Senior Management Accountant (Housing)

The Role

The successful candidate will support the delivery of professional financial business partnering services across housing, working closely with the Finance Business Partner, senior stakeholders and service managers.

Key responsibilities:

• Supporting financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, year-end closedown and statutory returns.
• Providing timely, accurate and insightful financial reporting to management.
• Supporting budget holders with financial advice, challenge and decision making.
• Promoting strong financial governance, controls and best practice.
• Developing strong relationships with key stakeholders and understanding service needs.
• Supporting service improvement, transformation and policy development.
• Assisting with financial training to improve financial awareness across services.
• Deputising for the Finance Business Partner where appropriate.

About You: You will ideally have:

• Qualified, part-qualified or actively studying CIPFA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent.
• Strong management accounting and business partnering experience.
• Good Excel, reporting and financial analysis skills.
• Experience supporting budgets, forecasts, closedown and statutory returns.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Public sector finance experience would be highly desirable.
• Housing finance/HRA exposure would be advantageous.