Job Description

The vacancy
What we\xe2\x80\x99re looking for:

• Are you studying for an accountancy qualification?
• Are you experienced in fixed assets accounting, specifically accounting for housing properties and investment properties?
• Would you consider yourself confident in working with large complex data, with an ability to improve the quality and integrity of data.?
• Are you a strong user of Excel and systems?
• Do you have excellent communication skills including influencing skills and ability to develop business networks and work collaboratively with various stakeholders?
• Are you able to plan and organise priorities effectively according to business need?

If so, this role is perfect for you! Here at Peabody, we have an opportunity for a Finance Analyst \xe2\x80\x93 Capital accounting on a Permanent basis at our Westminster Bridge Road office. A bit about the role: As a Finance Analyst \xe2\x80\x93 Capital Accounting, you will provide accounting support on all areas related to fixed assets and grants, report fixed assets numbers working both in the consolidation and the subsidiary accounts and support the audit process liaising with external auditors. You will be part of the team responsible for ensuring the accuracy and quality of Fixed Asset accounting records. Some of the key results for the role include:

• To ensure that accurate and timely financial information are produced on a monthly basis.
• To undertake the month end and year end processes.
• Assist with the yearly budgeting and quarterly forecasting process.
• Facilitate the completion of audit queries for the relevant directorates.
• Preparation and posting of monthly journals.
• Prepare Balance sheet reconciliations.
• Prepare notes to the accounts.
• Produce informative and insightful reporting.
• Provide support for ad hoc queries and signposting stakeholders to relevant teams across finance.

A minimum of 1 to 2 days working in the Westminster Bridge Road office is required. A bit about us: 160 years after it was established, Peabody is one of the oldest not-for-profit housing associations in the UK. The Peabody Group is responsible for more than 107,000 homes, with around 220,000 residents across London and the Home Counties. We also have around 20,000 care and support customers. Our purpose is to help people flourish, and we are getting closer to residents by taking a local approach. We are committed to delivering a responsive and easily accessible repairs service and investing in our existing homes so they are safe and well maintained. Our retrofit projects will make thousands of our homes more energy efficient. We work with councils and communities to promote economic inclusion, tackle inequality and poverty, and prioritise wellbeing. Here just a few of the benefits for working at Peabody:

• Flexible and hybrid working (depending on the role)
• Up to 30 days\xe2\x80\x99 annual holiday plus bank holidays

• Competitive salaries that are benchmarked regularly against current market rates
• Two additional paid volunteering days each year
• Flexible benefits scheme, including family friendly benefits and access to a discount portal

Are you ready to apply? PLEASE NOTE: As an employer, Peabody does not provide sponsorship as a licenced UK employer. To be considered for the position of Specialist Support Worker, please click on the \xe2\x80\x98Apply Now\xe2\x80\x99 button and submit both your CV and a bit about why we should consider you for the role. If you need to ask us anything else at all, feel free to drop an email to Talent Specialist, VIctoria.Wilson1@peabody.org.uk. Peabody reserves the right to close this advert before the advertised closing date, depending on the number of applications received.