Company Accountant

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Overview

You’ll provide strategic and operational finance support to Great Places and will help embed financial planning, commercial thinking and budgetary control. The company accountant will work with our new Head of Finance to support our subsidiary companies.

What you’ll be doing

• You’ll ensure there are robust financial plans and sufficient financial reporting to enable better decision making
• You’ll provide support in financial appraisals of schemes
• You’ll prepare business plans and budgets for the relevant subsidiaries in line with the Group timetable and with sufficient granularity to allow input into the group model in Brixx using group assumptions
• You’ll prepare monthly management accounts, financial KPIs and cash flows for the relevant subsidiaries, in line with Group timetables
• You’ll prepare statutory accounts for the relevant subsidiary, calculate and pay gift aid in line with agreed policies
• You’ll contribute to service improvements within the wider finance teams
• Undertake all balance sheet reconciliations for companies affected by transactions involving the relevant subsidiary
• Drawdown and repay intercompany loan funding, administer inter group interest payments and manage the inter group trading balances
• You’ll contribute to financial modelling and appraisals of schemes
• You’ll contribute to management or board reports specifically around financial implications and financial impacts

What you’ll need

• Recognised professional accountancy qualification or strong QBE
• Extensive experience in financial management
• Experience of preparing budgets, forecasts and management accounts
• Strong IT skills and proficient in excel and report writing
• Proven relationship builder and influencer with stake holders

What we need from you

• A commitment to understand the challenges and opportunities that exist in the communities in which we work. We particularly value lived experience in social housing
• A passion to advocate on behalf of people and communities
• A commitment to work in partnership with others for the benefit of Great Places
• A commitment to continuous learning and improvement
• Ability to work flexibly and when needed outside normal working hours to ensure service continuity
• An ability to work in uncertainty
• To be professional and work with integrity, inclusivity and respect for diversity
• You will be required to attend a number of face to face training sessions as well as virtual sessions and e-learning. This part of your role is vital and of equal importance as the day to day aspects

What we give you in return for your hard work and commitment

• Pension | DC scheme (up to 10% contribution from both colleagues and Great Places)
• WPA | Healthcare auto enrolled at no contribution level with £1250 of savings available – option to increase & add family members
• Annual leave | Start at 26 days annual leave, increasing up to 30 days + Bank Holidays
• Greater Working | We offer Hybrid and flexible working
• Reward & Recognition | You Count Rewards are individual reward’s for going ‘above & beyond’
• Professional fees | The business pays the cost of one professional membership fee for each colleague
• The Market Place | High street, restaurant & supermarket discounts, gym memberships, cycle to work, smart tech loans and much more
• Health and wellbeing initiatives | Our colleagues enjoy wellbeing campaigns throughout the year, with activities designed around our four pillars of wellbeing

Interview details

The interview will include both an assessment and a standard Q&A session, further details will be provided in advance.

Seniorities & Types

• Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Accounting/Auditing
• Industries: Housing and Community Development