Senior Development Accountant

Jigsaw Homes; Greater Manchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Jigsaw Homes Group is seeking a finance professional to lead on development accounting and budgeting. This role involves managing a team and ensuring accuracy for development spend. Ideal candidates will be self-motivated with strong Excel skills and experience in collaboration with development teams.

Benefits

24 days holiday plus bank holidays

Option to buy/sell extra leave

Compressed work hours

Access to pension scheme

Enhanced maternity/paternity leave

Access to on-site gyms

Training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Strong Excel skills for modeling and reporting.
• Experience working collaboratively with development teams.
• Self-motivated with process improvement capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead on ensuring accuracy for development accounting and budgeting.
• Responsible for new developments as security against funding.
• Manage a small team of Assistant Development Accountants.

Skills

Excel

Team collaboration

Process improvement

Job description

Would you like to work for a company who is accredited as an outstanding company to work for in Best Companies 2023?

Jigsaw Homes Group offers employees a very competitive 24 days holiday per annum, plus 3 days for Christmas closure (5 day working week) plus bank holidays, plus additional days after 2 years continuous service (to a maximum of 5 days).

We offer our employees the option to buy/sell up to 5 days extra leave per year and we offer compressed hours of work with the option to work a 4 day working week in a number of our roles, with 50% of your time working from home upon completion of a satisfactory probation period. This allows for a great work/life balance for many employees.

As a Jigsaw employee you will also receive incremental salaried pay, occupational sick pay, access to the Social Housing Pension Scheme, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, BHSF membership, access to on-site gyms and training/development opportunities.

If you are looking for a career with an outstanding company then please read on.

About Us:

Jigsaw Homes Group is one of the largest housing groups in England with more than 37,500 homes across the North West and East Midlands.

We provide quality, low-cost housing and play a wider role in making sure our residents thrive in their homes and benefit from living in healthy, sustainable communities.

About the department:

The entire finance department has c110 employees, responsible for all financial functions across the Group.

Within this role you will work within a small team, within the Treasury and Development specialism of which there are currently 9 team members.The role reports to the Assistant Director of Finance – Treasury and Development and manage a team of two Assistant Development Accountants.

Role Information:

This role will take the primary lead on ensuring accuracy for development spend-in terms of accounting, budgeting and cash flow projections.The role will also be responsible for confirming all new developments completed are able to be used as security against funding requirements.You should be self-motivated with experience to grasp existing processes to recommend and then implement improvements.

Experience of working collaboratively with Development teams and other stakeholders is key to ensure the robust flow of processes along with strong Excel skills specifically on modelling and creating user friendly reports and tools is essential.

For more information regarding the role, please refer to the job pack.

If this sounds like the perfect job for you then don’t hesitate to apply now!

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive a sufficient number of applications.