Assistant Management Accountant

Fairhive are partnering with Robertson Bell in our search for an Assistant Management Accountant role to join our team on a permanent basis. Fairhive is a Community Benefit Society and not-for-profit landlord that provides 9,000 homes across Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and South Northamptonshire. We exist to support residents and neighbourhoods, maintain quality homes, build new ones, and ultimately create thriving communities where people want to live.

Reporting into the Financial Reporting Manager this role will assist with the day-to-day activities of the financial reporting function ensuring that budgetary control is maintained and accurate financial and performance management information is delivered regularly and promptly to budget holders, the Executive Management Team, Senior Managers, the Board, Regulators and Funders.

The Organisation:

Our 20,000 residents are at the heart of everything we do, providing good neighbourhoods and safe homes for everyone to lead fulfilling and enjoyable lives. Our services are shaped around residents and community needs and their feedback, to enable social inclusion, reduce poverty, and protect more vulnerable residents through our Welfare Help & Advice. That’s why we involve our residents as much or as little as they want.

We're a proud, certified Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and we believe that people are our greatest asset – their dedication, hard work and continued learning is what allows us to deliver the services residents need – now and in the future. That’s why we invest in employee development and actively support wellbeing. This includes enrolment in a defined benefit pension scheme, opportunities to work from home up to four days per week, ongoing support for professional development, plus lots more!

The key duties of this role are as follows:

• Preparation of high-quality accurate management accounts and performance management information.
• Assist with all aspects of management accounting and reporting, including statutory accounting, budgetary control and performance management data.
• Prepare accruals/prepayments and other correction journals.
• Actively support and advise budget holders of the corporate services teams in the preparation and development of forecasts, budgets and management information.
• Maintain and update non-property fixed asset register including calculating and posting of monthly deprecation.
• Regular meetings with all budget holders of the corporate services teams to support, develop and strengthen relationships.
• Develop performance reports in consultation with management team and on own initiative.

The successful candidate will have:

• Part-qualified as an accountant (AAT or equivalent), or demonstrable relevant experience.
• Experience of book keeping, accruals/prepayments and completing statistical and other financial returns.
• Ability to provide basic financial analysis, information and advice to managers.
• Effective written & verbal communication skills
• Good interpersonal skills, with a customer focused outlook.
• Thinks clearly and logically, with analytical skills and the ability to interpret and extrapolate financial data.

CVs for this role are being reviewed on a rolling basis, so please do not delay in applying to make sure you don’t miss out!