Location: Hybrid with regular travel to our Bradford Office
Salary: £48,000 - £55,000 DOE
Contract: Full Time | Permanent
We’re passionate about making a positive difference to people’s lives. As England’s largest not-for-profit provider of housing and care for people in later life, we’re proud of the work we do – and that starts with our brilliant colleagues.
As a key member of our Finance Reporting and Control function, you’ll play a vital role in ensuring that all financial transactions are processed accurately, efficiently, and in line with Anchor’s policies and procedures.
You’ll lead and support a team of five within Finance Control and Assets, planning and prioritising workloads, providing guidance, and helping your colleagues develop their skills and confidence. You’ll also act as a trusted deputy to the Finance Reporting Manager and contribute to the continuous improvement of our systems and processes.
This is a varied and rewarding role where no two days are the same. From preparing and reviewing balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring controls are appropriate and complied, reporting on fixed assets, preparing financial statements and regulatory reports to supporting our Finance transformation projects and playing a lead role in the annual statutory audit.
You’ll bring:
- Experience working preparing and reviewing balance sheet reconciliations (essential)
- Significant experience with accounting for and reporting on fixed assets (essential)
- Line management experience communication and leadership skills – with the confidence to support and motivate others (essential)
- Great communication and leadership skills – with the confidence to support and motivate others
- Strong IT skills, especially Excel and financial systems (essential)
- The ability to drive continuous improvement in financial accounting processes through the effective use of technology, automation and AI-enabled solutions, while maintaining robust financial controls. (desirable)
- A proactive and organised approach to managing competing priorities (essential)
Qualifications:
- Degree level qualification or equivalent higher education qualification (desirable)
- CCAB qualification (essential)
The closing date is Wednesday 29 July with firs stage interviews taking place 4, 5 and 6 August via Teams.
Please note: this vacancy may close earlier than the advertised date if we receive a high volume of applications.
Anchor – a great place to work
Anchor is England’s largest not-for-profit providers of care and housing for older people. Our heartfelt ambition is to transform housing and care so everyone can have a home where they love living in later life.
We’re not-for-profit which means every penny we make or save is invested in the people who live with us, the places they live and the people who work here. That means a better standard of care and customer service, better wages, more investment in training and development and improved facilities.
Our values
Every one of us can make a difference to our residents and play a part in shaping homes and services around their needs.
Our Anchor values of being Accountable, Respectful, Courageous and Honest apply to us all, whether you manage colleagues as part of your role or not.
Displaying our values can influence those around us to do the same. We can all be leaders at Anchor and should all be driven by the same customer ethos. Our Anchor Leadership Framework helps align these values with the skills and behaviours we demonstrate.
A rewarding environment
From health and happiness to finance and your career, we’ll give you all the support you need.
Health & happiness
- Gym, fitness and wellbeing discounts
- Mental health support
- Flexible working options
- Access to online GP appointments
Finance
- Pension plan – contribute between 4% and 8% and we’ll match it or better
- Quick and easy pension transfer service
- Savings and financial advice, loans, free life assurance
- Discounts on shopping, holidays, phones, technology and more
- Free Blue Light Card
Career
- Ongoing personal and professional development programme
- Leadership Pathways online learning resources
- Career progression and promotion opportunities
To see our full range of benefits, check out our dedicated being well website Please follow the link or copy and paste https://anchorbeingwell.co.uk/ into your browser
Celebrating diversity, celebrating you
Anchor is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We aim to celebrate diversity and inclusion in all that we do, as we know that the more diverse our colleagues are, the better care and support we can give to our residents and each other.
We are proud to have an LGBT+ group for our residents, and also Disability, LGBT+ and race and ethnicity colleague networks. These work to celebrate diversity, address concerns, review policy and practice and empower their members. We also have an Inclusive Ambassador network to allow all colleagues to be part of promoting diversity and to be an ally to others.
We are a Gold Standard Inclusive Employer, a Stonewall Diversity Champion, Menopause Friendly and a signatory to the Care Leaver Covenant, HouseProud Pledge and Age Friendly Employer Pledge schemes.
