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- Reconciliations to join our Balance Sheet Reconciliations Team in Oldham, on a 9 Month Fixed Term Contract (with scope to extend further).  Reporting to the Financial Control (R2R) Manager, you will work alongside a Reconciliations Accountant and Reconciliations Officer to deliver a high quality reconciliations process in accordance with agreed timescales and in line with accounting standards.

What we’re looking for
We’re a customer-focussed organisation so we know that how we do things is just as important as what we do. You’ll not only be experienced in reconciling accounts, but you’ll also have vast experience of using Microsoft Excel at an intermediate/advanced level and have a passion for data analysis. You’ll also be able to demonstrate:

• Good working knowledge of accounting fundamentals.
• Ability to analyse and manipulate data (component accounting extracts).
• Good understanding of internal financial controls.
• Good attention to detail with ability to prioritise and manage a varied workload to meet agreed deadlines.

Essential Qualifications

• Part qualified CCAB/CIMA accountant

What’s on offer?

We offer an excellent benefits package that help make The Guinness Partnership a great place to work. These include but aren't limited to:

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Medical expenses cover
• Employee assistance programme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Benefits Portal - Everyone Lifestyle Benefits
• Eye test vouchers
• Aspire - £100 allowance per employee each financial year
• Professional qualification support
• Professional subscriptions
• Purchase additional leave
• Salary Sacrifice - Deduction of various benefits from 'gross' salary, before tax and NI deducted
• E-learning courses
• Thank you award- by nomination

If you are interested in joining us and would like to apply for this role, please review the role profile to ensure you meet the essential criteria.

Closing Date: Friday 4th December at Midday