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Ivy Rock Partners are pleased to be working with an outstanding housing association to help recruit a motivated Financial Accountant to join their dynamic Finance team. In this role, you will be responsible for maintaining a strong financial control environment, preparing statutory accounts, and managing the audit processes. You will drive continuous improvement within the financial accounting and control function and play a key role in ensuring their finance services deliver the best outcomes for their residents.

Key Responsibilities:

• Execute appropriate financial controls and ensure the timely and accurate preparation of quarterly and annual statutory accounts for group entities, supported by detailed schedules.
• Manage the delivery of interim and final audits for assigned group entities, including conducting analytical reviews of financial statements.
• Reconcile intercompany accounts, group investments, and borrowings on a monthly basis, maintaining up-to-date statutory account schedules.
• Prepare and submit all regulatory returns, including FVA and Companies House filings.
• Oversee the preparation of monthly group control accounts reconciliations.
• Contribute to the quarterly financial health reports for group entities, providing Management and the Audit & Risk Committee with a comprehensive overview of associated risks.
• Support continuous performance improvements across the financial accounting and control function.
• Maintain accurate and detailed financial data using Excel and in-house systems.
• Collaborate with finance business partners and heads of services to ensure timely and accurate delivery of monthly control account reconciliations.

Qualifications and Skills:

• CCAB-recognised accounting qualification qualified or part qualified (ACA qualified is desired).
• Extensive experience in preparing regulatory financial returns and managing filings with FVA and Companies House.
• Proven track record in managing interim and year-end audits, with effective coordination with auditors.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage with diverse audiences and work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders.
• Strategic thinker with the ability to analyse complex data, develop solutions, and make data-driven decisions.
• Experience influencing operational activities at both tactical and strategic levels.
• Proficiency in Excel; experience with D365 and Power BI is desired.
• A commitment to upholding ethical principles, including integrity, objectivity, professional competence, confidentiality, and professional behaviour.

What We Offer:

• A supportive and inclusive work environment where your contributions are valued.
• Hybrid working (2 days in the office)
• Opportunities for professional development and career growth.
• A chance to make a real difference in the community by supporting their mission to provide affordable housing

Please get in contact with Megan Hunter or Ryan Sheehan for more information on the role.

An exceptional Housing Association is seeking a skilled and detail-oriented Capital Finance Accountant to join their Group Financial Control team. This role is pivotal in maintaining and ensuring the accuracy of their Fixed Asset Register, Grant Register, Investment Property Register, and other related financial records. The successful candidate will provide essential accounting support, focusing on fixed assets and grants, while working closely with internal stakeholders and external auditors.

Key Responsibilities:

• Maintain and update various financial registers, ensuring data quality and timely reconciliation with the General Ledger.
• Manage the disposal of assets and associated grants, ensuring accurate removal and processing of all relevant accounting entries.
• Collaborate with the business to ensure consistency and accuracy in investment property valuations and other asset-related data.
• Support the audit process by providing timely and accurate information to external auditors.
• Perform monthly financial tasks, including journal entries, reconciliations, and balance reviews.
• Provide support for ad-hoc queries and assist in the continuous improvement of financial controls.

Success Metrics:

• Delivery of high-quality, timely financial information that aids effective decision-making.
• Strong relationships with key stakeholders, finance managers, and internal teams.
• Improvement in data quality across all financial registers.
• Effective management of financial risks through robust controls.

About You:

They are looking for a proactive and adaptable individual who thrives under pressure and enjoys working in a team-oriented environment. The ideal candidate will be:

• An excellent communicator, both written and verbal, with the ability to tailor messages for different audiences.
• Detail-oriented with the capacity to understand and comment on the broader financial picture.
• Committed to implementing best practices and enhancing financial controls.
• Experienced in preparing statutory accounts.
• Proficient in advanced Excel and accounting software, with strong technical knowledge relevant to charitable organizations and housing associations.
• A qualified accountant (CCAB or equivalent) with post-qualification experience.
• Has prior experience in the housing sector.

Why Join?

This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a dynamic team in a leading Housing Association, where your contributions will make a significant impact. They offer a supportive work environment, opportunities for professional growth, and a commitment to delivering excellent customer experiences.

For more information about this role please get in touch with Megan Hunter.

Populo Living are partnering exclusively with Robertson Bell in their search for a permanent Head of Finance – Treasury and Financial Planning. Populo Living is a development and housing company wholly owned by a single shareholder, Newham Council. Populo Living enable Newham to keep control of Council land and build high quality, low carbon homes and neighbourhoods whilst retaining the developer profit for Newham Council, in the form of new affordable homes and long-term investment income.

The role of Head of Finance – Treasury and Financial Planning will lead, manage and co-ordinate the provision of the Groups Financial Planning, Treasury Management Services and Management Accounting functions as well as assist the Finance Director to lead and manage the Finance team.

