Management Accountant

We have an opportunity for a Management Accountant to join the Finance Team as an integral part of the Finance function, supporting the Financial Controller in providing high quality management information to all stakeholders in a timely and accurate manner. This role also includes line management responsibility of the Assistant Management Accountant.,

• Prepare monthly management accounts for Saffron Housing Trust and reports for budget managers, providing detailed variance analysis.



• Prepare management accounts for Saffron's subsidiaries - Crimson Developments Ltd and Saffron Housing Finance PLC.



• Be the main point of contact for budget holders including preparation of annual budgets, meeting monthly to review year-to-date expenditure, providing re-forecasts for the year-end position, fielding day-to-day queries and challenging budget holders where appropriate.



• Manage the financial reporting of additions and disposals of housing properties. This includes maintaining up-to-date forecasts of cashflows relating to housing development transactions, and reporting to the lenders and the Regulator of Social Housing.



• Prepare VAT returns for Saffron Housing Trust and subsidiaries.
  
  Qualified and registered with a recognised accounting body (ICAEW/ACCA/CIMA)



• Experience of completing management accounts and statutory accounts from start to finish.



• Able to effectively communicate financial information to non-financially trained staff, in order to build strong relationships between Finance and the rest of the organisation.



• High standards of professional conduct and co-operation, delivering high-quality service to other areas of the organisation and representing the Finance function in a professional manner.



• Strong team ethic; able to work closely with the Financial Controller and Assistant Management Accountant to ensure accurate and timely completion of the management accounts.



• Well-organised, methodical and analytical; able to plan time effectively to meet internal and external deadlines.



• Strong skills in using common IT systems and software, particularly in Microsoft Excel. Able to manipulate high volumes of data into meaningful information.
  
  We are a housing association based in Norfolk providing quality homes and services to people across the county and in Suffolk.


We manage over 6,000 homes including affordable homes for those in housing need who cannot afford to rent or buy in the open market.

We offer specialist homes for older and vulnerable adults and are committed to providing new homes to help solve the housing crisis.

At Saffron

We have a huge commitment to our employees. We want the team at Saffron to be happy, empowered, motivated and feel proud to be part of the Saffron community. We know by having great people we can do a great job for our tenants. We trust our staff to do the right thing and we are looking for people whose values are aligned with ours (PACE - Professional, Accountable, Collaborative and Evolving).

You will have the freedom to learn and grow. We are passionate about investing in our people, providing them with the skills they need now, and for their future aspirations. We do this by offering a blend of learning opportunities, including our innovative e-learning platform where learning is self-directed allowing people to learn what they want, when they want to.

We work with and support our people to work in an agile way to ensure that have the right work/life balance. They have the choice to work in the office, work from home, coffee shop, park or a combination of all. We have recently refurbished our offices to encourage collaborative, agile working.