The vacancy Your typical day could start with leading on the month end process from journal processing to closing ledgers to reporting. Then you might be preparing monthly reports and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) offering insightful commentary to enhance understanding, before supporting the Finance Manager on the monthly projections annual budget process. As a Service Charge Accountant, you'll be the 'face of Peabody' and no one day is the same. You'll serve as a central source of service charge accounting expertise within the Finance team, providing operational advice. With a particular focus on Cultivating appropriate knowledge to comprehend the bigger picture and interdependencies with other teams, you'll actively ensure costs are accurately allocated at the Unique Property Reference Number (UPRN) level for relevant and accurate reporting. You're a people person who likes to get things done. You'll enjoy working collaboratively with other teams and you're first rate at building meaningful relationships across the business to enable you to find creative solutions to issues. You'll need to be in the office 1-2 days per week and the remaining time you'll be able to work remotely. Your role covers all aspects of Service Charge - everything from being fully committed to delivering an excellent customer experience, embodying our values every day in the way you deal with customers and colleagues and Strong relationships with key customers, managers, and internal teams. If you're creative in your problem-solving, energised by supporting your customers and, like us, committed to helping people flourish, we want to hear from you. To be successful in this role, you're: Experienced in management accounting / business reporting role(s), where you've taken the lead on management accounts production. Analytical and confident user of excel with experience of working with large volumes of data and turning it into meaningful information. Able to present financial information clearly for non-finance colleagues. Knowledgeable in accounting software and systems (SUN system desirable). A part qualified accountant and committed to continued professional development. A bit about us: 160 years after it was established, Peabody is one of the oldest not-for-profit housing associations in the UK. The Peabody Group is responsible for more than 107,000 homes, with around 220,000 residents across London and the Home Counties. We also have around 20,000 care and support customers. Our purpose is to help people flourish, and we are getting closer to residents by taking a local approach. We are committed to delivering a responsive and easily accessible repairs service and investing in our existing homes so they are safe and well maintained. Our retrofit projects will make thousands of our homes more energy efficient. We work with councils and communities to promote economic inclusion, tackle inequality and poverty, and prioritise wellbeing. Here are just a few of the benefits of working at Peabody: 30 days' annual holiday, plus bank holidays two additional paid volunteering days each year flexible benefits scheme, including family friendly benefits and access to a discount portal 4 x salary life assurance up to 10% pension contribution the opportunity to broaden your skills and enhance your professional development in line with your role, is supported by us. Are you ready to apply? PLEASE NOTE: As an employer, Peabody does not provide sponsorship as a licenced UK employer. To be considered for the position of Service Charge Accountant, please click on the 'Apply Now' button and submit both your CV and a bit about why we should consider you for the role. If you have any questions about this role, please email Talent Specialist, Tanisha Johnson at [email protected] Peabody reserves the right to close this advert before the advertised closing date, depending on the number of applications received. Interviews will be held week commencing the 12 August 2024