Management Accountant (Fixed Term)

Are you an experienced Management Accountant looking for your next opportunity? We have a fantastic opportunity to join Sovereign Network Group as a Management Accountant, on a fixed term contract basis until mid-February 2027. You'll be based from our office in Wembley, combining office and home working to ensure a positive work/life balance.

At SNG (Sovereign Network Group), we provide over 85,000 homes and invest in communities across London, the South East, South West and East of England, as well as aiming to create thousands of new affordable homes every year.

What you'll be doing

Reporting into the Head of Financial Business Partnering, you'll provide support to key operational managers and other internal stakeholders, for all income and expenditure streams. You'll be responsible for the effective delivery of period end processes and the production of timely, accurate and robust monthly management reporting, budgets, forecasts, risk and variance analysis and year end statutory accounts.

Responsibilities include:

• Delivering timely, accurate and comprehensive internal financial management accounts to senior management teams, offering insight into business performance and driving decision making.
• Taking responsibility for the budget and forecasting process, supporting budget holders and having confidence in knowing when to encourage, when to instruct, and when to push back.
• Delivering robust analysis and commentary explaining monthly performance variances against budgets and forecasts, highlighting risks and opportunities, and supporting the business with reforecasting.
• Analysing budgets and forecasts by area and providing reporting and explanations of the movements between actual, budget and forecast, involving presentation to senior management team and key stakeholders, being able to explain complex financial concepts to non-financial colleagues.
• Linking together operational and financial information, ensuring that the prime book of accounts is reflective of all the activities of the business, continuously reviewing systems and processes to ensure they are efficient and effective.
• Providing support to the Finance Business Partners for the development and management of systems and processes that deliver coordinated financial management information to the business.

What we need from you

You'll be a Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) with strong practical knowledge of the principles of management accounting, forecasting and budgeting. Any previous experience working for a Housing Association or within property would be advantageous but is not essential.

You'll also:

• Be an effective communicator with the ability to build trusting relationships with key stakeholders.
• Have experience in presenting financial reports, data and insights clearly and confidently to non-finance stakeholders.
• Have the ability to advise and influence key stakeholders of all levels in the business.
• Proactively challenge, introducing new ideas to drive the progressive development of the business.
• Demonstrate strong analytical skills with the ability to adapt quickly to changing business needs, demonstrating a logical approach to your work.
• Be highly numerate with strong IT skills, including MS Word and Excel.
• Experience using Workday Finance would be advantageous.