Job Description

Senior Management Accountant - Projects

Full Time Salary

52,300

Employment Type

Full time

Hours Per Week

35

Region

Greater Manchester

Location

2 Renaissance Court, Didsbury, M21 7QY

Contract Type

Fixed Term Contract

Contract Duration

9 months

Job Type

Finance

Closing Date

18/06/2025

Ref No

2485

What you can expect from us

We offer a competitive salary of 52,300 32 days annual leave plus bank holidays Opportunity to further increase annual leave with service or through the holiday purchase scheme. Immediate entry to our Pension scheme (matched contributions up to 10%). A great flexible working environment, with a range of family friendly policies. Simply Health cash plan with financial benefits and the option to extend to your family.
Cover includes dental, optical, physiotherapy, 24HR private GP access and much more.
Paid leave for absence including sickness, maternity, paternity, and adoption leave. Access of up to 150 annually through the 'Learning for life' scheme. Access to a wide range of discounts and cash back offers, ranging from retail and automotive to holidays and cycle to work scheme. Develop your career with support and access to training and qualifications.

About the role

We are now recruiting for a

Senior Management Accountant

on a 9-month fixed term basis to focus on process improvement of our projects. Its an exciting time to join Onward as we are investing in our systems and services so there is lots to get stuck into. We're looking for someone who can support these projects and has a background in process improvement and projects.

Process improvement

Drive continual process improvement to deliver financial control and assurance across the group. Develop and manage a link between the analysis of data and other teams. Provide data assurance to ensure that information decisions are made at the right level.

Management accounting

Support the preparation of the monthly management accounts for the group and subsidiary legal entities. Providing accurate and relevant narrative to the organisation on financial performance, carrying out variance analysis to understand variances against budget.

Validation

Responsible for the validation and accuracy of the classification of income, costs, asset and liabilities of the Group and its members, to ensure good quality financial outputs to the finance business partners and ensure accurate statutory and regulatory reporting outputs.

Collaboration

Work in collaboration with finance colleagues to develop and maintain effective processes and reporting through systems. Encourage a culture of cross team collaboration; support workplace mentoring for finance team members wanting to progress. Required as and when necessary to support areas of the finance team at peak times or on major projects.

Skills/Experience

Essential:

Experience of developing and maintaining relationships with internal and external stakeholders. Experience of people management and development. Strong verbal and written communication skills. Ability to plan and prioritise workload. Able to work at all levels within the company. Good knowledge of various accounting software packages.

Desirable:

Experience of working in the housing sector. Ability to work with applications such as Sequel, OA, Brixx, etc as required for role. Experience of working in a management accounting role.

Qualifications

Essential

:


Full/Part or working towards qualification with a recognised accounting body (ACCA, CIMA, ACA) or relevant professional experience.

About Onward

Onward Homes is one of the largest registered providers of social housing in the Northwest, with 35,000 properties across in 52 neighbourhoods across the region.



We believe that everyone deserves a place to call their own, which is why we're committed to building 500 new homes each year. We do more than just provide a roof over our customers' heads, we're here to make a real difference.



In addition to creating positive spaces for our customers we continuously strive to create a positive and progressive workspace to enable our colleagues to achieve their full potential.



We embrace diversity and strive for diverse teams to create an inclusive culture which enables Onward to thrive and be representative of the communities that we serve. We want to ensure that everybody has an opportunity to be part of our recruitment processes and will therefore make reasonable adjustments to accommodate our candidates. Please let us know if there is anything we can do to assist you with our recruitment process via the email address below.



If candidates have any questions in relation to the role at any stage of the recruitment and selection process they can contact the HR team on

HumanResourcesTeam@onward.co.uk

and a member of the HR Team will be in touch.

Please note that we reserve the right to close the vacancy early prior to the closing date.

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