Assistant Accountant

Assistant Accountant

Salary: 38,427 ? 40,449 Location: Farringdon/Remote Perm/FTC: FTC Fixed term? 10 Months

About Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing

We have a vision that ?everyone has a home and the opportunity to live well?; that means working with partners to create sustainable and vibrant neighbourhoods where our customers want to live. With 57,000 homes and more than 120,000 residents and customers we have a real opportunity to make that vision a reality. Our people care, dare and collaborate to ensure we achieve this People Powered Living.

About the role of Assistant Accountant

• Reconcile balance sheet and Bank accounts as required in accordance with the month end time table and ensure errors are identified and rectified in a timely and accurate manner
• Assisting in the preparation of budgets, re-forecasts and management accounts
• Complete accurate working papers to support figures used in the financial statements
• Keep organised filing to ensure documentation can be easily found
• Assist with tasks required for the successful completion of the statutory accounts
• Account for items found on reconciliations in the correct manner
• Communicate effectively with colleagues in accounts payables, accounts receivables, treasury, management accounting and external contacts to ensure the speedy resolution of issues
• Assist with the production of the monthly Management Accounts
• Produce performance management information as required
• Process month end journals

• ACCA/CIMA part-qualified accountant or commitment to studying a professional qualification
• Experienceof completing complex reconciliations
• Understanding of the General Ledger
• Understanding of the construction of a Chart of Accounts
• Experience of using Oracle Financials or similar financial software package
• Experience of working in a Registered Social Landlord environment or affinity for work in the sector using Oracle financials or a similar finance package desirable
• Strong Excel skills
• Excellent communication skills

The closing date for applications is Sunday May 12th 2024 (5 days) and interviews are expected to be held shortly afterwards

Please note :- we do not currently offer visa sponsorship.

What?s in it for you?

Our benefits include:-

• 28 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays (pro rata for part time) per year
• 2 volunteering days per year for things like helping out in local communities
• An additional ?Beliefs day? once a year to have an extra a day off
• Enhanced pension with matched contributions of up to 9%
• Life assurance cover 3 x your salary
• Health cash plan scheme for your everyday healthcare needs which you can add your family members too
• Tenancy deposit ? interest free loan to help with rental deposits
• Access to extensive learning and training opportunities with Wisebox platform
• Colleague virtual social platform with our workplace pages where you can keep up to date with the organisational activity and link in with colleagues
• Career progression across the organisation with our mentoring programme and apprenticeships
• We are committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues and support this as an organisation

About us

Learn more about our benefits and organisation by viewing our attached document

Our promise

Here at Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing (MTVH) we want to capture the value that difference brings and are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We work collaboratively ?Serving people better every day? to educate, support and develop all of our diverse employees and the communities that we serve.

We want every employee and every customer to feel comfortable enough to be their true self and are working tirelessly in the background to create an environment that encourages our employees to challenge non-inclusive behaviours and to be mindful of their own and other?s wellbeing.

Our core values of Dare, Care and Collaborate demonstrate that we are a people focused business, solving social issues by working together!

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a suitable candidate is found so we do encourage you to complete the application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.