Assistant Accountant

Job Description

Assistant Accountant£28,606- £33,683Birmingham, B37 7YN (Hybrid)Permanent, Full TimeMonday to Friday, 37 hours per week, hybridOur client areseeking to appoint an Assistant Accountant into their Financial Reporting team. The main purpose of this role will be to support and assist the accountant in the provision of high-quality services to the associations various budget holdersand customers.The team works closely with its budget holders and the successful applicant would be required to assist where necessary to help ensure a good service is provided.In Finance you can make a real difference, the role of Assistant Accountant will include:Assist the Accountant with:

• Provision of financial advice, assistance and support to budget holders and setting future years budgets in line with the company’s financial plan.
• Assisting with the preparation and supporting documentation for the monthly management accounts and annual statutory accounts.
• Accounting for fixed assets.
• Ensuring service charge costs are recorded accurately across schemes.

As an Assistant Accountant, they need you to have:

• 5 GCSEs Grades A-C (Including Maths and English or equivalent)
• Part Qualified AAT or equivalent.
• Experience within an account’s environment providingaccurate, reliable, and timely financial information to Budget Holders.
• Knowledge of computerised accounting systems.
• Intermediate level working of Microsoft Excel.

They would be excited if you have:

• Ability to manage, organise and prioritise your workload.
• Ability to problem solve and present solutions to the accountant.
• Ability to evaluate report results for reasonableness and recognise when further analysis is required.
• Ability to manipulate and analyse large volumes of financial and performance data.
• Ability to present and explain the findings of data analysis to the accountant. and/or to non-finance staff in a clear and understandable manner in meetings.
• Knowledge of Housing Associations.

Their people are everything and they offer:

• Opportunities for salary progression, which is linked to performance reviews.
• IT equipment to allow some optional home working.
• Live work better’ scheme which actively encourages work-life balance.
• Annual leave starts at 25 days per year, increasing with length of service.
• Enhanced family leave.
• Company Pension - they match up to 10%
• If part of the pension scheme you are entitled to Life cover (three times your annual salary)
• Organisational Sick Pay (benefit increases with length of service)
• EAP - a 24/7 service which gives free, confidential advice and support on a range of issues including telephone counselling.
• Medicash scheme -which includes GP Access, digital Physiotherapy app, retail vouchers and discounts, discounted gym memberships and more!
• Recognition through their Employee Excellence Awards.
• Representation opportunities on their Staff Consultative Forum.
• Access to their Wellbeing platform.
• Employee Excellence Awards (winners receive extra days annual leave that year)
• Occupational Health.
• They believe everyone has something to give and encourage everyone to be the best they can be to reach their full potential with extensive learning and development opportunities and Study Leave

Our clients purpose is to provide homes that are a foundation for life.With over fifty years of experience, they have grown to be one of the UK’s most trusted social housing providers, they own and manage 30,000 homes for diverse communities across the West Midlands, from urban tower blocks to rural villages and towns.There are some fundamental challenges people in their communities’ face, and they want to be an organisation which can help them deal with these. So, they are working to solve some of the most pressing issues around housing and homelessness.They adopt a proactive approach to safeguarding to ensure everyone accessing their services can do so without fear of harm, abuse or neglect. As part of their recruitment process, they carry out robust safeguarding checks.Closing date: 19th January 2024Interview date: 26th January 2024Please note they will be reviewing applications throughout the campaign and may invite candidates to interview at any time. They reserve the right to close this role earlier than the published closing date should a suitable candidate be identified.