Central Bedfordshire Council
Housing Accountant
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Team: Financial Services
Job Family: Providing - CBG11
Salary: £41,771 - £45,091 per annum
Hours: 37 hours per week
Location: You will be expected to attend a CBC office location as often as needed to carry out your role, which will be no less than once per month.
Contract Type: Hybrid - Fixed Term for up to 12 months (cover while current worker is on a Secondment)
Closing Date: 2nd September 2026
Interview Date: 10th September 2026 (to take place at Priory House, Shefford)
About the Role
This is a 12-month fixed term role supporting the Housing Revenue Account (HRA), within the Housing Finance team. The postholder will lead budget monitoring meetings monthly, support budget holders and lead on key accounting tasks such as accruals, providing month end narrative, and complete other ad-hoc tasks relevant to the role.
At year end, the role plays a central part in closure activities, including producing year end accruals, reconciliations and analytical reviews.
The main duties of this role is to provide support and adequate challenge to the service areas, often explaining complex financial information to non-finance colleagues, and ensuring the service area remains on track to deliver on its Medium-Term Financial Plan (MTFP).
Personal Qualities / Skills
We are looking for a motivated and hardworking individual with strong attention to detail, who can manage their workload effectively and work well both independently and as part of a team. Experience in similar roles is desirable, and ideally the successful candidate will be able to demonstrate strong communication skills and technical financial knowledge.
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Day to Day Responsibilities
- Supporting Budget Holders to manage budgets, forecasts, and provide detailed breakdowns of cost and income as needed. Both Capital and Revenue.
- Producing quarterly and year end accruals.
- Posting Journals as needed on a regular basis.
- Assist Housing Team with the completion of Grant Returns and submissions.
- Completing reconciliations, particularly in relation to rents and service charges.
- Support non-finance colleagues by providing guidance on correct accounting treatments of income and expenditure on a regular basis.
- Provide the Senior Accountant with detailed and informative narrative on variances and movements monthly.
Our Offer
We have a number of rewards and benefits available to our staff, to view these please visit our Rewards and Benefits page
Our aspiration is to be a truly flexible employer. We welcome discussion on location, hours and working pattern as part of the application process.
You will be expected to demonstrate how you meet the key accountabilities and competencies in this Recruitment Pack.
Our Competency Framework and Qualification Guidance are to be read in conjunction with our Recruitment Pack.
For an informal discussion about this position, please contact: Jess Moses at Jess.Moses@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk or call 0300 300 6381.
To maintain a fair and consistent approach for applicants, it is Central Bedfordshire Council's policy to only consider applications made via our online application system and we therefore thank you for not submitting your application offline.
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