Job Description
Job Title: Financial Reporting Accountant
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: £50,807.54 (£56,099.68 is achieved after 12 months successful performance in the role)
Working Hours: Full Time - 35 Hours
Working Pattern: Monday - Friday / Hybrid
Location: Speke, Liverpool
If you share our values and are excited about making a significant impact at Riverside, please ensure you attach a current CV and covering letter. At Riverside we recruit to potential not just on skills and experience, so we encourage you to apply even if you don't meet all the essential criteria on the job description.
The difference you will make as a Financial Reporting Accountant
The Financial Reporting Accountant is a finance professional reporting to the Financial Reporting Manager. The role is responsible for the delivery of financial reporting across the Group and is accountable for statutory, regulatory and internal management reporting. The role will provide management and direction to the Financial Reporting team in carrying out a range of complex financial reporting activities, whilst fostering a continuous improvement culture across the wider Group Finance team.
About you
We are looking for someone who:
* A recognised professional accountancy qualification (ACA/ACCA/CIMA)
* Strong technical accounting skills.
* Experience of managing external audit.
* Experience in a finance management position, preferably within Financial Accounting or Reporting.
Why Riverside?
One Housing is part of Riverside, we're a housing association with a difference - enhancing the everyday for all our customers. For 90 years, we've been revitalising neighbourhoods and supporting communities by providing the homes they need to live full, fulfilling and rewarding lives.
We have a portfolio of over 75,000 affordable residential and retirement homes across the UK. Our work ranges from homelessness services to social care, employment support to retirement living, and we need the best people on board to help us.
Working with us, you'll enjoy:
* Competitive pay & generous pension
* 28 days holidays plus bank holidays
* Flexible working options available
* Investment in your learning, personal development and technology
* A wide range of benefits
Diversity and Inclusion at Riverside:
We are inclusive. At Riverside, we value diversity in all its forms. We foster a workplace where all individuals are respected, empowered, and heard. Our commitment to inclusivity drives our success and enriches the lives of our customers and colleagues.
Riverside is a Disability Confident Employer and operates a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for any applicant who declares they have a disability. If the applicant meets the minimum requirements for the role (as set out in the role profile and/or person specification) they will be guaranteed an interview.
This role also falls under our Ethnic Diversity guaranteed interview scheme. If you are Ethnically Diverse and demonstrate you meet the minimum criteria for the role you will be guaranteed an interview.
Applications may close before the deadline, so please apply early to avoid disappointment.
Role Profile
* Actively coach and manage the performance of individuals, to achieve the stated objectives of TRGL and positively impact on the customer of TRGL.
* Supervise and support the training and development of the Financial Reporting team.
* Deputise for and support the Financial Reporting Manager as and when required to ensure continued effective leadership across the service.
* Responsible for developing and maintaining robust accounting policies for the Financial Reporting team, ensuring compliance with FRS's, SORP, IFRS and regulatory requirements. Play an active role in ensuring that accounting policies are communicated and applied effectively across the Group.
* Devise, implement and review financial reporting processes and procedures ensuring compliance and adherence to statutory and regulatory frameworks and Group accounting policies.
* Act as a subject matter expert in financial reporting, providing advice and support to the team and wider Group Finance, ensuring financial accounting transactions reflect current accounting policies.
* Review and approve a range of complex journals prepared by the Financial Reporting team.
* Review and approve all balance sheet reconciliations performed by the Financial Reporting team ensuring that they are completed effectively and in accordance with specified timetables.
* Manage the provision of balance sheet reporting for the Group, ensuring that accurate and relevant information is provided from the wider Financial Accounting and Control team. Prepare Group consolidated balance sheet reports for internal management reporting to support wider business decisions.
* Manage the provision of statutory reporting including the preparation of the consolidated financial statements for the Group. Review and authorise all accounting disclosures prior to inclusion in the financial statements
* Manage the financial statements process for all Group subsidiaries to completion ensuring that all statements are reviewed for compliance with accounting standards and regulations.
