Financial Accountant

Financial Accountant - 12 month contract

Manchester (1 day per week in office)

About Salix

Join us. Help deliver a greener future. At Salix, our aim is to deliver decarbonisation, create clean power and lower energy bills for consumers.

We enable people to live in warmer and healthier homes and we help deliver resilient public buildings which are better places to work, visit or use.

Our work means homes and buildings are cheaper to run as they benefit from cleaner and more sustainable energy.

We deliver and administer the government funding that unlocks greater energy efficiency and lower costs for councils, schools, housing associations, hospitals and universities.

We are a trusted delivery partner to the UK, Scottish and Welsh governments, regional combined authorities and public sector organisations across the country. We are a Non-Departmental Body of DESNZ.

But our role goes beyond funding and our impact through the Warm Homes Plan.

We provide practical expertise, support and insight throughout every stage of delivery, helping organisations turn ambition into real-world impact while shaping future policy and best practice along the way.

Driven by purpose and backed by decades of technical and delivery expertise, our teams work collaboratively to make complex programmes happen at scale.

If you want to work somewhere where your ideas are valued, your development is supported and your work contributes to a greener future, we'd love to hear from you.

The role:

Reporting to the Senior Financial Accountant, this is a broad financial accounting role with responsibility for supporting monthly and annual reporting, financial controls, statutory accounts and audit. You'll also work closely with colleagues across Finance and external stakeholders to ensure accurate and timely financial information.

This would be a great opportunity for a part-qualified or newly qualified accountant looking to develop their technical accounting experience within a complex and purpose-driven organisation.

Key responsibilities include:

• Support the monthly financial reporting cycle, including trial balance reporting.
• Maintain accurate financial records and ensure assets and liabilities are appropriately reconciled and reviewed.
• Support the preparation of statutory financial statements and returns.
• Work closely with internal and external auditors.
• Support the production of management accounts and the annual budget.
• Provide technical accounting and budgetary advice across the organisation.
• Support improvements to financial controls, processes and systems, including future finance systems projects.

You will:

• Be a part-qualified or newly qualified ACA/ACCA accountant.
• Have experience supporting the production of year-end accounts and statutory financial statements.
• Have strong experience completing balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring financial records are accurate and appropriately reviewed.
• Have a strong understanding of financial accounting processes and reporting.
• Ideally have experience supporting internal and external audit processes.
• Possess strong Excel skills and excellent attention to detail.
• Be comfortable working independently while collaborating effectively across teams.
• Have strong communication, organisation and stakeholder management skills.

What's on offer:

• Hybrid working with a minimum of one day per week in the Manchester office
• 28 days' annual leave
• Contributory pension and life assurance
• Flexible working
• Supported training and development budget
• Study Support