Location
Birmingham, West Midlands (England), B1 2AX : Bristol, South West England, BS1 6EH : Longstanton, East of England, CB24 3EN : Liverpool, North West England, L3 1BP : Leeds, Yorkshire and the Humber, LS11 9AT : Manchester, North West England, M1 6EU : Newcastle upon Tyne, North East England, NE4 5BZ
About the job Job summary
Working in a team with our Senior Technical Accounting Managers, the Technical Accounting Manager will play a critical role in providing technical accounting advice and support across Agency programmes and initiatives to ensure projects are accounted for appropriately. The role is key to ensuring that International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), HM Treasury Financial Reporting Manual (FReM), Consolidated Budgeting Guidance (CBG) and Managing Public Money (MPM) requirements are interpreted and applied appropriately, assessing changes to these requirements and working with other finance teams to implement them.
Job description
The role will also work with colleagues in the Technical Accounting team to manage the accounting for group companies and partnering/joint venture arrangements. You will be joining our small but friendly team which sits within the wider finance function.
The Senior Managers believe in working in a collaborative and flexible way and value diversity in experience and perspective to foster good decision making and problem solving within their team.
This is a rare chance to shape the future of Finance in a fast growing, national organisation with real social purpose. Working with key stakeholders and a professional Technical Accounting team you will ensure efficient, consistent and effective resolution of accounting issues and the have the opportunity provide solutions. You will help identify and implement process improvements to enhance financial performance and outcomes.
Person specification
Whilst our day job is to deliver first class service to our stakeholders on complex accounting issues, you will be used to "spinning several plates" at once and will always be looking for ways to improve and innovate. You will communicate and present financial information to various stakeholders, including boards and committees. You will be involved in the preparation of specific sections of the Annual Report and Financial Statements, including disclosures under IFRS.
You'll be comfortable supporting the team and wider Agency with complex accounting issues, aiming to assist with the correct treatment of transactions in the financial statements. You will have a good knowledge of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and the Consolidated Budgeting Guidance (CBG).
Delivering on a mission as bold as ours isn’t always easy. You will be resilient and comfortable managing stakeholders at a senior level and your discussions will always be shaped by a good understanding of the commercial and operational impact of what we do as a team. You will enjoy working in an innovative, fun and engaging way and be able to negotiate and persuade.
As an experienced Finance professional you’ll understand how to manage colleagues and be able to demonstrate you can work with others as part of a team in a collaborative, inclusive way.
To be considered for this role you need to have completed a recognised postgraduate-level professional accountancy qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIPFA, CIMA).
Benefits
Homes England is an executive non-departmental public body with its own terms and conditions, benefits and pension scheme. We are a government agency working in partnership with the private sector and want to employ and retain great people. In return we offer a range of excellent benefits, some of the key benefits include:
Holiday - Homes England offers all staff 33 days annual leave per year in addition to 8 statutory bank holidays.
Working Flexibly - At Homes England we have a strong culture of flexible working and encourage all employees to have a healthy work/life balance. We offer a wide range of potential working patterns, including part time, job share and compressed hours.
Health and Wellbeing - We offer health screening with Nuffield Proactive Health Clinics, a free Employee Assistance Programme which offers confidential support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week as well as access to Occupational Health.
Professional Development - At Homes England we are committed to your continued professional and personal development with learning as one of our core values. We pay for one job-related professional membership subscription per year for our employees.
We also offer an excellent range of family friendly benefits, for example, maternity, paternity, shared parental leave.
For more information and to apply, please visit our website via the apply button below.
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