Assistant Accountant - Service Charge

Description:

We’re building thriving communities as one of the UK’s largest housing groups and a leading developer of affordable housing.

We believe everyone is entitled to a good home they can afford, in a place they are proud to live. More than 100,000 people live in our homes.

If you want to experience work that’s truly rewarding, join us. Because when we achieve together, customers and communities thrive.

Work for Orbit. Believe in people.

The role

Orbit are delighted to announce that we are looking to recruit an Assistant Accountant into our Service Charge team. You will be responsible for providing support to the Accountant and Finance Manager to ensure the accuracy of financial information. This will include preparation of accruals and prepayments, journals, balance sheet reconciliations and the distribution of monthly budget holder reports. 

This role is part of Finance where you'll help us to invest more back into communities and design for strength.

What you'll achieve

Maintain accurate information on the financial ledgers e.g preparing and posting journals, reconciling accounts, etc

Managing accurate information on deferred income

Maintain the integrity of balance sheet accounts and support with the preparation of budgets and forecasts

Providing information to your customers and the Accountant to inform the budget setting

Establish and maintain robust relationships with your customers ensuring that you understand their needs and their business

Proactively seek out other views and methods to resolve problems and improve service delivery

Provide accurate information for internal and external auditors

What you'll bring

To be successful in this role of Assistant Accountant you will need to be a part qualified Accountant with an expert knowledge of Excel. 

Essential skills

Ability to work on own initiative

Good literacy skills and the ability to communicate clearly with customers. 

Appropriate experience in a similar finance role

Appropriate proven experience of Microsoft Excel including setting up, using and linking spreadsheets along with the use of formulas

Why Orbit?

Choosing us means being rewarded in every sense.

Here’s what you can expect to enjoy with us.

A rewarding experience that works for you

We strive to create an inclusive experience with benefits and wellbeing programmes designed to help you, and your loved ones, to thrive.  For a better work life balance, we offer flexible working opportunities for many roles.

A place to progress

From training programmes to professional qualifications, we provide opportunities to learn and develop at every stage of your career. Whether you’re a student, graduate or experienced professional we’ll support you to grow.

For leaders, our tailored development journeys are designed to stretch and strengthen your leadership skills. As well as practical training, we give you access to renowned business schools and experiential programmes for greater breadth and depth of learning.

A purpose to feel proud of

We’re proud to make a difference to people together. We’re values-driven with a commercial focus on performance - because the more profit we make, the more we can achieve for people.

What brings us together is a passionate belief in progress and people.

Read more about the values and purpose that drive us on our careers website.

How we hire

We aim to make our hiring process simple and fair:

Online application

Interview(s)

Decision and offer

We put the safeguarding of our customers, colleagues and contractors at the heart of everything we do and as such, certain roles will be subject to a DBS check