Management Accountant

• We offer a competitive salary of £35,850.
• 32 days annual leave plus bank holidays a total of 40 days paid holiday per annum which is equivalent to 8 weeks.
• Salary Finance – access both short and long terms loans, plus provides access to a savings facility.
• Opportunity to further increase annual leave with service or though the holiday purchase scheme.
• Immediate entry to our Pension scheme (matched contributions up to 10%)
• A great flexible working environment, with a range of family friendly policies
• Simply Health cash plan with financial benefits and the option to extend to your family. Cover includes dental, optical, physiotherapy, 24HR private GP access and much more.
• Paid leave for absence including sickness, maternity, paternity, and adoption leave.
• Access of up to £150 annually through the ‘Learning for life’ scheme
• Access to a wide range of discounts and cash back offers, ranging from retail and automotive to holidays and cycle to work scheme.
• Develop your career with support and access to training and qualifications.
• Onward Home has a number of colleagues forums to drive positive change and culture including our Colleague Forum, D&I and BAME Network.

About The Role

We are looking for a Management Accountant to join our Finance team. This role is a home based role, where there is no daily requirement to attend an office with the flexibility to attend as and when required. The role includes compulsory anchor days min 2 per month) and a requirement to attend ad-hoc meetings in office.

The purpose of the role will be responsible for assisting the Senior Management Accountant in providing a wide range of financial services including monthly management reporting, performance reports, statutory reports and budget production.

Responsibilities Will Include

Accounting

• Assist in the preparation of annual statutory financial accounts for all legal entities and Group including supporting schedules within agreed deadlines and in accordance with relevant Accounting Standards and Support on Variance Analysis. Be involved in ad hoc project work.

Reporting

• Assist the Senior Management Accountant to deliver a management information reporting service to a high standard, complete monthly reconciliations all within prescribed timescales reporting monthly financial performance for the Group and its regions.

Customer Service

• Working with the Systems Manager to create and develop management information reports which aide Business Partner teams in supporting budget holders effectively manage and monitor their budgets.

Linking

• Assist in providing a link between the analysis of data and other teams. Provide data assurance to ensure that information decisions are made at the right level.

Essential

The successful candidate will have:

• Significant experience of working in finance
• Association of Accounting Technician Qualified or CCAB part qualified or equivalent
• Intermediate to Advanced IT skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to plan and prioritise workload
• Enthusiastic and action oriented
• Committed to team working
• A Full UK Driving Licence and access to your own car

Desirable

• Experience in the housing sector

About Onward

Onward Homes is one of the largest registered providers of social housing in the Northwest, with 35,000 properties across the region.

We believe that everyone deserves a place to call their own, which is why we’re committed to building 500 new homes each year. We do more than just provide a roof over our customers’ heads, we’re here to make a real difference.

In addition to creating positive spaces for our customers we continuously strive to create a positive and progressive workspace to enable our colleagues to achieve their full potential.

We embrace diversity and strive for diverse teams to create an inclusive culture which enables Onward to thrive and be representative of the communities that we serve. We want to ensure that everybody has an opportunity to be part of our recruitment processes and will therefore make reasonable adjustments to accommodate our candidates. Please let us know if there is anything we can do to assist you with our recruitment process via the email address below.

If candidates have any concerns / questions in relation to the role at any stage of the recruitment and selection process they can contact the HR team on [email protected] and a member of the HR Team will be in touch.

Please note that we reserve the right to close the vacancy early prior to the closing date.

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