Orbit Group Hiring for Accounts Technician Job at Coventry, England Full Time

Orbit is a fantastic business and one that’s really going places.

Orbit was formed in 1967 with the aim of providing good-quality housing for people who would otherwise not be able to afford to buy their own home.

Over 50 years later, we’re one of the leading housing providers in the UK. Our services have diversified, our housing portfolio has expanded, and our reputation as an innovator within our sector has grown. But one thing that has never changed. Our belief in people and what they can achieve.

Your role at Orbit.

This Accounting Technician role is suited to someone who can demonstrate excellent organisation skills, time management skills and has a good understanding of double entry book-keeping. It is essential that you have good literacy and numeracy skills and have proven experience of Microsoft Excel.

Having the ability to work well in a team and problem solve is important. We are looking for a proactive individual who can prioritise tasks, manage workloads and meet deadlines.

What will help you make a difference.

Orbit has a fantastic opening for an Accounting Technician to join their Financial Accounting and Control Team in Coventry. The roles would cover key areas within the business – Property Sales, Cashbook and Fixed Assets. These roles are great opportunity for someone who wants to enhance and develop a career in Housing and Finance.

The Financial Accounting and Control Team is an important part of the business. The team use standardised guidelines to record and summarise financial transactions and present them in financial reports or statements such as income statement or a balance sheet. By doing this, we allow the business to better understand the way it spends and generates money and help it to make intelligent and informed financial decisions.

As an Accounting Technician, you will be responsible for recording correct accounting entries in the ledgers, reconciling key balance sheet accounts, coding of the invoices, liaising with internal and external stakeholders and any other support during month end and year end.

Maintaining relationships with customers is also an important part of the role, ensuring you provide on-going support and assistance and meeting their requirements.

We know that an inclusive environment makes us more accessible and ensures we attract, engage, promote and retain great people. We welcome applications from all individuals regardless of background, age, gender/gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity/nationality, religious belief, faith or disability. As part of our Armed Forces Covenant commitment, we welcome ex-services professionals to consider career opportunities at Orbit.

Why Orbit?

Rewarding your contribution.

For those who want or need more of a work life balance our view is that this role is suitable for WorkSmart. This means we would consider a more flexible working arrangement, where your hours and work location are managed according to business, customer and personal needs. Agile working arrangements will be discussed during the interview process.

Some of our core benefits include:

· Group bonus potential up to 15% of salary

· 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays and the “Orbit day”

· Private medical insurance

· Excellent contributory pension scheme

· Life assurance

· A great pick and mix of flexible benefits including the option to buy and sell holiday and much more

Our culture and purpose.

We know that great people are central to achieving our ambitions and as such we want everyone to have a voice and make a positive difference. We are proud to be a Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to work for, this demonstrates we place people at the heart of everything we do. We continue to create a culture that celebrates diversity and an environment where everyone feels able to contribute towards achieving together.

We support our colleagues to be at their best through our wellbeing programme #ThisIsMe, our corporate learning programme, opportunities for professional development, our innovative approaches to making the world and our homes a greener place and our leading reward and recognition package. Because of this our people tell us Orbit is a great place to work for.

At Orbit, our people are enthusiastic and passionate about making a real difference to our customers and communities. We are one team where everyone is connected and encouraged to have the freedom to think differently.

Each year we build many new affordable homes and manage a total portfolio of around 45,000 properties. Over 100,000 people live in an Orbit home and our innovative approach empowers every one of them to grow and thrive. We are commercially driven. The more profit we make, the more we invest into the communities that we work for, improving services and playing a key role in driving UK housing growth.

Work for Orbit. Believe in people.

We have so much more that we’d like to share with you so please submit your CV demonstrating the value you could bring to Orbit.

We put the safeguarding of our customers, colleagues and contractors at the heart of everything we do and as such, certain roles will be subject to a DBS check.

Contract length: 6 months

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Salary: £20,188.00-£22,431.00 per year

Benefits:

• On-site parking
• Sick pay
• Work from home

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Experience:

• Accounting: 1 year (preferred)
• bookkeeping: 1 year (preferred)

Work remotely:

• No