Senior Accounts Assistant

Sanctuary Group; Worcester; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - GBP 33,000; Full time

Job summary

A housing services provider in Worcester is seeking a Senior Accounts Assistant to support management accounts and ensure financial accuracy. The ideal candidate should possess strong analytical and communication skills, and be AAT qualified or working towards it. This role offers a salary between £30,549 and £32,156, a blend of home and office working, and excellent employee benefits including 25 days of annual leave. Join a diverse team committed to making a difference in community living.

Benefits

25 days annual leave

Pension scheme

Life Assurance

Employee Advice Service

Cycle to Work scheme

Voluntary health plans

Wellbeing support

Exclusive discounts

Employee Networks

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar transactional finance role is essential.
• Ability to manage tight deadlines while prioritizing tasks.
• Outstandingly organized with a high degree of attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Providing accurate and timely financial information to support decision making.
• Identifying areas for improvement in service delivery.
• Supporting the management accounting function within the team.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Customer service

Attention to detail

Organizational skills

Excel skills

Education

AAT qualified or working towards this

Tools

Microsoft Office

Excel

Job description

Sanctuary manages rented and shared ownership homes and supports community initiatives for thousands of customers across England. Our staff help make a real difference to the quality of people’s lives.

Senior Accounts Assistant

Worcester based with a balance of home and office working

£30,549 - £32,156 per year

35 hours per week

As a Senior Accounts Assistant, you will be ambitious and enjoy a varied role within a busy and supportive team. In this role you will be responsible for supporting the completion of management accounts to ensure income and expenditure is appropriately accounted for, whilst also ensuring data is accurately recorded. The ideal candidate will come from a finance background and will possess excellent data analysis skills. The role sits within the Housing Management Accounts team which is responsible for the accounting of Affordable Housing within Sanctuary.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone looking to take the next step in their career. You will be joining a fast-paced team, assisting in the delivery of effective financial services including budgeting and forecasting, variance analysis, stakeholder management and reporting.

The role of Senior Accounts Assistant will include:

• Providing accurate and timely financial information whilst maintaining effective financial systems, to support decision making and business planning
• Developing, building and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders
• Providing an effective administration service ensuring workloads are manageable in line with business requirements
• Identifying areas for improvement and shortfalls in service delivery and recommending actions to remedy this, as appropriate
• Supporting and assisting the management accounting function within the team

Skills and experiences:

• AAT qualified or be working towards this
• Previous experience in a similar transactional finance role along with strong analytical skills is essential
• The ability to work to tight deadlines and prioritise work loads
• Excellent communication, customer service and interpersonal skills allowing you to negotiate effectively
• Outstandingly organised with a high degree of attention to detail and accuracy
• Basic user of Microsoft Office with strong Excel skills

Why work for us?

We provide homes and care for more than 250,000 people in England and Scotland. Our customers are at the heart of all we do. With around 14,000 colleagues, we foster a diverse and inclusive culture, and nurture and reward talent.

As part of our commitment to making Sanctuary a great place to work, where your well‑being is of genuine importance, we have developed an attractive employment package. The package recognises your contribution, supports your physical, mental and financial health and gives you the flexibility to tailor your employee benefits by offering:

• 25 days annual leave (rising to a maximum of 30 days) plus public holidays
• A pension scheme with matching employer contributions from Sanctuary up to set limits
• Life Assurance
• Employee Advice Service including counselling
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Voluntary health plans
• Wellbeing support and tools
• Employee platform to access your reward and wellbeing package online, find exclusive discounts, wellbeing resources and recognition tools
• Employee Networks, with a shared interest in inclusion, and who provide invaluable support to colleagues
• Role salary is £27,521 with an additional policy allowance of £3,027 per annum (rising to £28,970 with an additional policy allowance of £3,186 per annum after 12 months, subject to satisfactory performance)

If you're unsure about any details, have questions about the role or want to discuss a need for adjustments, our fantastic talent team will be happy to help you [e-mail]

We reserve the right depending on application numbers to close or extend the closing dates for positions; we would therefore recommend an early application.

Inclusion is one of our core values. Our goal is to be a diverse, inclusive organisation where our people thrive and meet our customers’ needs with fairness and empathy. We know having a range of ideas and opinions makes a difference. We encourage and welcome applications from people from diverse backgrounds to support this mission. We will make adjustments throughout your application process, in line with Sanctuary’s commitment to our Disability Confident employer status.

Building Equality and Diversity

Sanctuary Group encourages and welcomes applications from people from diverse backgrounds to support our commitment to offering an inclusive environment for our employees and customers.
We work closely with the Home Office in order to prevent illegal working.
Sanctuary Housing Services Limited is a subsidiary of Sanctuary Housing Association, an exempt charity.