Job Description

This is a great opportunity for you to join one of the UK’s most trusted social housing providers. 

They own and manage 30,000 homes across the West Midlands, including diverse communities from urban tower blocks to rural villages and towns; but they provide more than housing – their homes are a foundation for life.

They are proud to be an organisation which deals directly with the consequences of their housing crisis by providing homes for people who can’t access them on the market.

They are a not-for-profit organisation and a registered charity. All the money they make goes back into improving their homes and services and building new homes so that they can help more people.

Working for them not only offers you the chance to work for an award-winning, big-hitting organisation in the West Midlands, it gives you the opportunity to work for an organisation with a heart and a clear social purpose.

It doesn’t matter which function you work in, being part of their team will give you the chance to play your own part in making a very real difference to people’s lives. 

To join them you will have the ability to take ownership and responsibility for delivering a consistently high level of service within your team and across the business as a whole. You’ll be positive, optimistic and solutions-focused in everything you do even in the face of challenges, and you will believe passionately in the social value derived from delivering outstanding services to their customers and colleagues.

They are seeking to appoint an Assistant Accountant within the Housing Finance team. The team provides financial information and support for their Housing Teams and budget holders. The team works closely with its budget holders and the successful applicant would be required to assist where necessary to help ensure an excellent service is provided to their customers.

The main purpose of this role will be to support and assist the accountant in the provision of high-quality services to the associations various customers. You will also be required to complete reconciliations on a regular basis along with financial information to support their European grant claims.

To succeed in this role, you must be able to demonstrate an excellent knowledge of Microsoft Excel and ideally computerised accounting systems, as well as the ability to communicate effectively and prioritise work to meet deadlines. The suitable candidate would also be required to be self-motivated and organised.

Due to the current situation with the pandemic the role will require a combination of homeworking and office based.

So, if you think you have the technical know-how and can demonstrate the people skills they’re looking for, they really want to hear from you.

They are committed to diversity and inclusion, encourage flexible working where appropriate and positively welcome applications from everyone.

They are committed to protecting people’s health, wellbeing and human rights. They adopt a proactive approach to safeguarding and do everything they can to make sure all individuals accessing their services can do so without fear of harm, abuse or neglect. They have policies and procedures in place to try to make sure the people they support are protected from harm and as part of their recruitment process they carry out robust safeguarding checks.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

You must be able to demonstrate an excellent knowledge of Microsoft Excel and ideally computerised accounting systems, as well as the ability to communicate effectively and prioritise work to meet deadlines.