Financial Accountant - 12 month FTC

Financial Accountant - 12 month FTC

Salary £46,710

Location Chelmsford

Temporary, Full Time

We are looking for a Financial Accountant to manage day-to-day accounting operations and support the Financial Controller in maintaining accurate financial records for Delta Housing. Deliver financial reporting to Delta Housing's Executive Management Team, the Board, and partners, and provide support with the year-end financial statements. Additionally, the role includes assistance with the audit processes and maintaining robust internal controls to safeguard Delta Housing financial assets.

What you'll be doing

• Lead and deliver the group financial reporting to Delta Housing's Executive Management Team, the Board, partners, and the Regulator of Social Housing.
• Prepare and analyse the partnerships accounts and co-ordinate with the senior finance team to ensure the financial packages are prepared to deadlines.
• Manage the submission of the Quarterly Financial and Risk Surveys to the Regulator of Social Housing.
• Prepare monthly reconciliations of balances within Delta Housing's balance sheet.
• Support the financial controller in the preparation of the financial statements and managing of the external audit process.

What we are looking for

• Professional accountant, part-qualified or qualified CCAB, or Association of Accounting Technicians.
• At least four years of experience in a general finance function.
• Experience of preparing and interpreting reports, accounts, budgets, and financial statements.
• Experience of collating complex financial information to support and influence decision making.
• Experience in partnering and collaborating within senior members of staff and managers.

Please note the office expectancy of this role is as follows: This role will require in the office full time initially for a period of training before operating a hybrid working structure that is to be agreed with yourself and your line manager to see what works best for you and the team.

Benefits

• The salary for this post will be £46,710 Per Annum.
• Learning and development opportunities
• Healthcare cash plan
• Robust employee reward and recognition programme
• Free and confidential Employee Assistance Programme
• Volunteering programme
• Competitive pension scheme
• 25 days annual leave per annum, plus bank holidays, 3 extra days between Christmas and New Year and 1 wellbeing day per annum.
• 37 hours per week - employees may be able to work flexibly by agreement with their line manager, taking account of business need. We operate a hybrid working policy at Delta Housing Ltd.

Please note: We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications or successfully appoint a candidate before the closing date. We encourage early applications to avoid disappointment.

The Company

We're a local housing association that's passionate about tackling the housing shortage in the East of England. We provide warm, safe and affordable homes. But we don't stop there. We offer a wide range of support and services to help our customers and their communities to thrive.

We want to be an organisation that cares about our customers and communities and is determined to make a difference. We'll be bold and open-minded in our pursuit of solutions to help people transform their lives.