Senior Financial Accountant
Flexible – Chippenham/West Bromwich
Salary – £46,000 – £51,000 (+ £2,500 car allowance) per annum- depending on skills and experience
Contract type – Permanent
Working hours – Full Time
Closing Date – 6September 2022
Interview Date – TBC
About us
In April 2021, GreenSquare and Accord Housing Association merged to create a bigger, better, organisation. GreenSquareAccord was created in order to deliver our purpose of Building Better Lives. Building Better Lives means that we exist to provide the affordable homes and care services that enable people to achieve their full potential, without having to worry about the quality, affordability and safety of their housing and care.
As a charitable housing provider, we provide over 25,000 homes to more than 54,000 people. We deliver over 3 million hours of care to individuals every year. We have a geographical reach from the north east, to the south west of England. And we employ around 4,000 people.
We are committed to providing great homes and care, in a great neighbourhood, with great service.
About the role
We are currently recruiting for a Senior Financial Accountant on a full time permanent basis.
You will ensure timely delivery of accurate, consistent and relevant financial information for both internal and external reporting and produce annual statutory accounts for all Group entities which comply with accounting standards.
Within the role, you will complete the year end audit with external auditors.
You must ensure all balance sheet accounts are regularly reviewed and accurate; and ensure that the information provided is clear for the target audience, whether financial, non-financial, external regulator or statutory auditor
You will also ensure compliance and commit to process improvement and deliver change, where required, in financial controls, policies and procedures.
About you
You must be a self-confident, self-aware and aspiring accountant, who has provided input to a finance function; delivered results.
You will be a good people manager acting as a passionate advocate for change and have the ability to work corporately, managing multiple demands and conflicting priorities.
Good communication skills both verbally and in writing, with a clear, succinct, and flexible style are critical for this role, along with the ability to make finance understandable to non-financiers.
You will be required to have well-developed interpersonal skills, with the confidence to communicate and be able to establish personal authority and credibility, work across boundaries including with industry leaders and build sustainable relationships at all levels.
It is also essential that you are resilient, able to work in a large organisation and be comfortable with the extra constraints placed by public sector accounting and propriety.
Benefits
In support and recognition of our colleagues who will help us deliver our employer strategy, we offer a fantastic benefits package. This includes; annual holiday entitlement (plus statutory bank holidays); a defined contribution pension scheme; trust based flexible working and a Confidential Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).
All individuals who apply to work at GreenSquareAccord are considered on their merits in line with our Diversity and Inclusion strategy and policy.
GreenSquareAccord are a Disability Confident Employer therefore we actively encourage applications from individuals with disabilities and try to provide access, adjustments, equipment or other practical support where required. All applicants with a disability who meet the `essential eligibility criteria` for the role, as detailed in the job description, are guaranteed an interview.
If you need any assistance, adjustments or adaptations throughout our selection processes please let us know.
