Assistant Management Accountant

You will be reporting to the Senior Finance Business Partner and working within the Finance & Resources Directorate. Your main responsibilities will be to work closely with the Management Accountant to deliver the following:

• Work with the Finance team to produce regular, accurate management accounting and performance information reports and ensure timely distribution.
• Maintenance of all the asset and liabilities registers within Soha, including the housing property asset register with full reconciliation to the balance sheet accounts.
• Ensure that controls are working effectively and carry out appropriate reconciliations on a timely basis.
• Assist the Senior Finance Business Partner with management of Soha’s treasury function.
• Maintenance of all company loans, ensuring interest and capital repayments are made in accordance with the loan agreements.

KEY DUTIES

• Account fully for all property additions, sales and component replacements including depreciation - ensuring full compliance with financial reporting standards and Soha’s asset management policies.
• Maintenance and reconciliation of all company loans, ensuring interest and capital repayments are made in accordance with terms of loan agreements.
• To produce monthly budget reports and other ad-hoc reports, ensuring budgetary controls are maintained.
• Liaising with colleagues to ensure that performance management information continues to be useful in decision making and implementing any changes.
• Assist with the treasury management function, processing of special payments and updating daily cash flow and bank reconciliations.
• To assist with the securitisation process for charging properties to funders.
• Liaise with budget holders and managers to investigate and resolve queries.
• To assist in the preparation and submission of accounting and other returns to regulatory bodies.
• To work with the team in facilitating effective internal audit and consultancy reviews as required.
• Any other duties as required.

What you will need

• A recognised professional part-qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) or ability to show you are qualified by experience.
• Previous experience in a finance department and a thorough understanding of general accounting systems.
• Excellent numeracy, financial and IT skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

It would also be nice to have

• Experience within the social housing sector.
• Up to date skills in using technology, systems and relevant software at advanced level.
• Experience of using a housing management system.

The Company

Soha Housing is a successful, award-winning, community-based mutualised housing association working in and around Oxfordshire and neighbouring counties. Our team helps to provide homes and services for affordable rent and properties for shared ownership. With exciting changes in the way we’re working, we are now expanding our team. If you are interested in joining a friendly, supportive organisation and you share our vision for strong, vibrant and sustainable communities, where everyone can find a home, then we’d like to hear from you.

Residents First We put people at the heart of our decisions, which are made with humanity.

Constantly Learning We are constantly learning and restless about excellence. We incentivise curiosity, and act to make things better, as we learn from every experience.

One Team We take ownership of our work and lead from the front.

Kindness in Truth We strive for honesty, clarity, and kindness in all our relationships and we treat feedback as a gift, wanting to see staff, residents and communities fulfil their potential.

Fewer Better Rules We operate with fewer, better rules as we value simplicity, expecting everyone to solve problems, exercise good judgement and take responsibility.