* Support the Financial Reporting Manager in the delivery of the external audit of the Group and its subsidiaries. Co-ordinate and direct the wider Financial Accounting and Control team and Group Finance in the delivery of all external audits.
* Prepare financial reporting year-end working papers, reconciliations, and audit information as required and in line with financial reporting and statutory requirements.
* Manage the provision of regulatory reporting, prepare regulatory reports for quarterly and annual submission to the Regulator of Social Housing ensuring external reports are prepared accurately and in accordance with specified timetables.
* Assess the implications of changes in reporting standards and regulatory requirements and ensure that these are adopted in the most effective way for the Group.
* Assist with the preparation of accounting papers to support internal practices and liaise with external auditors to ratify these.
* Work closely with external tax advisors to manage the provision of Corporation Tax disclosures for the Group and its subsidiaries.
* Support the budget, quarterly forecast, and business plan processes, in particular for the preparation of Group cash flows and balance sheets with a high level of detail and accuracy.
* Manage the provision of monthly financial reporting for inclusion in Group management accounts. Provide detailed analytical review of balance sheets and cashflow forecasts with insightful commentary to support business decisions.
* Responsible for providing accurate and timely information for covenant reporting to external lenders.
* Ensure the team provide accurate and timely advice, guidance and support to colleagues and other stakeholders as required, dealing with complex financial matters and escalated queries and issues to ensure effective resolution.
* Ensure team processes and procedures are reviewed and updated as required.
* Actively contribute to regular reviews of the Financial Accounting function, seeking feedback from internal and external stakeholders, to continually improve the service provision and identify efficiencies where possible. Improvement opportunities identified and realised should be in accordance with change management protocols.
* Manage internal and external stakeholders effectively, building constructive relationships to deliver the Financial Accounting service by creating an inclusive, supportive and professional environment.
* Ensure that all data protection requirements are met in accordance with the Group's policy, procedures and statutory requirements.
* Ensure that health and safety requirements are met in accordance with the Group's policy, procedures and statutory requirements.
* To be an advocate and exemplar of 'Our Riverside Way'.
* To demonstrate a pragmatic and 'can-do' attitude to find solutions.
Person specification
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
Essential
* A recognised professional accountancy qualification (ACA/ACCA/CIMA)
* Strong technical accounting skills.
* Experience of managing external audit.
* Experience in a finance management position, preferably within Financial Accounting or Reporting.
* Knowledge of relevant legislation and government regulations.
* Customer focused with excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to work at all levels within the business.
* Proactive approach with the capability to work flexibly and adapt to particular situations.
* Results driven with strong analytical skills and experience of providing meaningful management information.
* Excellent attention to detail with the ability to work under pressure, deliver to strict deadlines and manage conflicting priorities.
* Evidence of effective stakeholder management, both internally and external to the organization
Desirable
* Previous experience within the sector.
* Good understating of the SORP and FRS 102
* Experience of Sun Systems.
* Strong audit experience, either internal or external.
Additional Information
* To fulfil the requirements of this role, you will be required to be on site at Head Office, Liverpool during planning, interim and year-end external audits.
* The Group has offices across the UK and on this basis, there may be the requirement to travel to other locations to effectively perform this role.
* In order to fulfil the requirements of this role, you will be required to work flexibly during the hours of operation.
* The role holder is expected to be committed to equal opportunities and to promote non-discriminatory practices in all aspects of work undertaken.
* The role will be exposed to sensitive information; therefore, the role holder is expected to always maintain levels of confidentiality.
About Us
Riverside is one of the UK's leading not-for-profit social housing and regeneration organisations, owning or managing around 75,000 homes from Irvine to Kent. We are a leading provider of supported housing services, particularly for those affected by homelessness, and our track record of transforming lives and revitalising neighbourhoods dates back over 90 years. We have plans to build over 15,000 affordable homes over the next decade.
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