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We are One Housing and we create places for people to call home and support them to live well. With a breadth of services and expertise to help people whatever their housing, care, or support needs.

Our Finance team is friendly, knowledgeable and we love what we do. We are proud of our expertise and passionate about the high-quality, service we deliver to all of our customers and stakeholders.

We offer our colleagues a friendly, collaborative workplace and the chance to build a rewarding career with a not-for-profit organisation that is proud to make a genuine difference to people’s lives, each and every day.

Join our Finance team as an Assistant Financial Accountant

Our Finance team play an important role in helping us to achieve our vision by supporting colleagues across the organisation to achieve the best value for money, pay for goods and services and understand complex financial information. Our finance specialists work across a number of teams including Corporate Finance, Financial Management and Procurement. Working collaboratively with colleagues we prize our accountability, empathy and a genuine desire to be helpful and informative.

We’re an organisation with strong values. We keep our promises; we do a great job; we value diversity; we work together; and we look for ways to improve. These are what make us such a great team, working together as one to achieve our vision.

We have a fantastic opportunity for someone to join us in the position of Assistant Financial Accountant at Atelier House, Camden.

Salary: £31,500
Location: Hybrid role - mostly working from home with 1 day a week in our office in Camden and occasional visits to Liverpool.
Contract: 6 months, full time (Contract extension highly possible)

Your responsibilities will include:

• Post transactions from bank statements to the ledgers for each group company.
• Prepare monthly bank reconciliations for all group accounts held with Barclays Bank.
• Work with Finance colleagues to clear all suspense accounts.
• Before the year-end audit begins, provide the auditor with a complete list of bank accounts and addresses.
• During the audit, liaise with the auditor providing all information requested relating to cash and banking.
• Prepare ad-hoc analysis or interrogation of cash transactions as required by Finance colleagues.
• Act as back-up or cover for the Assistant Financial Accountant (Pensions and Tax) as required

We are looking for someone who believes in working together as part of a team, who shares our values and who is positive and friendly. The successful candidate will:

• Basic understanding of accounting processes and procedures.
• A sound working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, in particular Excel.
• Good level of IT skills and literacy.
• Have previously worked in a finance role, preferably within the housing / property sector.
• Ability to analyse and produce timely and accurate information working with large amounts of sensitive data.
• Ability to work as part of a team, learn new skills and adapt to change.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadline.
• Self-motivated and enthusiastic with a desire to continuously improve processes and customer service

Our Life@One benefits offer you an array of perks designed with your wellbeing in mind.

• Salary:£ 31,500
• Your holidays are important to us. Take up to 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Lean travel. Spread the cost of your commute with a season ticket loans and our Cycle2Work scheme, open to all colleagues
• Looking forward to your big bucket list trip? You can buy or sell up to five days annual leave each year.
• Get paid to do good. We offer you two days off on full pay each year to volunteer in our communities.
• Well done! With our colleague recognition programme you will know when you’ve done a #greatjob
• Learning never stops. One Academy, our innovative, in-house learning and development offering is designed to help you take your career to the next level.
• We’re here for you. Our employee assistance programme offers counselling and support for you and your family 24/7.
• Stay book-smart. Take up to five paid days off per year to study toward a relevant qualification.
• Experience new things. We offer you a career break after 3 years’ continuous service.

As an organisation with a strong social purpose, One Housing works in some of the most diverse communities in the UK and our workforce reflects that. As of December 2021, One Housing merged with the Riverside Group, creating one of the country's largest housing associations, with more than 75,000 homes. This follows a shared recognition that we are better and stronger together; and that when we combine, we will be able to do more for our customers and the communities we serve.

At One Housing, our people are our strength which is why we work very hard to enable all employees to bring their authentic self to work. This commitment is reflected in our hybrid working policy, our diversity groups support network, our wellbeing initiatives and our employee benefits.

We understand that the different skills and experiences that our colleagues from different backgrounds bring to us allow us to make better decisions, consider different views and be an altogether more interesting and cohesive place to work.

We welcome applications from everyone.

Apply today for a fulfilling career in our Finance team.