Assistant Management Accountant - Wirral, United Kingdom - Alpha RSL Limited t/a Alpha Living

Description

Job Title:
Assistant Management Accountant

Reporting To:
Head of Finance and Resources


Organisation:

Alpha is a long-standing housing association that has dedicated its life to housing and providing sensitive services for older people.

We have more than 960 apartments in 11 local authorities across the North of England.


Based:
Head Office, Poppyfields, Woodpecker Close, Upton, Wirral, CH49 4AA


Salary:
£29,118 per annum


Hours: 35 hours a week


Purpose

The jobholder is responsible for all nominal ledger and related postings within Exchequer and associated reconciliation of all bank accounts, along with management accounts from ensuring the accuracy and integrity of the nominal ledger through to productionof reports.

Activities and Responsibilities

Nominal Ledger and Related Duties

• Downloading all bank statement data for all bank accounts on a daily basis and posting of any required nonhousing management or purchase ledger system data to Exchequer.
• Weekly reconciliation of all bank accounts within Exchequer for approval by the Management Accountant.
• Setup of internal account transfers, manual BACS or faster payments on Lloyds as requested / authorised by the Management Accountant or Head of Finance and Resources.
• Verification and payment of resident refunds and board member expenses.
• Review of purchase invoice coding, issuing for authorisation to the budget holder and once authorised daybook posting of all invoices.

Management Accounts Duties

• Produce the loan account capital and interest payment journals for approval by the Management Accountant on a monthly basis.
• Produce prepayments and accruals schedule, post and reconcile to Exchequer on a regular monthly basis.
• Review fixed asset / property invoices to component accounting module in Asset 4000 and following approval by the Management Accountant post the depreciation schedule to Exchequer on a monthly basis.
• Production of payroll journals, ensuring journal fully reconciles to payroll reports and following approval by the Management Accountant post to Exchequer.
• Creation of all other required journals / posting to Exchequer in order to commence production of management accounts.
• Produce: statement of consolidated income, statement of financial position, cashflow, loans outstanding and associated reports on a monthly basis for review by the Management Accountant.
• Update capital investment programme spreadsheets ensuring full reconciliation to cashflow and issue to Head of Asset Management for updates.

Sales Ledger

• Reconciliation and posting of all payments from residents / local authorities / other sources to the individual resident accounts within the housing management system on a daily basis.
• Weekly reconciliation and banking of cash / cheques for residents or any other payments received.
• Posting of all Alpha Plus debits as advised by the development managers to the housing management system to all resident sundry debtor accounts.
• Providing Alpha Plus resident numbers information on a monthly basis to the management accountant for reporting to SLT.
• Posting of all nonhousing management system income to Exchequer.
• Ensuring all income is posted and advising the management accountant to allow the weekly integration from the housing management system to Exchequer.
• Raising and issue of Adhoc sales invoices and monitoring through to payment.

Other Duties

• Provide cover as and when requested to support other members of the finance team
• Demonstrate a flexible approach and undertake other such duties as instructed by the Head of Finance and Resources and within the post holders experience and expertise
• To attend and participate in all training, meetings and conferences. To participate, attain and encourage the appropriate level of competencies associated with delivering our services
• To undertake annual appraisals and to identify annual targets, receive appropriate training and remain focused on delivering the corporate outcomes through personal and team development and target setting

Our Values

Our organisational values are:

A ll-embracing
Valuing everyone for who they are, empowering people and welcoming diversity


L istening
Putting residents at the heart of everything we do and going the extra mile


P ositive
Making a difference; pioneering and brave


H onest
Open and transparent; treating residents and colleagues with respect


A gile
Adaptable and responsive; getting the big things and the small things right


Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

• HNC/Degree in Finance / Business Studies Qualification or equivalent
• AAT Level 4 qualification or CIMA Operational Level (or equivalent professional exams)

Experience

• Minimum of two years' experience of working in a finance team
• Experience of Exchequer or other finance systems
• Management accounts experience up to and including full balance sheet reconciliation
• Experience of working in the field of housing finance

Skills, Knowledge and Ability

• High attention to detail and ability to focus at all times
• Able to communicate effectively (verbally and written) with all levels both within and outside of the organisation
• Ability to organise & prioritise workload
• Ability to manage working relationships at multiple levels
• Proven ability to work independently and use own initiative
• IT skills and experience in the use of Microsoft Office particularly Excel to intermediate level.

Personal Characteristics

• Ability to take responsibility of own training & selfdevelopment
• Willingness and proven ability to work flexibly
• Committed to equality and diversity