Financial Accountant

Overview

Hours 37.5 hours per week

This is a Permanent, Full Time vacancy.

Are you an experienced and motivated finance professional looking to make a meaningful impact? Community Housing is seeking a Financial Accountant to play a pivotal role in delivering high-quality statutory reporting, regulatory compliance, and robust financial controls that support our mission to provide safe, sustainable homes and excellent services for our communities.

As Financial Accountant
, you will take ownership of core financial accounting activities and play a key role in maintaining the integrity of the organisation’s financial reporting. Your responsibilities will include:

• Preparing year-end statutory accounts and coordinating the external audit process
• Producing and submitting regulatory returns
• Managing and maintaining the Assets and Liabilities Register
• Ensuring efficient and timely month-end and year-end close processes
• Maintaining strong financial controls and completing balance sheet reconciliations
• Overseeing VAT and Corporation Tax compliance, including liaison with HMRC and external tax advisers
• Producing high-quality financial reports, metrics, and analysis for colleagues, management, and committees
• Supporting Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) reporting
• Leading, supporting, and developing the Financial Accounting Assistant

You will be a qualified finance professional with:

• Strong technical knowledge across financial accounting, tax, VAT, and treasury
• Proven experience in statutory reporting, audit, and financial control
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage effectively with a wide range of stakeholders
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage competing deadlines
• Confidence using accounting systems and advanced Excel skills
• A collaborative mindset with a commitment to continuous improvement
• Some experience of people management or mentoring
• Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)

You’ll be joining an organisation with a strong social purpose, where your expertise will directly contribute to improving homes and services for our communities. We offer a supportive working environment, opportunities for professional development, and the chance to make a genuine difference.

Community Housing was formed in 2000 through a stock transfer from Wyre Forest District Council. We are a social business and one of Worcestershire’s largest Registered Providers of social housing, managing around 6000 homes and offering a range of services that help people to live independently.

We are proud of what we have achieved so far for the people and communities we support. Over the coming years we are focused on helping people to thrive and live independently, knowing they have a secure place they can call home, that they can afford, and with a landlord who cares about them.

Our Corporate Plan will help us to push forward and achieve results for our customers and communities. But even more so, it is our people that will drive our success.

With the right people, with the right skills, knowledge, behaviour, and values we achieve our goals.

When we are looking to recruit, we don’t just look for the best skillset or experience, we are also looking for people who will support our vision and ‘The Community Way’ of doing things.