Treasury Accountant

Treasury Accountant

Salary: Up to £45,700 per annum

Midlands/East of England (Hybrid Working)

Permanent, Full Time

Are you an experienced finance professional with a keen eye for detail and a strategic mindset?

Are you adept at ensuring adequate financial controls are in place and being adhered to, and looking for an exciting new role within an organisation committed to improving lives?

If so, our brand-new Treasury Accountant role could be the perfect opportunity for you…

Longhurst Group is a leading housing Group across the Midlands & East of England, committed to enhancing communities and improving the lives of both our colleagues and customers.

With a mission to provide quality, safe, affordable housing that build great foundations for our customers, our Finance team are critical to ensuring all financial responsibilities are undertaken and deadlines met in respect of the provision of information to internal and external stakeholders. Leading a number of Finance Officers, our Treasury Accountant will play a pivotal role in providing a proactive and responsive treasury service, supporting the Group in achieving its financial targets alongside day-to-day treasury management. You will be working closely with the Treasury Manager on duties such as cash-flows, banking, and funding related tasks.

Our Treasury Accountant opportunity is a hybrid position, contracted to 36.25 hours per week. To us, this means some time working from home with an expectation of some presence in either our Rushden, Peterborough or Boston office on a weekly basis. Our Treasury, Planning & Compliance Team are mostly based in our Boston office, however we are open to discussion around how this is built into working weeks geographical office visits.

In order to be successful in this role, you will need a strong commercial outlook with an awareness of treasury issues, including lender compliance and covenant monitoring. Holding a relevant finance qualification (AAT Level 4 / part qualified ACCA, ACA, CIMA / treasury qualification) is essential too. This role provides scope for individuals that may come from accounting within the public sector, manufacturing, or other commercial sectors to diversify their accounting knowledge & skills within a new sector.

This is a hugely exiting time to join Longhurst Group – not only are we continuously striving to achieve better results for our customers, but the Social Housing sector is at a crucial point with new measures, legislations and standards coming into effective imminently. Our Treasury Accountant opportunity will help to shape the future of our Group finance. We offer a supportive and inclusive working environment that values your contributions, along with access to ongoing professional development opportunities, ensuring your skills remain at the cutting edge of the industry.

We welcome candidates to get in touch for a confidential discussion to find out more or apply for consideration below.

What you receive from us

• A competitive 28-day annual leave entitlement plus bank holidays 
• Pension Scheme with contributions matched by us up to 8.5%
• Life Cover of three times your annual salary (as part of pension scheme membership)
• Membership of our Health Care Cash Plan including Employee Assistance programme and DoctorLine
• Access to a range of discounts, including Blue Light and B&Q Tradepoint Cards
• Free access to financial education service, supporting with personalised financial information on a range of topics such as mortgages, retirement planning, pensions, saving and investments, insurance and will writing
• Free Eye Tests
• Free flu vaccinations
• Investment in your personal development through our extensive learning and development opportunities.
• Professional subscription for membership fees relating to your role, paid for by us
• Family friendly, carers leave plus other paid leave
• Long Service Awards
• Carers Networking Group and resources to support Unpaid Carers

How to apply

Please click apply now to submit your CV today. In the event of high applicant volumes we reserve the right to close this advert and CV submission window early.

We do not require recruitment agency support at this time - all speculative CV’s will be treated as a direct application.

Vetting Requirements

The important things - We can only consider applications from candidates who have the right to live and work in the UK. All shortlisted candidates will need to verify eligibility to work in the UK at interview. If you are the successful candidate, original proof must then be provided before your first day.

Naturally working with our customers, we need to complete pre-employment checks before you join us. This role is conditional upon receipt of two satisfactory references (one from your current employer). We also need you to tell us what you have been up to over the past 5 years as a minimum in terms of employment history. This could include carer duties, travel, seeking work, education, employment, training, or volunteering.

Equal Opportunities

As an equal opportunities’ employer, Longhurst Group is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

We pride ourselves on looking after our colleagues and as part of our commitment we are an Employer for Carers and would welcome your application if you have additional unpaid caring responsibilities.

We aspire to have a greater diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join Longhurst Group.