Senior Finance Manager

Broster Buchanan is working in partnership with Leeds Federated as they recruit their Senior Accountant to join them as they continue their important mission to enable the maximum number of people to access and live sustainably in good value, affordable housing.
  
Senior Accountant
West Yorkshire based (agile working)
£50,000
Where and who will you be working with?
Leeds Federated is a housing association with c4500 units across the Leeds, Wakefield and North Yorkshire areas.  Leeds Federated work by three main objectives.
  
Sustain
To provide good quality homes that people want to live in and to provide quality services at an affordable cost.
  
Engage
With customers, listen to and learn from the customer voice and to attract, retain and develop a healthy and effective staff team that engages with the organisation. We aim to maintain a highly satisfied customer base and staff team, to collaborate with stakeholders to achieve the best outcome for the business and customers and to demonstrate value for money to our customers.
  
Grow
We will continue to deliver sustainable growth. be open to, and actively seek, the widest range of development opportunities. To uphold the values of innovation and design quality in the housing schemes we deliver and to achieve value for money in our development programme.
  
What will you be doing?
As Senior Accountant  you will be excited to join Leeds Federated as they strive to grow through building more homes across the Leeds City Region, and providing good value housing offering security and affordability providing the necessary foundations for our customers to achieve
In your role as Senior Accountant, you will have a forward-thinking continuous improvement approach to your role and will provide efficient and effective management of Leeds Federated’s accounts.
You'll lead and oversee financial reporting, manage staff effectively, and ensure the finance team delivers high-quality, customer-focused, timely, and accurate service to the organisation.
Additionally you'll work across key areas including:

• Planning & Reporting: Manage & update business plan, prepare board papers & financial reports.
• Financial Management: Lead budget creation, NROSH returns, & annual statements.
• Cash Flow & Forecasting: Produce cash flow forecasts, review payments, & partner with departments.
• Analysis & Reporting: Create reports for various committees & departments, support decision-making.
• Team Leadership & Development: Lead & mentor the finance team, ensure efficient processes.

What will you need to offer?
This is a Senior Accountant role so we would expect candidates to possess a recognised CCAB accountancy qualification, but we are open as to whether this would be ACA / CIMA / ACCA or CIPFA and this will run alongside previous experience within a similar role.
Additionally we are looking for candidates with ideally experience within social housing or a similar sector with knowledge of accounting regulations, legislation and current practice and experience of rent setting & regulation.
As a management role, we'd also be looking for exceptional people skills with the ability to motivate a team to perform to a consistently high standard and build positive working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
What's on offer for you?
Aside from the opportunity to realise your goal to work for an organisation adding great value to the local community, there is a strong benefits package on offer to the successful candidate including:

• A salary of £50,000 
• Flexible working hours and options for home working
• Occupational Salary exchange pension scheme (matched up to 10% contributions by employer)
• 32 days holiday (plus bank holidays)
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
• Healthshield health benefits scheme
• Free onsite parking at main office