The role:

• Lead, manage and motivate a team of four with two direct reports.
• Lead on all treasury related matters for the group such as arranging new funding, loan compliance, cashflow and banking.
• Lead on the organisation’s annual financial plan, including extensive sensitivity analysis of key performance indicators.
• Lead on the review of management accounts and production of board papers.
• Attend relevant committees and board meetings as required.
• Build strong collaborative relationships with all key stakeholders.
• Deputise for the Director of Finance and Resources as required.
• Support the Financial Controller to deliver year end accounts.

• Oversee cashflow forecasting, managing all cash and loan balances.

The organisation:

Populo’s vision is that by 2030 they will manage at least 2,000 new high quality sustainable rented homes in Newham and generate significant social value investment through their Community Wealth Building Strategy and as a Net Zero Carbon company. This Vision aims to support the wider Council vision that is centred on using Community Wealth Building as a powerful force for economic and social justice, creating a fairer, more equal, and sustainable borough in which people have a genuine opportunity to reach their potential.

Essential criteria:

• Fully qualified Accountant.
• Previous experience working in either social housing, a commercial house builder or residential lettings.
• Experience developing and delivering on treasury strategy.
• Technical knowledge around long term planning AND management accounting forecasting.
• Strong people management skills as well as being resilient and have an appetite for change.

This position requires someone able to commit to working three days per week from Populo’s head office in Stratford. Benefits include 30 days of annual leave and an employee pension contribution scheme of 10%.

The closing date for applications is 6^th October with first stage interviews taking place the week commencing the 14^th October.

Bromford are partnering exclusively with Robertson Bell in their search for a permanent Head of Finance Business Partnering. Bromford are a housing association that for the past 60 years has provided affordable homes for people who can’t access market housing. But it’s not just about the homes, they care about the people who live in them as well, which is why their purpose is to invest in homes and relationships so people can thrive.

The role of Head of Finance Business Partnering will deliver an exceptional financial and business partnering service that influences the direction of the business and monitors progress against the plan.

The role:

• Work in partnership with the business to deliver the strategy and creatively solve problems;
• Responsible for working with the business to prepare and deliver robust budgets, challenging at regular reviews if we are off target and forecasting as appropriate;
• Responsible for the finance and procurement business partnering service and support we deliver to our existing homes investment teams encompassing a mix of in-house delivery of repairs and maintenance, voids and capital investment plus external contractor delivery along with the overall strategic property planning service;
• Provide proactive and robust financial leadership for all financial issues for your business area, including partner relationships, operational plans, business cases, financial assumptions and financial modelling;
• Actively lead the collation of short to medium term (1 and 5 year) investment plans, interpreting the key drivers and risks to enable preparation of long term (5 and 30 year) business plans, so that we can achieve our business goals;
• Make sure that we are reporting management information that is timely, accurate and appropriate, ensuring any deviation from budget / plans can be explained and justified, and that any new issues and opportunities are appropriately raised and considered;
• Inspire, coach and provide quality leadership to your team. Be passionate about creating a great place to work where colleagues are highly engaged and encouraged to be the very best they can be;

The organisation:

Through a neighbourhood coaching approach Bromford have individual relationships with more than 110,000 customers living in their existing 47,000 homes. And they plan to do more. Over the seven years to 2030 they plan to build a further 11,000 new houses, bungalows and apartments, providing homes to thousands more people.

Bromford care about the people who live in their homes and want each of them to be able to achieve their goals in life.

Essential criteria:

• Experience of reporting financial information, including explaining finance concepts to non-financial people;
• Previous or current experience working in the property or housing sector.
• Excellent leader with a track record of getting the best out of people;
• Recent practical experience of budgeting, management accounting and business planning;
• Good systems experience, both of finance systems and operational systems, and be quick to pick up new ones;
• Qualified member of a recognised accounting body
• A thorough understanding of appropriate legislation, taxation, risk, financial reporting standards and best practice;
• Excellent communication and influencing skills, be able to translate financial information into meaningful management information to aid decision making and help influence at all levels, to change thinking and behaviours;

This is a roaming role with an expectation of 2-3 days per week in any of Bromford’s offices along with travel to any of the other offices as required. The main offices are in Wolverhampton, Tewkesbury and Chipping Sodbury (addresses below).

Chipping Sodbury - Building 1, Riverside Court, Bowling Hill, Chipping Sodbury, Bristol, BS37 6JX

Tewkesbury – Shannon Way, Ashchurch, Tewkesburt, GL20 8ND

Wolverhampton – Venture Court, Broadlands, Wolverhampton, WV10 6TB

The closing date for applications is 6^th October with first stage interviews taking place the week commencing the 14^th October.

Goodman Masson are working with an organisation to recruit for a Finance Analyst.

This role will focus on designing, managing, and continuously improving their financial and performance reporting system as they undergo a significant transformation. You will work closely with our project team and senior management to analyse data, provide insights, and ensure reporting integrity using Power BI and Excel.

