Accountancy Graduate

**About Us**

The Guinness Partnership is one of the leading providers of affordable housing and care services in England. We build and manage homes and provide housing services for around 135,000 customers nationwide. Of our 65,000 homes, more than 70% are let at a social or affordable rent, while around 10,000 are owned or part-owned by the people who live in them.

We were founded in 1890 to improve people’s lives and create possibilities for them. Our vision is to deliver great service, provide great homes, to be a great business and to be a great place to work. Because everything we do is about our customers, our communities and our people, any profit we make is re-invested in new and existing homes and improving services.

**About the role**

In the Finance Directorate you will sit right at the heart of Guinness’s vision to be a great business that provides great services, great homes, and is a great place to work.
- We are committed to: Developing our people and being an organisation where people can progress their careers.
- Creating opportunities for people to start their career in housing, enabling social mobility and promoting diversity.
- Being an open, diverse and inclusive organisation where everyone can contribute their ideas and shape the way we do things.
- Building teams that are committed to our social purpose, our residents and the future of the organisation.

As a finance graduate you will join the wider Guinness graduate scheme cohort, which includes roles across various departments. Within finance you will combine studying for the ACA or ACCA qualification with gaining experience working across the Finance Directorate, over a three-year programme.

We are a large and complex organisation, with £400m of turnover and managing £1bn of assets. You will have the opportunity to gain experience across a range of finance areas including finance partnering, financial planning and budgeting, financial accounting, statutory accounts and audit, risk and controls, tax, rents and service charges and transactional finance.

We have made, and continue to make, significant investment in our people and systems and you will be working with best in class in both and in a culture of continuous improvement.

We will provide the support you need to succeed, including mentoring from our team of qualified accountants and college tuition for your qualification and support from our dedicated Learning and Development team.

Our social purpose is the driver for everything we do and in this role you will be contributing to improving people’s lives and serving our residents and our communities. This is an opportunity to make a difference while building your career and a multimillion-pound organisation.

**About ACA/ACCA**

The ACA and ACCA are world leading accountancy qualifications. Successful completion of the exam and work experience requirements will lead to designation as an Associate Chartered Accountant/Associate Chartered Certified Accountant which are globally recognised and highly sought after qualifications.

The qualification will equip you with commercial and strategic skills, as well as technical accounting knowledge, to work across multiple types of organisation and roles, and equip you to provide strategic insights and make a real impact on your organisation.

**Pay Structure**

1st year = £27,376

2nd year = £29,566

3rd year = £36,000

**What we’re looking for**

We’re a customer-focussed organisation so we know that how we do things is just as important as what we do.

**You’ll also be able to demonstrate**:
Essential:

- Analytical approach with intellectual rigour and effective problem solving and sound judgement.
- Ability to understand, analyse, interpret, explain, and summarise complex data and issues in a logical manner.
- Good written and verbal communication skills and ability to present succinctly.
- Awareness of the importance of delivering high quality and customer responsive services.
- Ability to develop effective relationships with diverse groups of people.
- Ability to prioritise and work as an effective member of a team.
- Ability to work on own initiative and to proactively communicate progress and issues to Managers.
- Good knowledge of Microsoft Office
- Demonstrates the Guinness Behaviours.

Desirable:

- Good knowledge and interest in social housing issues and services offered by registered providers and other housing regulatory bodies.
- Project Management experience.

**Qualifications**:
Essential:

- Level 2 (GCSE C+ or equivalent) Maths
- A degree.
- If you’re interested in finding out more about the key responsibilities of the role and/or to ensure you meet the essential criteria, please review the attached role profile._

**Assessment Centre to take place W.C. 02/10/23