Management Accountant

Management Accountant

Location:                   Durham

Contract:                   Full time – Permanent.  

Hours:                        Full Time – 37 per week.

Salary:                       Up to £47,621 per annum (dependent on experience)

Closing Date:            8^th July 2026

Do you feel that you would have the skills to ensure the timely and quality preparation of management information within a finance role?

If so, then our Management Accountant post is for you!

About the role:

Joining our Regional and National award-winning finance team, the Management Accountant will support the Strategic Finance Team. Responsibilities include (but are not limited to) the following:

• Timely and quality preparation of management information for the Group. This includes monthly management accounts, budget variance analysis, budget profiling and reforecasting, treasury management, business planning and financial regulatory returns. 
• Effective and efficient management of all of the Group’s accounting records in line with statutory obligations and current accounting requirements. 
• Provision of effective and efficient management information to the Group. 
• Ensuring excellent support services are delivered across all Group departments and external customers, including companies under the Group’s management.

For further details, please see attached link to the role profile.

About you:

You’ll need:

·         A recognised professional accounting qualification or equivalent substantial experience.

·         To be self-driven and motivated to succeed.

·         Excellent skills relating to written and verbal communication, report writing, time management and problem solving.

·         To be able to act as a key member of the Strategic Team, demonstrating leadership, ownership, responsibility, accountability, influence and commitment.

·         A customer focused and objective orientated approach.

The Benefits:

• 28 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) (pro-rata for part time and fixed term roles).
• Working from home up to 2 days a week
• Health cash plan membership so you can save money by claiming cash back – over £1000 each year - towards essential healthcare such as dental, optical, physio and loads more.  We’ll also cover the costs of including any dependent children in the scheme – up to the age of 21 or 24 if in full time education – that you may have.
• Access to savings on gym memberships plus cash back and discounts on purchases from major retailers including supermarkets, travel, cinema and more. 
• Generous pension scheme.

About us:

We’re all about helping people in need of housing.  We believe a good home makes lots of other things possible, so we provide great homes and services that do just that.

We’ve built Bernicia to be a business that people want to be a part of.  We’re one of the North East’s largest and most successful housing providers; building, renting, selling and managing homes as well as providing services to over 60,000 customers.

We operate within a set of simple, but effective values, which blend perfectly to create our unique ‘Bernicia Way’ culture. This ensures we are customer focused, through working together, respecting each other, being accountable for our actions and demonstrating integrity and leadership.

Please note you may be required to drive for business, if this forms a requirement of the role.

If this is required, you will be required to hold a current and valid driving licence.

For more information regarding this role, please contact:

Lisa Clarke on 0191 238 3332

Interviews are expected to commence 2 weeks following the vacancy closing date.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than advertised, should we receive a large volume of applications.

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The Group is fully committed to the promotion of equal opportunities, and we particularly welcome applicants from groups who are currently underrepresented at Bernicia.