Senior Management Accountant

2 weeks ago


Basingstoke, United Kingdom SNG Formerly Sovereign Housing Association Full time

Are you an experienced Management Accountant looking for your next opportunity?

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Senior Management Accountant to join our busy Finance Business Partnering and Reporting team, supporting our Customer directorate which includes asset management, property maintenance and compliance. You'll be based from our head office in Basingstoke, combining office and home working to ensure a positive work/life balance.

It's a really exciting time to join us as Sovereign have joined forces with Network Homes to form SNG (Sovereign Network Group). Together we provide over 84,000 homes and invest in communities across London and the South of England - our purpose being to provide quality affordable homes and places that people love for generations.

The Role

You'll support the Senior Finance Business Partner to ensure that the team deliver timely, accurate and comprehensive internal financial management accounts to senior management teams, giving insight into business performance and driving business decision making. You'll support in organising and guiding the wider team of management accountants to provide outstanding services to our customers. Responsibilities include:

  • Supporting the Senior Finance Business Partner to ensure the team delivers robust analysis and commentary explaining monthly performance variances against Budgets and Forecasts, highlighting Risks and Opportunities, and supporting the business with reforecasting
  • Identifying, implementing, and sharing proactive ways to improve business partnering for Enabling Services teams, taking the lead in driving projects and initiatives through to completion with support from the rest of the team
  • Continually improving forecasting by providing high quality insight and pattern analysis to budget holders, recommending areas that need focus and ways to improve
  • Taking the lead in managing period end procedures to support timely and accurate delivery of monthly management reporting, including variance analysis, follow up and detailed commentary
  • Taking responsibility for the budget and forecasting process, using your experience to support budget holders and knowing when to encourage, when to instruct, and when to push back
  • Delivering robust analysis of actuals to ensure accurate accounting, understanding and analysis with recommendations for Senior Management
  • Presenting financial reports to Senior Management teams and key stakeholders, being able to explain complex financial concepts to non-financial colleagues

What we need from youYou'll be a Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) with demonstrable experience in a similar senior management accounting role, ideally within a large or complex organisation. Previous experience supporting across property services, housing or asset management would be advantageous. You'll also:

  • Have strong, clear working knowledge of processes and controls surrounding budgeting, forecasting and management account preparation, including detailed report writing and analysis
  • Be an effective communicator with the ability to build trusting relationships with key stakeholders
  • Have experience in presenting financial reports, data and insights clearly and confidently to non-finance stakeholders
  • Have the ability to advise and influence key stakeholders of all levels in the business
  • Proactively challenge, introducing new ideas to drive the progressive development of the business
  • Be highly numerate with strong IT skills, including MS Word and Excel
  • Work well to deadlines, prioritising workloads effectively
  • Demonstrate strong analytical skills with the ability to adapt quickly to changing business needs, demonstrating a logical approach to your work

Knowledge of Agresso Accounting system or Power BI would be advantageous but not essential

Your benefits

We have some great benefits at Sovereign, including:

  • £450 yearly flexible benefit pot to use against benefits of your choice
  • 25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays (with an extra day every year up to 30 days)
  • Chance to buy or sell holiday as part of our flexible benefits package
  • Generous matched pension scheme up to 12% and Life cover at 4x salary
  • Options for private medical insurance, dental insurance and critical illness cover
  • Wellbeing discounts, including Gym Memberships and access to a 24/7 virtual GP service

At Sovereign Network Group, we are passionate about inclusion for all and creating a workplace where everyone can thrive. We are committed to our Equality Diversity and Inclusion strategy and believe that you can truly be yourself at Sovereign. Take a look at our careers site to learn more about us and our values.

If you would like the opportunity to make a real impact within our changing and growing organisation, we would love to hear from you



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