Financial Reporting Accountant

Stonewater; United States; Remote; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Stonewater is seeking an experienced accountant to join the Business Partnering team, focusing on financial reporting and strategic support. The successful candidate will analyze costs, prepare financial results, and lead accounting tasks while contributing to process improvements. Join a dynamic and passionate team committed to transforming lives through quality housing services.

Qualifications

• Experience of service charge accounting preferred.
• Knowledge of social housing legislation preferred.
• Experience with Housing Association systems advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Provide analysis and reporting at a transactional level on costs.
• Prepare financial results including management accounts and budgets.
• Lead accounting for surpluses and deficits on variable service charges.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Presentation skills

Reconciliation skills

Self-motivation

Team player

Education

Professional finance qualification

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Are you ready to be part of a dynamic team of over 800 talented colleagues who are passionate, ambitious, and driven by a desire to make a difference? Are you an experienced accountant who enjoys developing processes and using your skills to make a difference?

At Stonewater, we’re not just about numbers; we’re about transforming lives and creating a lasting impact. If you’re looking to be a part of something bigger, this is your chance!

About the Role:

This role sits at the heart of the Business Partnering team within the Finance, Governance, and Assurance Directorate - a team that drives impactful financial reporting and business partnering across all directorates. Together, we play a vital role in shaping how the organisation manages its resources, helping to unlock financial capacity, deliver on key priorities, and provide outstanding customer service with confidence and clarity.

Whilst assisting the Senior Finance Business Partner for Customer Experience (CX), you also have the opportunity to work with other Directorates including Mount Green, the newest subsidiary to join the group.

Your insights will ensure that we deliver value for money and achieve our strategic goals—all while working flexibly from the comfort of your home!

What You’ll Do:

• Provide support to the Finance Business Partners – CX and other Directorates, in particular providing analysis and reporting at a transactional level on costs including those that cross between directorates.
• Assist with the preparation of the financial results at entity level, including management accounts, quarterly forecast, annual budget and statutory accounts (including relevant notes and providing comprehensive and accurate evidence to auditors as required). This will include providing variance analysis in monthly reporting to aid with decision making and drive performance.
• Support the CX and other Directorate stakeholders for specific areas of responsibility that will be defined, such as service charge recoverability as well as accounting for sinking funds and leaseholder accounts.
• Producing journals as well as timely and comprehensive balance sheet reconciliations and reconciliations of various systems interfacing with the finance system.
• Lead on the accounting for surpluses and deficits on variable service charges, this will include performing monthly and quarterly reviews, providing appropriate analysis and commentary for the management accounts and reconciling the balance sheet accounts.
• Participate in projects to review and improve processes and system enhancements.
• To comply with all relevant policies and procedures to ensure full compliance with standing orders and internal controls.

What We’re Looking For:

• A Business Partnership approach, including using analytical, communication and presentation skills to influence the decision-making process at operational level.
• Excellent reconciliation skills
• Experience of service charge accounting in a social housing environment is preferred.
• Knowledge of social housing legislation is preferred.
• Being a team player, flexible and adaptable to changing business needs.
• Self-motivation, ability to prioritise workloads and meet deadlines.
• Working towards a professional finance qualification or newly qualified.
• Excellent Microsoft office skills.
• Experience of Housing Association systems would be advantageous.

Appointment to this role will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Check, satisfactory references and possession of a valid Right to Work document.

Stonewater reserve the right to bring the closing date forward should enough quality applications be received prior to the current closing date.

Discover Stonewater:

Stonewater is a leading housing provider. We manage around 40,000 homes, serving 93,000 customers across our portfolio of affordable properties for general rent, shared ownership and sale, alongside specialist accommodation, with an ambitious house-building programme. Our mission is to provide quality homes and services for people whose needs are not met by the open market.

We’re looking for like-minded people to join our team of over 900 talented colleagues who embody our values of being ethical, ambitious, passionate, agile and commercial, as well as people who want to make a difference and transform people’s lives.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and working towards accreditation for becoming a Disability Confident Leader, which allows us to record and report on disability, mental health and wellbeing in the workplace to better support our colleagues. We have also achieved accreditation for being an Advanced Employer for Investing in Ethnicity Maturity Matrix. We are committed to being a Menopause Friendly employer and working towards accreditation our Menopause Friendly accreditation.

Are you ready to#DiscoverStonewater?