Senior Capital Accountant – Social Housing

Banking & Financial Services; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A large housing provider is seeking a Senior Capital Accountant to strengthen its financial accounting function. This hybrid role involves managing the organisation's fixed asset activities, ensuring accurate reporting, and complying with accounting standards. Key responsibilities include leading asset accounting operations, providing monthly analyses, and supporting capitalisation policy development. Applicants should hold a full professional qualification (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) and have experience in capital accounting within large organisations.

Qualifications

• Experience in capital accounting or fixed asset roles within housing, property, or a large organisation.
• Strong grasp of accounting standards relevant to fixed assets (e.g., FRS102).
• Attention to detail and excellent analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead fixed asset accounting operations and ensure data accuracy.
• Maintain strong controls around the asset register.
• Provide monthly reporting and analysis on asset performance.
• Support the development of capitalisation policies.
• Prepare statutory accounts and manage audit queries.
• Participate in projects to improve financial information quality.
• Oversee balance sheet reconciliations for fixed assets.

Skills

Capital accounting

Analytical skills

Advanced Excel

Communication with non-financial stakeholders

Relationship management

Education

Full professional qualification (ACA, ACCA or CIMA)

Tools

Finance systems

Job description

A large housing provider in the wider Reading area is looking to bring in a Senior Capital Accountant to strengthen its financial accounting function. This position focuses on managing the organisation’s fixed asset activities and supporting accurate monthly and annual reporting. The role is hybrid, with a mix of office and remote working, and occasional travel to other sites within the group.

Role Overview

You’ll take ownership of key areas within the capital and fixed asset processes, ensuring asset information is correctly recorded, updated, and reconciled. This includes overseeing additions, disposals, asset changes and other movements across a sizeable asset base.

A central part of the role is ensuring accounting treatments remain compliant with relevant standards and internal policies. You’ll work closely with colleagues across finance and operational teams to maintain strong controls and drive consistency in how capital expenditure is managed.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the day-to-day operation of fixed asset accounting, ensuring data is accurate and up to date

• Maintain strong controls around the asset register and support improvements to existing processes

• Provide monthly reporting, analysis and insight relating to capital expenditure, depreciation and asset performance

• Support the development and application of capitalisation policies and ensure they align with current accounting requirements

• Contribute to the preparation of statutory accounts and manage audit queries relating to capital accounting

• Participate in projects to streamline workflows, improve system usage and enhance the quality of financial information

• Oversee and complete balance sheet reconciliations relating to fixed assets, ensuring they are robust and timely

What You’ll Bring

• Full professional qualification (ACA, ACCA or CIMA)

• Experience in capital accounting or fixed asset roles within housing, property, construction, or a large complex organisation

• Strong grasp of accounting standards relevant to fixed assets (e.g., FRS102 and componentisation principles)

• Excellent analytical skills with a high level of attention to detail

• Ability to communicate financial information clearly to non-financial stakeholders

• Confident working with finance systems and advanced Excel

• Proven ability to manage relationships across different teams