The Guinness Partnership Hiring for Assistant Accountant Job at London, England Full Time

About Us
The Guinness Partnership is one of the leading providers of affordable housing and care services in England. We build and manage homes and provide housing services for around 135,000 customers nationwide. Of our 65,000 homes, more than 70% are let at a social or affordable rent, while around 10,000 are owned or part-owned by the people who live in them.

Our vision is to deliver great service, provide great homes, to be a great business and to be a great place to work. Because everything we do is about our customers, our communities and our people, any profit we make is re-invested in new and existing homes and improving services.

About the role

We have an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Accountant – Management Accounts to join our team in London on a permanent full time basis. Reporting into the Management Accountant, you will assist in the provision of a full management accounting service to support the achievement of the financial and operational targets for the business.

What we’re looking for

We’re a customer-focused organisation so we know that how we do things is just as important as what we do. You’ll not only be an experienced Assistant Accountant, but you’ll also have great customer service and analytical skills. You’ll also be able to demonstrate:

• Good working knowledge of accounting fundamentals.
• Experience of producing financial and related information for budget holders.
• Experience of month end financial processes including the production and review of journals.
• Good understanding of internal financial controls.
• Proven customer service experience.
• Ability to analyse and manipulate data.
• Good attention to detail with ability to prioritise and manage a varied workload to meet agreed deadlines.
• Good oral and written communications.
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly Excel.
• Demonstrate Guinness behaviours.

Desirable:

• Experience of using Oracle Financials or an equivalent finance system.
• Proven customer service experience.
• Proven experience of managing projects.

Qualifications

• Part qualified CCAB/CIMA accountant.

If you’re interested in finding out more about the key responsibilities of the role and/or to ensure you meet the essential criteria, please review the attached role profile below.

The Guinness Partnership is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all colleagues, and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.