At a Glance
- Tasks: Produce management accounts and support budget monitoring in a meaningful housing sector role.
- Company: Join a supportive housing sector business in Halesowen with a fantastic Finance Director.
- Benefits: Enjoy free onsite parking, mentorship, and real training opportunities.
- Other info: Small, collaborative finance team with excellent growth potential.
- Why this job: Make a genuine impact while developing your finance career in a friendly team.
- Qualifications: AAT Level 4 or equivalent experience; strong Excel skills and attention to detail required.
The predicted salary is between 31500 - 38500 £ per year.
A fantastic opportunity to join a housing sector business based in Halesowen as a Management Accountant, paying £35,000. The organisation provides housing and support services across the region, giving the successful candidate the chance to do genuinely meaningful work while developing their career. This role is for a smaller organisation, with a fantastic Finance Director to learn from, where training and support from senior leadership will be offered.
Main Duties:
- Producing monthly management accounts, supporting schedules, and income and expenditure reports
- Supporting budget monitoring, variance analysis, and cash flow forecasting
- Running month-end close, including posting accruals, prepayments and other adjusting journals
- Reconciling balance sheet accounts and keeping the trial balance clean and accurate
- Overseeing purchase ledger activity – processing invoices and credit notes, reconciling supplier statements and preparing payment runs
- Managing sales ledger and credit control, including raising invoices, chasing overdue balances and reconciling customer accounts
- Completing regular bank reconciliations and investigating any unreconciled items
- Supporting payroll checks and reconciliations, including pension-related reporting
- Assisting with year-end preparation, audit queries, and the production of statutory accounts
- Contributing to ongoing improvements in finance systems, controls and management reporting
Location / Office / Culture
The role is based in Halesowen, working closely with the Finance Manager and Finance Director within a small, supportive finance team. Free onsite parking is available, and the business places real value on training, development and giving people the tools to progress.
What We Are Looking For
- AAT Level 4 qualified, or qualified by experience
- Experience preparing, or assisting with, management accounts
- Solid grounding in double-entry bookkeeping, with confidence posting journals, accruals and prepayments
- Track record of completing balance sheet reconciliations
- Good working knowledge of accounting software and strong Excel skills
- High attention to detail, well organised, and comfortable managing deadlines with a good degree of autonomy
- Part-qualified ACCA/CIMA, previous Xero experience, or a background in the housing or not-for-profit sector would all be an advantage, though none are essential
Why Join the business
- Fantastic mentorship from the Finance Director
- Genuinely meaningful work within the housing sector
- Real training and development opportunities
- Free onsite parking
- A small, friendly and supportive finance team
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