical mind. The position provides a balance of home and office working, along with a comprehensive employment package. Join a committed team to further your career in finance.

Benefits

25 days annual leave plus public holidays

Pension scheme with employer contributions

Life Assurance

Employee Advice Service

Cycle to Work scheme

Voluntary health plans

Wellbeing support and tools

Qualifications

• Experience in supporting management accounts.
• Ability to analyze and present financial information accurately.

Responsibilities

• Provide accurate and timely financial information to support decision making.
• Develop relationships with key stakeholders.
• Maintain effective financial systems.
• Identify areas for improvement in service delivery.
• Support the management accounting function.

Skills

AAT part/fully qualified

Experience in a transactional finance role

Strong analytical skills

Ability to work to tight deadlines

Excellent communication skills

Organizational skills with attention to detail

Basic Microsoft Office user

Strong Excel skills

Education

AAT qualification or equivalent

Job description

Worcester based with a balance of home and office working

£30,549.02 per year

35 hours per week

12-month secondment covering MAT leave to start in November 2025

As a Senior Accounts Assistant, you will be ambitious and enjoy a varied role within a busy and supportive team. In this role you will be responsible for supporting the completion of management accounts to ensure income and expenditure is appropriately accounted for, whilst also ensuring data is accurately recorded. The ideal candidate will come from a finance background and will possess excellent data analysis skills. The role sits within the Supported Living and Commercial teams which is responsible for the accounting within Sanctuary.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone looking to take the next step in their career. You will be joining a fast-paced team, assisting in the delivery of effective financial services including budgeting and forecasting, variance analysis, stakeholder management and reporting.

The role of Senior Accounts Assistant will include:

• Providing accurate and timely financial information whilst maintaining effective financial systems, to support decision making and business planning
• Developing, building and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders
• Providing an effective administration service ensuring workloads are manageable in line with business requirements
• Identifying areas for improvement and shortfalls in service delivery and recommending actions to remedy this, as appropriate
• Supporting and assisting the management accounting function within the team

Skills and experiences

• AATpart/fully qualified, or equivalent level of qualification is essential
• Previous experience in a similar transactional finance role along with strong analytical skills is essential
• The ability to work to tight deadlines and prioritise work loads
• Excellent communication, customer service and interpersonal skills allowing you to negotiate effectively
• Outstandingly organised with a high degree of attention to detail and accuracy
• Basic user of Microsoft Office with strong Excel skills

Why work for us?

Sanctuary Supported Living is a leading provider of housing related care and support services supporting a diverse client group to live as independently as possible. We employ over 2,400 staff across England and have ambitious plans to continually develop and grow our business over the next few years.

As part of our commitment to making Sanctuary a great place to work, where your wellbeing is of genuine importance, we have developed an attractive employment package. The package recognises your contribution, supports your physical, mental and financial health and gives you the flexibility to tailor your employee benefits by offering:

• 25 days annual leave (rising to a maximum of 30 days) plus public holidays (pro rata)
• A pension scheme with matching employer contributions from Sanctuary up to set limits
• Life Assurance
• Employee Advice Service including counselling
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Voluntary health plans
• Wellbeing support and tools
• Employee platform to access your reward and wellbeing package online, find exclusive discounts, wellbeing resources and recognition tools
• Employee Networks, with a shared interest in inclusion, and who provide invaluable support to colleagues

Job reference number : 226234

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Inclusion is one of our core values. Our goal is to be a diverse, inclusive organisation where our people thrive and meet our customers’ needs with fairness and empathy. We know having a range of ideas and opinions makes a difference. We encourage and welcome applications from people from diverse backgrounds to support this mission. We will make adjustments throughout your application process, in line with Sanctuary’s commitment to our Disability Confident employer status.

Building Equality and Diversity

Sanctuary Group encourages and welcomes applications from people from diverse backgrounds to support our commitment to offering an inclusive environment for our employees and customers.

We work closely with the Home Office in order to prevent illegal working.

An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check will be necessary in the event of a successful application which we will pay for.

Sanctuary Supported Living is a trading name of Sanctuary Housing Association and Sanctuary Home Care Limited, both exempt charities.