Assistant Manager - Group Financial Reporting

Title: Assistant Manager – Group Financial Reporting
Contract Type: FTC until November 2024, Full time
Persona: Agile worker Office based 20-40% (working form home 3 or 4 days per week)                                                                              
Office Location: West Ham Lane Stratford, E15 4PH or Sale, Manchester, M33 6AG
Salary: London Weighted from £60,199 / Regional, Outside of London £52,667 dependant on experience and location
Closing date for completed applications: 12th January 2024             
Interviews will be held on: w/c 15th January via Microsoft Teams

Note: Successful candidates might be invited for a second interview
Early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to close the advertisement and interview earlier than stated

Role Profile - Assistant Manager - Group Financial Reporting.pdf

We are looking for an experienced Assistant Finance Manager to provide maternity leave cover to help the team to provide comprehensive group accounting corporate Financial Reporting service across L&Q and its subsidiaries.

Reporting to the Group Financial Reporting Manager, you will work within the Group Reporting function who are a small, close knit team servicing the whole finance team, the wider business and external and internal auditors.

Main duties include:

• Take a lead role in co-ordinating all stages of the annual audit, liasing with a large team of external auditors, being their key point of contact.
• Assist in managing the production of monthly, quarterly and other ad hoc Financial Reporting requirements for the Group.
• Assist in managing the production of the annual statutory accounts for the group.
• Perform/review monthly reconciliations of the underlying record on control accounts, intercompany and other Group balances.

The successful candidate will have;

• Experience in finance including managing year-end audit process and business partnering of multiple entities – essential.
• Practical knowledge / experience in group consolidation and financial accounting under FRS102 – essential.
• Organisational skills including being able to plan/organise work against a published timetable – essential.
• Excellent communication skills, able to liaise with multiple stakeholders at any one time, managing their conflicting priorities to ensure the audit timetable is met – essential.
• Qualified Accountant with more than 2 years post qualification experience – essential.
• Experience in external audit – desirable.
• Experience in property business and/or Housing Association – desirable.

If you are interested in this role and have the experience required, then apply without delay!

At the foundation of everything that we do are our corporate values and associated behaviours. Our organisational behavioural framework outlines the core expectations of all employees, which should be demonstrated at all times when representing L&Q.   More information about L&Q’s values can be found on our website and a copy of our behavioural framework can be provided on request.

Our commitments:

At L&Q, people are at the heart of our business and our success depends on employing the best people and getting the best from them.  This is why we are committed to developing our people. It's only by investing in a well-trained and motivated workforce that we can continue to prosper and sustain business success.

In addition to our support and training, the successful candidate will have access to our full suite of benefits including 26 days holiday rising to 31 days with length of service, annual bonus subject to group performance, excellent Pension scheme, Benenden Healthcare, an employee assistance programme and non-contributory life assurance.

We are committed to supporting your work-life balance and recognise the changing demands and circumstances in life.  Please let us know during the recruitment process if you’re interested in part time working or job sharing.  In addition, should your circumstances change once you have joined L&Q, you can also request flexible working arrangements, e.g. a change to working hours - if it’s feasible then we’ll make it happen.

We are recognised externally for our commitment to inclusion.  We are a Stonewall Diversity Champion, a Disability Confident (Committed) employer and have signed the Time to Change Employer Pledge to demonstrate our commitment to end mental health discrimination in the workplace.

We expect all of our employees to support our environmental policy and social responsibility work. We are an employer committed to environmental and social responsibility.

L&Q is a regulated charitable housing association and one of the UK’s most successful independent social businesses. The L&Q Group houses around 250,000 people in more than 97,000 homes, primarily across London and the South East.

As a charitable organisation, our role goes beyond providing homes and housing services. We are a long-term partner in the neighbourhoods where we work. We hope to build aspiration, opportunity and confidence in our communities through our £250 million L&Q Foundation and our skills academy. 

In response to the housing and affordability crisis, we will build 100,000 new homes over ten years. Of these, 60,000 homes will be built or funded by L&Q, whilst a further 40,000 will come through partnerships. Crucially, at least 50% of these new homes will be genuinely affordable, with a target of 60% in London.

Our vision is that everyone has a quality home they can afford, and we combine our social purpose with commercial drive to create homes and neighbourhoods everyone can be proud of.