Birmingham, West Midlands (England), B1 2AX : Bristol, South West England, BS1 6EH : Longstanton, East of England, CB24 3EN : Liverpool, North West England, L3 1BP : Leeds, Yorkshire and the Humber, LS11 9AT : Salford, North West England, M3 5AX : Newcastle upon Tyne, North East England, NE4 5BZ
Working within the Technical Accounting team, as Technical Accounting Manager you will be responsible for assessing the correct accounting and budgetary treatment for new programmes and complex transactions, preparing reports and accounting papers to be utilised by staff with varying levels of accountancy knowledge, and will provide a key role in the preparation of the Agency's annual financial statements.
The role will report to the Senior Technical Accounting Manager. In addition to the key responsibilities above, the technical accounting team are dedicated to providing first class technical accounting advice within the Finance team and to the wider business. You will be expected to work in an agile and flexible way, which will also involve collaboration with various teams and directorates.
There will also be the opportunity to be involved in other key projects, including supporting the development and implementation of new financial software systems and processes.
This is a rare chance to shape the future in a fast growing, national organisation with real social purpose. Working with key stakeholders and a professional Finance team you will ensure efficient, consistent and effective resolution of technical accounting queries from across the Agency.
You will be used to "spinning several plates" at once and will always be looking for ways to improve and innovate. As an experienced finance professional, you’ll understand how to work as part of a team in a productive, collaborative and inclusive way.
You'll be comfortable supporting the Senior Technical Accounting Manager and Assistant Director of Financial Reporting with complex accounting issues.
You will have strong technical accountancy knowledge, including IFRS and excellent report writing skills with the ability to tailor to audiences with varying finance experience.
Delivering on a mission as bold as ours isn’t always easy. You will be resilient and comfortable managing stakeholders at a senior level and your discussions will always be shaped by a good understanding of the commercial and operational impact of what we do as Finance team. You will enjoy working in an innovative, fun and engaging way and be able to negotiate and persuade.
As an experienced finance professional you’ll understand how to manage colleagues and be able to demonstrate you can work with others as part of a team in a collaborative, inclusive way.
You will hold a recognised professional accountancy qualification, such as ACA, ACCA, CIPFA, CIMA.
Homes England is an executive non-departmental public body with its own terms and conditions, benefits and pension scheme. We are a government agency working in partnership with the private sector and want to employ and retain great people. In return we offer a range of excellent benefits, some of the key benefits include:
Holiday - Homes England offers all staff 33 days annual leave per year in addition to 8 statutory bank holidays.
Working Flexibly - At Homes England we have a strong culture of flexible working and encourage all employees to have a healthy work/life balance. We offer a wide range of potential working patterns, including part time, job share and compressed hours.
Health and Wellbeing - We offer health screening with Nuffield Proactive Health Clinics, a free Employee Assistance Programme which offers confidential support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week as well as access to Occupational Health.
Professional Development - At Homes England we are committed to your continued professional and personal development with learning as one of our core values. We pay for one job-related professional membership subscription per year for our employees.
We also offer an excellent range of family friendly benefits, for example, maternity, paternity, shared parental leave.
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