Location: Barking

On-site requirements: 1 day a week

Salary: £60,000

Key Responsibilities:

• Help develop and test reporting framework with project team using Power BI.
• Analyse financial and performance data, providing variance analysis, trends, and actionable insights to the Senior Management Team and Board.
• Generate and deliver financial and performance reports, ensuring data integrity.
• with internal teams to gather, validate, and manage data, maintaining accuracy in all performance reports.
• Prepare and submit regulatory reporting returns as required.
• Provide clear data commentary and presentations to support key business decisions.
• Manage and continuously improve reporting systems, ensuring accuracy and compliance with industry standards.
• Conducting complex variance and trend analysis on the data used in the reports
• Dealing with management accounts in relation to budgets and forecasts

Key Skills & Qualifications:

• Strong understanding of financial management reporting and performance metrics, particularly in the housing sector.
• Strong systems knowledge and background
• Proficient in Power BI and advanced Excel, with experience in managing and analysing large data-sets.
• Recognised accounting qualification
• Able to interpret complex data, identify trends, and summarise key insights clearly.
• High degree of accuracy, with a systematic and problem-solving approach.
• Ability to present data-driven insights to stakeholders in a clear and concise manner.
• Proven experience working with cross-functional teams and building relationships with stakeholders.

Desirable:

• Experience with housing benchmarking tools like Housemark

In our company values we aim for equity at all stages of the recruitment process, please let us know if we can do anything to make the process more accessible to you.

We are looking for an experienced qualified accountant and financial forecaster to update and maintain the company’s financial plans on a part-time basis.

Financial Planning Analyst
Hours: 21 hours (part-time) up to 60% remote, 40% in office
Location: ISHA, 102 Blackstock Road, Finsbury Park, N4 2DR / Hybrid working possible
Salary: £33,000 (£55,000 full time equivalent)
Contract: Permanent

This is an exciting opportunity for someone to help shape the strategic direction of a housing association that provides a vital service to the communities of Islington, Hackney and Waltham Forest. It is an interesting and varied role suited to someone who not only has sound forecasting skills but is also great at communicating with key stakeholders in the business who each have a part in shaping our financial plan.

You will use your knowledge and experience of forecasting to help ensure our financial plan helps shape our strategic direction to maximise the good we can do in the communities we serve.

You will work closely with senior managers and the Leadership Team.

Some of the key responsibilities of the role include:

• Lead the development of comprehensive medium and long-term financial plans, aligning them with the overall strategic plan.
• To provide professional advice on the strategic direction of the Association to Leadership Team.
• To provide insightful analysis to Leadership Team, contributing to well informed commercial decision making.
• Work collaboratively across departments to ensure that long-term financial plans are integrated with operational and strategic objectives.
• Engage in detailed analysis of potential risks and opportunities associated with long-term financial strategies and operational projects.
• To update the 30-year plan for approval by Leadership Team on a quarterly basis and for approval by Board on an annual basis.

You

We are seeking a proactive, reliable and committed individual who can deliver accurate financial plans with excellent insight and advice.

You don’t need to have worked in Housing before, but it will be an advantage if you have.

As well as being technically very competent, you will have the ability to communicate and work effectively with stakeholders. You will be very organised and professional in your approach.

You will be a proficient Excel user. Experience of using Power BI will be an advantage, but is not essential.

Staff Benefits

We’ll offer you a generous pension scheme (up to 10% employer matched contributions and a death in service benefit), 29 days annual leave (increasing after five years’ service), eye care vouchers, a cycle to work scheme and other great benefits (see attached). We have an evolving wellbeing offer, that is being developed following employee feedback, and we will invest in your professional development with on-going training and career development opportunities.

About ISHA

We are a small but ambitious housing association at a critical juncture. Our ambition is for the communities we are anchored in and exist to serve, and we have done and achieved much over the past few years. But in these challenging times we know we’ll achieve nothing unless we are equally ambitious for our own people.

Our values are at the heart of who we are and everything we do, inspiring our thinking and guiding our actions. We strive to build a more diverse organisation, where everyone feels empowered to bring, and be, their best self to work.

We can’t be a brilliant landlord if we don’t partner with brilliant colleagues. Could you be one of them and be trusted to make the difference?

If this sounds exciting, we want you on our team. Please do apply.

This role is based at our Head Office but there is some flexibility to work in a hybrid way if preferred.

Deadline: 09:00 on 14 October 2024.
Interview: 24 October 2024 in person at 102 Blackstock Road, N4 2DR

Interested?

If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to where you can complete your application for this position.

Inclusion and Diversity

We want ISHA to be a great place to work and to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organisation that encourages diversity in all respects, including diversity of thinking. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and those of Other Ethnicities, LGBTQ+, disabled and neurodiverse communities to make a real difference to our residents so that passionate commitment to customers, respect for everyone, pride in Team ISHA and trusted to make the difference remains at the heart of everything we do.

Asking for adjustments

ISHA is committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and as accessible as possible for everyone. This includes making adjustments or changes for disabled people, neurodiverse people or people with long-term health conditions. If you would like us to do anything differently during the application, interview, or assessment process, including providing information in an alternative format, please contact us.

No agencies please.