Join Ocean Housing as a Management Accountant! Location: St Austell, Cornwall Salary: £35,086 per annum Contract: Permanent, Full-Time Are you ready to make a real impact in a dynamic organisation that’s passionate about building communities and changing lives? Ocean Housing Group is looking for a Management Accountant to join our Finance team and help shape the future of affordable housing in Cornwall. Why Ocean Housing? At Ocean Housing, we’re more than just a housing provider – we’re a community builder. With over 5,000 homes across Cornwall, we’re committed to delivering quality, sustainable housing and exceptional customer service. Join us and be part of an organisation that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement. What You’ll Do As our Management Accountant, you’ll play a key role in: Preparing monthly Management Accounts, Board Papers, and cash flow reports. Supporting year-end audits, statutory accounts, and regulatory returns. Leading on budget planning, business plans, and financial modelling. Driving process improvements and ensuring compliance with financial regulations. Acting as a trusted advisor to management and Board members. This is a varied and influential role where your expertise will help us deliver robust financial information and support strategic decision-making. What We’re Looking For Part-qualified or qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA, CIPFA). Strong experience in management accounts, budgeting, and cash flow planning. Excellent Excel skills and ability to analyse complex data. A proactive, detail-oriented professional who thrives under pressure. Great communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively across teams. Desirable: Experience in housing or development sector, knowledge of FRS102, VAT, and consolidated reporting. Why Ocean Housing? We’re more than just a housing provider — we’re a community anchor. At Ocean, you’ll be part of a purpose-driven organisation that values innovation, inclusion, and impact. We offer: A supportive and creative team environment. Opportunities for professional development. Flexible working and wellbeing initiatives. The chance to make a real difference in people’s lives. ✨ Our Benefits Include: 27 days holiday bank holidays Professional membership fees paid Company sick pay scheme Workplace pension with death in service benefit Home office work payment Medicash health plan (including dental & optical) Cycle to work scheme Rewards & recognition programme On-site parking Employee assistance programme Family-friendly policies Key Dates: Closing Date: Wednesday 21st January 2026 (Midnight) (1st interviews are to be held via video call or face to face. This role may have a 2-stage interview process) Please note: We may close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications, so don’t delay—apply today! Please note that our offices will be closed from Midday on Wednesday 24th December and will reopen on Monday 5th January; any queries regarding applications may not receive a response until we return The Company Ocean Housing Group Ltd is a registered provider and parent company for Ocean Housing Ltd and Gilbert & Goode Ltd and is a local housing provider based in St Austell. Since our establishment in 2000, we have invested over £200 million in the county through community involvement, property development, jobs and apprenticeships. We are committed to making a real contribution to Cornwall’s housing shortage by building new and affordable homes (for rent and shared ownership) for local people. We manage over 4,700 homes and have ambitious plans to build 2,000 homes by 2030. Mission Statement “To be an innovative provider of quality homes and services, with residents and staff at the heart of Ocean, and Ocean at the heart of the community.” At Ocean our vision is to be the employer of choice for Cornwall. We want to create a work environment where everyone feels like they belong, can bring their best, authentic selves to work every day and are provided with the support they need to do a great job. Our purpose is to create a modern, dynamic and agile work environment, fit for the 21st Century and one of which all of our colleagues feel included and proud to be a part of. An environment which enables colleagues to provide quality, affordable homes and services for the people of Cornwall. We believe work is what you do, not where you go and therefore colleagues deliver their work where it best suits the need, whether that be in the office, home or around a local area or site using local facilities. Colleagues are agile and work or have meetings in any place to suit the need and task. Benefits Family friendly Committed to Training and Developing our Employees Cycle to Work Values Honest, Enthusiastic and Always Positive Passionate about Customer Service Quality and Value in all we do Innovative, Ambitious and Brave for the future of our Business, Customers and Communities Gallery Previous Next 2022 Award Winner Best Place to Work at Cornwall Business Awards 2022 Sponsored by the Skills Hub “This is a really challenging sector to work in and Ocean Housing Group have really gone above and beyond to support their workforce. They really show strong leadership from above in putting their employees first and the level of engagement they get from everyone in their teams is commendable, with really high number of team members taking part in surveys, consultancy and feedback. The Ocean Housing Group have also invested in the continual improvement of their staff, services and benefits to ensure that staff consistently feel invested in and valued – Well Done!” Documents