Help to Buy Accounting Manager

This is an overview of the role: The Help to Buy portfolio of assets was valued at £11.1bn at March 2019 and is forecast to grow to in excess of £20bn in the near future, representing a significant share of Homes England’s gross assets. As such, the accounting treatment and valuation judgements associated with this portfolio are critical elements of Homes England’s financial statements. This role is primarily responsible for the maintenance of Homes England’s asset register of investments in Help to Buy and other home equity programmes and for maintaining and developing business-critical models for long-term forecasting which supports budget decisions. The role also contributes to a wider finance function, which works across all areas of Homes England's activities at a time of significant growth for the organisation. Directly involved in the annual accounts production process. The successful person will be responsible for: • Responsible to the Senior Help to Buy Accounting Manager for maintaining Homes England's home equity investment portfolio so that all home equity investments are captured and accounted for correctly. • Validating and processing data from redemptions and fee collections to inform changes to the asset register and the recognition of income and disposal proceeds. • Management of databases of home equity assets and the production of regular monthly accounting analysis to meet Homes England's internal and Ministry reporting timetables. • Production of transactional data summaries to support quarterly VAT returns. • Production of data analysis as directed to inform reporting to Board and its committees to keep them informed of current status and emerging issues. In order to complete the responsibilities for this role, the successful candidate will have: Qualifications: • Recognised professional accountancy qualification, such as ACA, ACCA, CIPFA, CIMA. Essential Skills/Experience: • Technical accountancy knowledge including IFRS. • Experience of year end accounts production. • Data interrogation and analysis. • Report writing. Desirable: • Knowledge of government accounting requirements. • Property/housing sector experience. • Knowledge of Business Intelligence or similar reporting tools. • Collaborative values: Presenting and passing on correct information promptly. Being aware and considerate of other’s work requirements and well-being. Fostering mutually constructive and respectful relationships internally and externally. • Ambition: Sharing your view, providing advice and backing it up with facts. Positively engaging with change. Taking personal responsibility for closing off tasks, projects and activities. Homes England We are the Government’s national housing agency. Our role is to accelerate the pace of house-building across the country, particularly in areas where there are the most serious affordability issues – meaning people are struggling to find homes. We have the appetite, influence, expertise and resources to drive positive market change and meet the Government’s ambition to deliver 300,000 new homes a year. We are using our land, influence, funds and knowledge to increase the pace, scale and quality of new homes accelerating delivery in areas of greatest demand and helping create great places to live. Within the next few years, we will have invested over £27 billion across our programmes. To deliver against these aims we’re building a different kind of public service - join us to help make this happen. Homes England Telephone number: 0300 1234 500