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Finance Manager | Housing | Care | Management Accounts | Rent Accounts | Service Charges |Audit | Management Accountant | Financial Accountant | Local Authority | Landlords| Care packages | Nottingham | Flexible Working | Remote working | Business Plan | Budgets

We are working with an SME specialist Housing Association who fulfil a valuable role in society; they have recently undergone a significant review of their structure and business and have now reached an exciting period of growth and expansion. This has led to an opening for a Senior Finance Manager who will lead a small team to oversee the delivery of the financial returns, performance statements and forecasts, rent charges and maintain strong financial controls. You will be ACA, ACCA, CIMA qualified with a grounding in Practice/Audit and experience within the housing sector

Core duties include:

* Oversee all day-to-day finance activities with direct line management over a small finance team

* Review monthly management accounts and prepare the draft Board paper for the Finance Director

* Lead the annual audit process, working closely with Auditors

* Review and finalise various periodic reports for landlords and present these to the Finance Director

* Work closely with the Head of Assets to control the maintenance budget

* Support the Management Accountant to maintain the 30-year Business Plan and review the annual Budget, reconciling parameters to the Housing Management system and management accounts

* Prepare the annual service charge reconciliations for all properties

* Review all supplier payment runs

* Manage utility supply contract renewals

* Ensure good cash flow and treasury management

* Support the Finance Director and other colleagues in the organisation with ad-hoc requests for financial analysis, modelling and regulatory reporting

The Requirement:

* Chartered accountancy qualification (ACA/ACCA/CIMA)

* Minimum 3 years’ experience in accountancy practice/external audit

* Minimum 3 years’ experience in social housing sector

* Experience of implementing and managing finance processes

* Experience of organisational mergers and system migrations

* Strong analytical skills

* Excellent communication skills both written and verbal