Corporate Accountant in Newport

Our customers and communities are at the heart of everything we do. As our Corporate Accountant, you’ll support high-quality financial reporting across the Group, helping ensure our accounts are accurate, compliant, and clear. Working closely with the Financial Controller – Reporting & Systems, you’ll play a key role in financial statements, statutory reporting, and strong internal controls while supporting colleagues to make informed decisions. This is a full‑time, permanent, hybrid role, based between home and our Newport, Cardiff or Swansea offices.

What is great about the role?

• A varied role combining technical accounting, reporting, and improvement work.
• Opportunity to influence strong financial governance across the organisation.
• Exposure to Board reporting, statutory accounts, and audit processes.
• A collaborative and supportive finance team environment.
• The chance to contribute to meaningful work that supports homes and communities.
• Hybrid working with flexibility built into how we work.

Where does this role fit in?

You will work within the Finance team, reporting to the Financial Controller – Reporting & Systems, and will be responsible for supporting financial accounting services across the Group.

You Will:

• Work closely with finance colleagues, senior leaders, and budget holders.
• Support Board and Committee reporting processes.
• Liaise with external auditors and professional advisors.
• Contribute to strong financial controls and continuous improvement of systems and processes.
• Provide financial insight to support organisational decision‑making.
• You may also support and guide colleagues within the finance team as part of day‑to‑day work.

What skills and experience do you need?

You’ll Likely Bring:

• A recognised CCAB accounting qualification with post‑qualification experience.
• Experience delivering financial accounting, statutory reporting, or audit support.
• Strong numerical and analytical skills with great attention to detail.
• Confidence explaining financial information clearly to non‑finance colleagues.
• Experience working with financial systems and tools such as Excel and accounting software.
• A collaborative mindset and motivation to improve processes and controls.

Full responsibilities and requirements are available in the Job Description. We know people bring different experiences. If this role sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you.

Values At Codi, our values are Compassionate, Authentic, and Progressive. When you join us, you’ll embrace these principles and thrive in an environment shaped by them.

Pay and Pensions:

• The exact salary is £60,962 for a 37 hour, full time, permanent position.
• Pension Choices: Defined Contribution (DC) Scheme with matched contributions up to 10%. Or, Defined Benefit (DB) 1/80th of final salary for every year of service.
• 3 x Life Cover linked to pension membership.
• Saving scheme with competitive interest rate.
• Give As You Earn scheme for tax‑efficient charity donations.
• From 1st April 2026 the option to be either weekly or monthly paid.

Time off and Flexibility:

• 26 days holiday, pro rata entitlement plus Bank holidays. Rising to 31 days with an extra day for each full year of service.
• Working hours are mainly Monday to Friday, with the option to work compressed hours across a 9‑day fortnight.
• This is a hybrid role, with head offices in Newport, Cardiff and Swansea — your main base will be the office closest to your home location.
• Maternity & Adoption Leave: 20 weeks. Paternity Leave: 3 weeks.

Wellbeing:

• Sick Pay, rising with length of service up to 6 months full pay after 4 years.
• Eyecare: Up to £100 reimbursement towards eye tests and glasses.
• Free counselling, coaching, wellbeing team, and OH service to all colleagues.
• Annual Health Check.
• Health Cash Plan.

Getting Around:

• Mileage paid at 45p plus 5p per passenger per mile.
• Salary sacrifice Electric Vehicle Lease Scheme (subject to eligibility).
• Cycle to Work Scheme.

Personal Development:

• Continuous professional training and development.
• Leadership development programmes.
• Professional memberships needed for your role are reimbursed.
• Career coaching.
• Support with funding and time for qualifications.

Perks and Recognition:

• Long Service Awards.
• Blue Light Card Eligibility giving discounts at 15,000 brands.
• Colleague Discount platform.

FREDIE:

At Codi Group we are guided, in all that we do, by a group of principles that we call FREDIE, these are: Fairness, Respect, Equality, Diversity, Inclusion, Engagement. This means that whatever your background, you will have an equal opportunity to rise with us and we encourage you to apply now.

If you would like any support with your application or to discuss any adjustments that you may require to support you to application process, please contact group.talent@codigroup.co.uk or 0300 373 5262.

How do you apply?

If you have the skills and experience required, please follow the prompts to apply now. We just need an up to date CV, short/focused cover letter along with a few contact details so that we can get back in touch with you. Interviews are planned for week commencing 16th March in our Cardiff office and this will consist of a competency panel interview.

Who are Codi Group?

Codi is a not-for-profit with a big heart. As Wales’ largest provider of housing, care, and support, our ambition is to lift expectations, lift communities, and lift each other. With 3000 passionate colleagues, our name says it all: ‘Codi’ means rise in Welsh. It reflects who we are, where we come from, and our ambition to lift expectations, lift communities, and lift each other.