The Vacancy
Join our team as an Assistant Service Charge Accountant!
We are currently looking for an Assistant Accountant to support our Service Charges team on a on a permanent basis.
This is a fantastic time to join us on our transformation journey to provide a truly modern finance function and help support our mission to build a better future by investing in affordable homes, services and communities.
This is a varied opportunity where you will interrogate ledger transactions to provide detailed financial accounting information related to service charge costs to the Service Charge team in alignment with the policy and apportionment structures. This will include producing month-end journals, assisting in preparing Service Charge budgets and working with large sets of data. You will also work closely with and liaise with budget holders and the wider finance team.
Some of the things we are looking for:
* Qualified to AAT Level 2 or equivalent
* Have excellent ICT skills (Word, Excel, Cloud technologies)
* Experience of interpreting information, carrying out research, analysing complex data, appraising performance, and managing risk
* Experience of providing data and information to challenging deadlines
* Experience of providing an excellent customer driven service
* Have good problem solving and decision-making skills
* At least one years’ experience in service charges or accounting in a large and complex organisation with substantial budgets is considered desirable
While this role is home based, you should have the ability to travel to Group offices and other locations for meetings as required (around once per month). Our Group offices are located at Birmingham Business Park, Solihull and Central Park, Worcester.
Check out some of our great benefits:
* Up to 28 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) with the opportunity to buy and sell leave
* Family friendly policies, flexible working, and ability to work from home in most roles
* Medicash membership for all employees which includes access to an employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership and exclusive discounts
* Non- contributory health & wellbeing plans with cashback for dental, optical, physio and complementary therapies
* Pension contribution scheme with employer contributions of up to 12% (inclusive of life assurance and dependent on employee contributions)
* Learning and Development opportunities
* Salary sacrifice electric vehicle scheme
* Employee reward and recognition scheme with wellbeing hub and discount from a wide range of retailers
If you would like any further information on the role or would like to arrange an informal conversation, please contact Jaskarn Garchay (Finance Business Partner – Service Charges) via email:
We aim to hold interviews for this role via Microsoft teams on 14/15th May and will contact you to arrange a time once successfully shortlisted.