Assistant Management Accountant

Looking to grow your career in accounting, then look no further! Joining Midland Heart as an Assistant Management Accountant, you'll gain an industry recognised qualification and hands-on industry experience required to firmly establish yourself as an Accounting professional.

We are proud to say we have recently been named in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work list, within the Big Organisations category (The Times).

You will join our well-respected Commercial Finance team, gaining full exposure to Management Accounting while partnering directly with Business Managers in our Property Investment area to support our modern living housing targets.

Key responsibilities include:

• Handling core accounting tasks, including journals, accruals, and prepayments.
• Driving budget setting and forecasting.
• Holding monthly budget monitoring meetings with key business managers.

How we'll support you

We are fully invested in your growth and will back you all the way to achieving your full professional qualification with:

• All course and exam fees completely covered.
• Dedicated and paid time off to prepare for your exams.
• Access to leadership development programmes, professional coaching, and cross-team opportunities across the wider finance function.

Our ideal candidate?The role would suit a Graduate seeking to continue on their path to achieving a professional accounting qualification, or equally candidates who want to grow and diversify their professional experience within a sector leading organisation. Your application should highlight:

• Qualified or part-qualified in a professional accounting qualification (ACMA / ACCA / ACA).
• You've experience of accounting in a large/complex organisation, including the preparation of journals, budgets and forecasts.
• You're able to demonstrate practical application of Excel skills in an accounting/finance setting (VLOOKUPs, Sumif, Pivot Tables etc.)
• You've the ability to analyse financial information and work with stakeholders to ensure effective budget management – experience of meeting with budget holders would pique our interest, but we can support you develop your experience in this area!

In this role, you can expect to work from the office a minimum of 3 days per week. Based on business needs, particularly around month-end, time spent working from the office may increase.

Who are Midland Heart? We're one team working together for our tenants; a large and ambitious housing organisation providing more people an affordable place to call home. We welcome people from every walk of life, at every stage of their career. We expect a lot from our people but in return you can be assured of a great place to work, where you will be well rewarded and where great people are able to succeed. Whether you want to build your career with us, or use your experience to move on, we're here to develop your potential.

Interested? Please see a link to the full Role Profile below. Applying is easy - simply register on our candidate portal and submit your CV and Cover Letter which together highlight your suitability against the above criteria.

We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. Please feel free to contact us if you would like to discuss any adjustments you might need in order to be successful in this role.