Assistant Accountant Development Sales
| Posting date: | 21 November 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £32,001.00 to £35,557.00 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 28 November 2025 |
| Location: | B37 7YD |
| Company: | Platform Housing Group |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 0233 |
Summary
Finance Officer - Development Sales
Are you an experienced finance professional and would love to use your skills to really make a difference and help change people's lives?
We're looking for a Finance Officer - Development Sales to join our fabulous Investments team here at Platform Housing Group, the largest social housing association in the Midlands, but we're much more than just houses; we build homes, strong communities, and make a real and positive difference to the lives of our customers.
Working with us is more than just a job, you will be joining an amazing organisation that values you and your contribution, and in this role, you'll proactively support the Development Accountant in delivering a first-class finance business partner service to our Development & Sales Teams; being responsible for processing all our shared ownership sales transactions.
You will be responsible for preparation and posting of 1st Tranche Sales, assisting in budgets, forecasts, monthly management accounts and year end accounts. You'll also maintain a register of client deposits reconciling to bank accounts, monitor all schemes for cross subsidy and impairment and allocation of Sales & Marketing costs across schemes, ensuring that transactions reconcile to those on the financial ledger.
What are we looking for?
-Part Qualified as an Accountant with proven experience within finance
-Ideally, you'll have previous experience within the housing sector, but this is not essential
-Good knowledge of financial software packages, D365 is desirable
-Experience in production of quarterly and annual management and statutory account information.
-Ability to provide accounting information to challenging deadlines.
-Comfortable working with a high volume of transactions.
-Good problem solving ability and desire to contribute new ideas to support continuous improvement.
While this role offers the flexibility of being home-based, occasional travel to Group offices and other locations, including Birmingham Business Park Solihull and Central Park, Worcester, is required.
Some of the great benefits we can offer you:
-Up to 28 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) with the opportunity to buy and sell leave
-Family friendly policies including generous Paternity, Maternity, Shared Parental and Adoption leave plus 3 days paid Urgent Domestic Leave
-Medicash membership for all employees which includes access to an employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership and exclusive discounts
-Health Cash Plan worth up to £1700 p/a with cashback for dental, optical, physio and complementary therapies and more
-Pension scheme with minimum employee contributions of up to 3% and Platform will contribute up to 12% (inclusive of life assurance and dependent on employee contributions)
-Learning and Development opportunities
-Employee reward and recognition scheme with wellbeing hub and discount from a wide range of retailers
How to apply?
If you're looking for a role where your expertise will be valued, your ideas welcomed, and where you can help shape the future of procurement in a supportive and forward-thinking team, then we'd love to hear from you. Click Apply Now to complete an online application and upload your Current CV.
For more details about this position, please refer to the attached job description. If you'd like further information about the role, please email Steven Betts (Head of Investment - Finance) steven.betts@platformhg.com
When will interviews take place?
We are planning to hold first-stage interviews for this opportunity on the 1st December and will contact shortlisted candidates to arrange a convenient time.
We encourage early applications, as we may close the advert ahead of the advertised closing date if we receive a high volume of interest.
Are you an experienced finance professional and would love to use your skills to really make a difference and help change people's lives?
We're looking for a Finance Officer - Development Sales to join our fabulous Investments team here at Platform Housing Group, the largest social housing association in the Midlands, but we're much more than just houses; we build homes, strong communities, and make a real and positive difference to the lives of our customers.
Working with us is more than just a job, you will be joining an amazing organisation that values you and your contribution, and in this role, you'll proactively support the Development Accountant in delivering a first-class finance business partner service to our Development & Sales Teams; being responsible for processing all our shared ownership sales transactions.
You will be responsible for preparation and posting of 1st Tranche Sales, assisting in budgets, forecasts, monthly management accounts and year end accounts. You'll also maintain a register of client deposits reconciling to bank accounts, monitor all schemes for cross subsidy and impairment and allocation of Sales & Marketing costs across schemes, ensuring that transactions reconcile to those on the financial ledger.
What are we looking for?
-Part Qualified as an Accountant with proven experience within finance
-Ideally, you'll have previous experience within the housing sector, but this is not essential
-Good knowledge of financial software packages, D365 is desirable
-Experience in production of quarterly and annual management and statutory account information.
-Ability to provide accounting information to challenging deadlines.
-Comfortable working with a high volume of transactions.
-Good problem solving ability and desire to contribute new ideas to support continuous improvement.
While this role offers the flexibility of being home-based, occasional travel to Group offices and other locations, including Birmingham Business Park Solihull and Central Park, Worcester, is required.
Some of the great benefits we can offer you:
-Up to 28 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) with the opportunity to buy and sell leave
-Family friendly policies including generous Paternity, Maternity, Shared Parental and Adoption leave plus 3 days paid Urgent Domestic Leave
-Medicash membership for all employees which includes access to an employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership and exclusive discounts
-Health Cash Plan worth up to £1700 p/a with cashback for dental, optical, physio and complementary therapies and more
-Pension scheme with minimum employee contributions of up to 3% and Platform will contribute up to 12% (inclusive of life assurance and dependent on employee contributions)
-Learning and Development opportunities
-Employee reward and recognition scheme with wellbeing hub and discount from a wide range of retailers
How to apply?
If you're looking for a role where your expertise will be valued, your ideas welcomed, and where you can help shape the future of procurement in a supportive and forward-thinking team, then we'd love to hear from you. Click Apply Now to complete an online application and upload your Current CV.
For more details about this position, please refer to the attached job description. If you'd like further information about the role, please email Steven Betts (Head of Investment - Finance) steven.betts@platformhg.com
When will interviews take place?
We are planning to hold first-stage interviews for this opportunity on the 1st December and will contact shortlisted candidates to arrange a convenient time.
We encourage early applications, as we may close the advert ahead of the advertised closing date if we receive a high volume of interest.
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