Trainee Accountant
Posted 4 days ago
- Great Sankey, Cheshire
- Any
- External
- Expires In 3 months
Company Description
United Living is a leading infrastructure, construction, and property services company in the UK. We help our customers and the communities they serve benefit from resilient infrastructure, affordable homes, and improved living spaces that are fit for the future. Our mission is to be the partner and employer of choice for designing, building, maintaining, and connecting communities and critical infrastructure, to create a more sustainable and inclusive society.
United Living Group is comprised of four complementary businesses, all dedicated to realising our vision of creating a connected, sustainable future:
Property Services – We revitalise homes and communities through the regeneration of living spaces, breathing new life into neighbourhoods. From delivering large programmes of work for social housing providers, to ensuring the highest building safety standards, we provide a range of services for public sector clients.
Infrastructure Services – Our team of infrastructure specialists design, build and maintain critical energy and water infrastructure, for the UK’s largest network owners and operators. The work we do supports the requirement for effective solutions to address the UK’s decarbonisation goals, and our processes minimise environmental and carbon impacts, whilst ensuring the safe and reliable operation of assets.
New Homes - As experienced and specialist new build housing contractors, we create homes and regenerate areas with communities in mind. We work collaboratively with registered partners, local authorities, and private developers to provide high quality, energy efficient, and sustainable homes for people to live and grow.
Connected - We connect people through fixed-line and wireless telecom infrastructure, ensuring seamless communication and access to information for all. At United Living, we have one of the largest specialist in-house teams for project management, acquisition, design, construction, and maintenance in the UK.
Job Description
We have an exciting opportunity for a Trainee Accountant to join our existing Finance Team. Reporting into the Financial Controller the position will be to provide support to finance function covering a range of diverse finance and commercial related responsibilities. Full training will be provided.
Supporting month-end and year-end processes, including posting of journals
Assisting with creating and issuing finance reports
Running and reconciling WIP
Management of processes and reporting of job closures including allocation of internal costs
Distribution of daily invoicing and finance reports
Analysis of data
Management and coordination of integrity of job data within Business Central ERP system
Management of processing of internal weekly costs from timesheets to job cards
Adhoc finance related requests from operational teamsIdeal Candidate
Numerically minded with good commercial acumen
Personable with good communication skills, including being confident in building strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders including those with non-finance backgrounds
A switched-on, motivated and enthusiastic team player
Diligent but efficient working practices
Able to work towards deadlines and with a strong eye for detail
A quick learner with excellent numeracy and literacy skills Qualifications
Ideal candidate would be passionate about pursuing a career in finance with the opportunity to study for a professional accountancy qualification.
Applicants welcome from graduates seeking a finance career or those more experienced looking for an opportunity within a dynamic finance department
Qualifications
Ideal candidate would be passionate about pursuing a career in finance with the opportunity to study for a professional accountancy qualification.
Applicants welcome from graduates seeking a finance career or those more experienced looking for an opportunity within a dynamic finance department
Additional Information
Benefits:
Bike to work scheme
Company pension
Life insurance
Private medical insurance
Wellness programmesAdditional Information:
Must be highly computer literate including Microsoft Office and confident in managing and working with large data sets
This job is a full-time permanent role, 8am-5pm Monday to Friday from our Lingley Mere Office (WFH available)
Opportunity to spend time in and working closely with other departments will be provided to ensure the successful applicant gains a wide depth and breadth of experience and understanding of the company and industry
United Living is a leading infrastructure, construction, and property services company in the UK. We help our customers and the communities they serve benefit from resilient infrastructure, affordable homes, and improved living spaces that are fit for the future. Our mission is to be the partner and employer of choice for designing, building, maintaining, and connecting communities and critical infrastructure, to create a more sustainable and inclusive society.
United Living Group is comprised of four complementary businesses, all dedicated to realising our vision of creating a connected, sustainable future:
Property Services – We revitalise homes and communities through the regeneration of living spaces, breathing new life into neighbourhoods. From delivering large programmes of work for social housing providers, to ensuring the highest building safety standards, we provide a range of services for public sector clients.
Infrastructure Services – Our team of infrastructure specialists design, build and maintain critical energy and water infrastructure, for the UK’s largest network owners and operators. The work we do supports the requirement for effective solutions to address the UK’s decarbonisation goals, and our processes minimise environmental and carbon impacts, whilst ensuring the safe and reliable operation of assets.
New Homes - As experienced and specialist new build housing contractors, we create homes and regenerate areas with communities in mind. We work collaboratively with registered partners, local authorities, and private developers to provide high quality, energy efficient, and sustainable homes for people to live and grow.
Connected - We connect people through fixed-line and wireless telecom infrastructure, ensuring seamless communication and access to information for all. At United Living, we have one of the largest specialist in-house teams for project management, acquisition, design, construction, and maintenance in the UK.
Job Description
We have an exciting opportunity for a Trainee Accountant to join our existing Finance Team. Reporting into the Financial Controller the position will be to provide support to finance function covering a range of diverse finance and commercial related responsibilities. Full training will be provided.
Supporting month-end and year-end processes, including posting of journals
Assisting with creating and issuing finance reports
Running and reconciling WIP
Management of processes and reporting of job closures including allocation of internal costs
Distribution of daily invoicing and finance reports
Analysis of data
Management and coordination of integrity of job data within Business Central ERP system
Management of processing of internal weekly costs from timesheets to job cards
Adhoc finance related requests from operational teamsIdeal Candidate
Numerically minded with good commercial acumen
Personable with good communication skills, including being confident in building strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders including those with non-finance backgrounds
A switched-on, motivated and enthusiastic team player
Diligent but efficient working practices
Able to work towards deadlines and with a strong eye for detail
A quick learner with excellent numeracy and literacy skills Qualifications
Ideal candidate would be passionate about pursuing a career in finance with the opportunity to study for a professional accountancy qualification.
Applicants welcome from graduates seeking a finance career or those more experienced looking for an opportunity within a dynamic finance department
Qualifications
Ideal candidate would be passionate about pursuing a career in finance with the opportunity to study for a professional accountancy qualification.
Applicants welcome from graduates seeking a finance career or those more experienced looking for an opportunity within a dynamic finance department
Additional Information
Benefits:
Bike to work scheme
Company pension
Life insurance
Private medical insurance
Wellness programmesAdditional Information:
Must be highly computer literate including Microsoft Office and confident in managing and working with large data sets
This job is a full-time permanent role, 8am-5pm Monday to Friday from our Lingley Mere Office (WFH available)
Opportunity to spend time in and working closely with other departments will be provided to ensure the successful applicant gains a wide depth and breadth of experience and understanding of the company and industry