At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead monthly management accounts and produce insightful reports across multiple entities.
- Company: Community-focused housing group with a progressive finance function.
- Benefits: Flexible remote work, occasional office visits, and a supportive team environment.
- Other info: Join a dynamic team and drive efficiency in financial processes.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in a purpose-led organisation while developing your accounting skills.
- Qualifications: Qualified accountant or finalist with experience in housing sector finance.
The predicted salary is between 50000 - 60000 £ per year.
Are you a dynamic and driven Management Accountant looking for a role with real breadth? Do you thrive on getting into the detail while still seeing the bigger picture? Would you enjoy shaping the management accounts process across a diverse and community-focused housing group? If yes, look no further!
This Senior Management Accountant role offers far more than your standard MA position. It's a hands-on, high-impact opportunity to work across month-end, statutory reporting, forecasting and Power BI, and to make your mark in an evolving and progressive finance function.
The key duties of this Senior Management Accountant will be:
- Leading on monthly management accounts across multiple entities and producing narrative reports in collaboration with the FBP team
- Reviewing forecasts and budgets prepared by FBPs, ensuring accuracy and challenging assumptions before consolidation
- Overseeing VAT and CIS returns, ONS and regulatory submissions
- Authorising payment runs and bank line payments
- Maintaining and developing the chart of accounts and control processes
- Owning the budgeting, forecasting, and reporting templates – including Power BI model integrity and refreshes
- Managing one Assistant Accountant
- Policing and improving internal controls and cost centre/coding structure
You'll be pulling together insight from across the organisation and playing a key role in interpreting financials from a strategic lens. You'll work with a friendly, high-performing team who genuinely enjoy what they do, and you'll benefit from flexible, remote-first working with only occasional office visits (1–2 times per month, if that). With a broad housing and commercial property portfolio and a reputation for doing the right thing in their community, this is a great opportunity to be part of a purpose-led organisation doing exciting work.
The successful candidate will be:
- A qualified accountant (ACCA/CIMA/ACA) or finalist with a strong grounding in management accounting
- Experienced in housing sector finance
- Technically sharp, with excellent Excel skills and experience using (or adapting to) tools like Power BI
- Proactive, energetic, and able to drive efficiency in processes
- Comfortable getting stuck into detail, investigating variances, and liaising with colleagues across the business
Ready to step into a wide-reaching, impactful role within a supportive team and socially minded organisation? Get in touch today to find out more about this Senior Management Accountant role!
