Systems Accountant

MSV Housing Group; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading housing association in Manchester is seeking a Systems Accountant to enhance finance systems and support projects that advocate for communities. The role involves leading automation initiatives, collaborating for system improvements, and ensuring effective financial reporting. Ideal candidates will have an accounting qualification and experience in a finance environment. The organization offers flexibility, comprehensive benefits, and a commitment to equality and inclusion.

Benefits

33 days holiday per year

Company pension scheme

Health cash plan

Enhanced sick pay

Employee assistance programme

Continuous learning and development support

Qualifications

• Experience working in a finance environment.
• Ability to implement system improvements.
• Experience in developing business processes.

Responsibilities

• Develop and improve finance systems to meet business needs.
• Lead automation initiatives for financial processes.
• Collaborate with ICT and software providers for system enhancements.

Skills

Pro-active work ethic

Building stakeholder relationships

Identifying data anomalies

Education

Qualified Accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA / CIPFA)

Job description

The Vacancy

Hours of Work: 35 per week. Closing date: 5th December 2025. Interviews: 9th December 2025.

At MSV Housing we're committed to making sure our customers have good quality safe homes and our Systems Accountant are key to making this happen.

We are looking to recruit an experienced individual to join our established team. Reporting to our Finance Manager, our Systems Accountant lead the development and implementation of systems to support and aid the provision of finance related services to the organisation.

In addition, we are looking for candidates that have a passion to advocate on behalf of people and communities.

Responsibilities

• Develop and improve finance systems to meet business information needs, driving automation and efficiency.
• Lead process automation initiatives and deliver minor system enhancements for day-to-day transactions.
• Collaborate with ICT and software providers to assess and implement system improvements aligned with evolving business requirements.
• Design and maintain financial reporting frameworks, including dashboards, KPIs, and ad-hoc tools, while providing training for staff.
• Ensure system integrity and user support, including troubleshooting, audits, documentation, and continuous improvement projects.

Qualifications & Experience

• Qualified Accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA / CIPFA) – Desirable.
• Experience of working in a finance environment, and working with a finance team.
• Ability to work pro-actively and under own initiative.
• Experience of identifying and addressing data anomalies.
• Influential and able to build relationships with stakeholders.
• Experience of developing business processes, including controls to address risks.

Benefits

• Flexibility on where you work with home working kit provided.
• 33 days holiday per year plus bank holidays, and a holiday buy scheme.
• Company pension scheme with up to 10% matched contributions.
• Company funded access to a health cash plan, where you can claim back costs of everyday health treatments such as optical, dental and much more.
• Enhanced sick pay with up to 3 months full pay and 3 months half pay.
• Health and Wellbeing Support including an employee assistance programme, free counselling, mental health first aiders and numerous wellbeing initiatives.
• Life assurance subject to being a member of our company pension scheme.
• Learning and development to support you to develop the skills you need to fulfil your role and progress in your career.
• Commitment to Equality and Inclusion with employee network groups covering anti-racism, LGBTQ+, disability and long-term health conditions, carers, and menopause.

Additional Support

MSV are committed to supporting you to balance work and life, including with any caring or parental responsibilities you might have, and have a range of flexible working options and wellbeing support available to all colleagues to facilitate this.

For more information about the role please visit our careers page where you will find a candidate pack and apply for the role: https://www.msvhousing.co.uk/careys/job-vacancies/.

If you wish to discuss the roles informally, please contact Steven Ireland, Finance Manager Reporting and Operations on 0161 232 5648.

Interviews are scheduled to take place on 9th December 2025 however interviews may be carried out throughout the recruitment process and the role closed if a suitable candidate is found. Therefore, we strongly recommend candidates to apply early.

MSV are committed to Equality and Inclusion all applications are scored against the essential criteria of the role; however, we encourage candidates to submit an ammonised CV if they can do so.

We're passionate about inclusion and we'd love to hear from people from diverse backgrounds for this role.

If you are not sure whether you meet our requirements for this role, but want to apply. Go ahead. We will decide whether or not you are what we are looking for.

The Company

We own and manage almost 9,000 homes across Greater Manchester, Lancashire and West Yorkshire and pride ourselves on being a housing association that retains our original values and missions and continues to deliver a range of housing solutions to the most vulnerable in society. For MSV our main priority has, and always will be, to deliver and build on the services we provide as a social values organisation. We embrace equality and inclusion and are genuinely focussed on people. We want better life chances for our people, we work with customers to strengthen our business and we want to see fewer homeless people and people in poverty.

Our Benefits

As well as a competitive salary, attractive pension, and holiday entitlement, there are many other reasons to work for MSV! Our colleagues are important to us, that's why we offer a full programme of training, flexible working, and health & wellbeing support.

Some of the Health & Wellbeing benefits you can access when you join MSV include:

• Sick pay scheme – up to three months full pay and three months half pay after one year's service.
• Eye test – MSV will pay for eye examinations and contribute towards prescription lenses/frames or contact lenses for staff using VDU equipment.
• Support helpline – free 24hr / 7days a week telephone support. Face-to-face counselling can be made available too in some cases.
• Training in Health & Safety.
• Mental Health first aiders & Mental Health Awareness training.
• Cycle to Work scheme.

Our Culture

The MSV Way – Equality & Diversity.