Senior Accountant

Moat, an ambitious forward-thinking Social Housing provider

Moat is one of the top 30 housing associations in the UK with 20,000 homes spread across the south east in London, Kent, Essex and Sussex. We continue to develop new homes at an impressive rate too – last year we delivered 664 and we are aiming for another 3,000 by 2020. Our ambition is simple – to bring an end to housing need.

We have just celebrated our 50^th year and spent the last 12 months raising over £70k for charities selected by staff – smashing the £50k target. Have a look on our website (www.moat.co.uk) to see how we did it – it’s a great example of the amazing group of people we have here, who always go that extra mile and enjoy every minute of it!  

We are a strong social landlord that cares. We know we’re good at it but we want to be even better. Our business and customers are changing and it’s time to ramp up the commercial focus whilst not forgetting our social values.

We are looking for a Senior Accountant to initiate change and manage a high performing team of qualified and part-qualified accountants. The successful person will take responsibility for the monthly performance reporting, budgets and annual financial statements for the group, subsidiary companies and budget holders. We require a full professional accounting qualification and that you can demonstrate that you have detailed knowledge of current financial reporting standards. Tax computations and VAT experience are essential. This role requires strong accounting disciplines, a strategic and operational leader who will manage the team’s relationship with budget holders and who can support the Financial Controller and the Senior Management Team.

In return for your hard work, we will reward you with a competitive salary, pension scheme and the option of flexible working to give you a great work life balance.  We offer a generous annual leave entitlement with the flexibility to buy and sell more. We take pride in our people to ensure they are equipped with the knowledge they require to carry out their role and inspire them to learn more which is why we offer further education sponsorship and leadership programmes.  We also cover the cost of up to two professional subscriptions per year.