Financial Accountant - Basingstoke, United Kingdom - Sovereign Housing Association

Sovereign Housing Association

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Basingstoke, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Are you an experienced Financial Accountant looking for a new role?
Sovereign is a leading Housing Association, committed to providing quality, affordable homes and services within sustainable, successful communities.

We're led by our values and driven by a strong social purpose, placing our customers at the heart of everythingwe do.

We have a fantastic opportunity to join our Finance Business Partnering and Reporting team asa
Financial Accountanton a permanent basis.

Based from our head office in Basingstoke, you'll combine office and home working in line with our hybrid approach.

The role
Reporting into our Group Financial Controller, you'll provide highly specialised accountancy support services to Sovereign within the broad scope of financial controlling, financial accounting and operational finance

Responsibilities include:

Maintaining the General Ledger and accuracy of the trial balances, preparing group consolidations, and reviewing postings for coding accuracy for reporting purposes
Assisting with the production of the balance sheet for monthly management accounts for all of Sovereign's activities and reviewing Group and subsidiary entity cash flows
Preparation and submission of regulatory returns for the Regulator of Social Housing and ONS
Defining, preparing and managing the monthly routines and tasks within the month end timetable
Liaising with key stakeholders for fixed assets to assist in the preparation of the annual budget and quarterly reforecasts of capital expenditure and related expenses
Supporting on the production of annual statutory accounts for subsidiary companies, liaising with external auditors to ensure accurate and timely completion
Assisting with the production of yearend statutory accounts together with consolidated statutory group accounts for Sovereign

What we're looking for
You'll be a fully qualified Accountant with demonstrable experience in a similar financial accounting role.

You'll need to have strong technical and practical knowledge of the principles of financial accounting and financial statements e.g., FRS102, withstrong reporting and accounting experience.

You'll also need:

A strong, clear working knowledge of financial processes and controls
A professional and logical approach to problem solving with strong analytical skills
Strong initiative, curiosity and drive with the ability to work to deadlines and maintain high attention to detail
Ability to build lasting relationships with stakeholders and demonstrate strong influencing skills
To be highly numerate and computer literate with strong Microsoft skills covering Word and Excel, to at least intermediate level, e.g. VLOOKUPS, PivotTable, Macros
Knowledge of SORP for Housing Associations would be beneficial but is not essential
Good knowledge of working with ERP systems and ability to assimilate new software quickly; knowledge of Agresso Accounting system would be advantageous but not essential

What you'll receive from us
We have some fantastic benefits on offer at Sovereign, including:

£450 flex-pot annually, discounted shopping & cycling scheme
25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays (with an extra day every year up to 30 days)
Company pension scheme matched up to 12%, life cover at 4x your salary
Flexible working we're committed to giving people flexibility as widely as possible
Options for private medical insurance, dental insurance & critical illness cover

We are committed to our Equality Diversity and Inclusion strategy and believe that you can truly be yourself at Sovereign.

Check out our careers site to learn more about us and our values.

This is a great opportunity to join the team as we progress through an exciting period of change.

What we do makes a real difference to people's lives and by joining us you can share the satisfaction of doing something that really matters.