RSH Graduate Scheme (Finance) Manchester, England
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This role is a unique opportunity to start your career with a globally recognised finance and accounting qualification (ACCA), whilst playing a part in enabling and supporting the social housing sector that is vital to millions of people across England.
- Front line regulatory assessments of the financial and operational performance of landlords
- Supporting the development of national housing strategy
- Working with landlords in financial or operational difficulty
- Working in an operational finance team in our Finance and Corporate Services team
We will support your development with the Chartered Accountancy qualification and Association of Chartered Accountants membership with a Level 7 Apprenticeship with ACCA. We will provide support and training to help you thrive in the workplace and in complete your ACCA qualification. We are keen for applications from individuals from a wide range of educational and social backgrounds. There is no requirement to have an academic background in accounting, finance, or economics.
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The scope of our work and influence is far-reaching, including oversight of the financial and operational performance of social housing landlords, supporting policy making in central government, and ensuring the sector is an attractive investment prospect for the financial markets.
You will work on the front line of our regulation, developing relationships with a range of stakeholders including boards and executives of landlords, reviewing, and assessing business plans and business processes, conducting analysis of organisational data and building insights to inform strategic decision making across the sector. There will be opportunities to work with our teams’ supporting landlords in difficulty and develop an understanding of the operating models used across the sector.
The scheme will give you exposure to:
- Financial analysis
- Business planning
- Risk management and business assurance
- Governance
- Internal audit
- Insolvency
- Treasury management
- Data and analytics
- Macro economic analysis
- Real estate and regeneration development economics and investment appraisal
- Management accounting
By achieving a world-leading finance qualification as a chartered accountant and gaining experience working across our organisation, you will have the opportunity to start a rewarding career with skills that are much in demand.
You’ll have access to a supportive and sociable peer group to help you gain career success. In addition to our benefits package, we also offer a very attractive graduate package:
Competitive starting salary of £30,000
Pay increases linked to milestones in the ACCA qualification
Fully funded ACCA qualification and ACCA membership subscriptions
Fully paid study leave
Opportunities to take responsibility early in your career
A structured programme of learning, development and support from RSH colleagues
The start date for the scheme will be September 2023.
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You’ll also have the opportunity to be involved in a range of our other work – including support for our publications, investigations, and our larger assessments and investigations which result in high-profile decisions. Alongside this you will be expected to work diligently towards your Chartered Accountancy qualification.
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Holiday - The Regulator of Social Housing offers all staff 33 days annual leave per year in addition to 8 statutory bank holidays.
Working Flexibly - At the Regulator of Social Housing we have a strong culture of flexible working and encourage all employees to have a healthy work/life balance. We offer a wide range of potential working patterns, including part time, job share and compressed hours.
These need to be balanced with business needs so they will vary from job to job. If you would like to know more please speak to the Recruiting Manager.
Health and Wellbeing - We offer health screening with Nuffield Proactive Health Clinics, a free Employee Assistance Programme which offers confidential support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week as well as access to Occupational Health.
Professional Development - At the Regulator of Social Housing we are committed to your continued professional and personal development with learning as one of our core values. We pay for one job-related professional membership subscription per year for our employees.
We also offer an excellent range of family friendly benefits, for example, maternity, paternity, shared parental leave.
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Interviews will be a two-stage process.
The first stage of interviews will be in April 2023 and will be held via Microsoft Teams.
We will confirm details of the second stage to successful candidates. We expect second stage interviews to be in-person interviews held in Manchester. Numeric and verbal reasoning tests will be completed alongside the second stage.
For more information on the role, please see the attached Role Profile.
To apply, please complete the online application form on the RSH careers site detailing your employment, education and training history and provide a supporting statement, which will be used in assessing your application. Guidance on the application process is available on the RSH careers site.
Anonymous shortlisting – We carry out anonymous shortlisting for all of our vacancies as part of our commitment to Equality and Diversity and ensuring a fair and consistent approach to recruitment.
We guarantee an interview to disabled candidates who meet the minimum selection criteria, as part of disability confident commitment.
As an equal opportunity employer we will ensure candidates who reach the benchmark from ethnic minority candidates will be selected for interview. You should indicate on your application if you want to be considered under these options.
Successful applicants will be advised of the outcome of their application and interviews held as soon as practical after the closing date.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
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This job is broadly open to the following groups:
- UK nationals
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals from the EU, EEA or Switzerland with settled or pre-settled status or who apply for either status by the deadline of the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
- certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals
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