Assistant Accountant - 12 month fixed term contract

The Finance Team require an Assistant Accountant on a 12 month fixed term contract for maternity cover. This role is a 37 hours per week full time role which offers hybrid working with the expectation of 2 office days based within Magenta Living's head office in Birkenhead.

Reporting into the Financial Accountant you will play an important role in the timely production of the monthly management accounts for all companies. You will ensure that all balance sheet accounts are reconciled each month and provide support to the general ledger team. You will prepare prepayment and accruals for the subsidiaries and Magenta Living ensuring intercompany balances reconcile.

The Role

• To assist in the preparation of the Magenta Living management accounts and financial accounts. Includes rolling forward the monthly accounts and ensuring they reconcile to the financial statements, budgets, and previous period.


• To assist in preparing and maintaining accounting records, management accounts, and financial accounts for subsidiaries. Includes commentaries, investigating reasons for significant deviations from budget, and preparing draft reports for the Board and ELT.


• To ensure all general ledger functions are completed in a timely and accurate manner, preparing, where necessary, accruals, prepayments and adjustment journals for all Group companies.


• To assist in reconciling all balance sheet accounts for all Group companies every month, including reconciling intercompany balances.


• To assist in the development and subsequent production of Value for Money reporting and analysis against regulatory and internal metrics. Includes investigating trends and providing commentary on performance.


• To assist in the preparation of financial accounts and supporting schedules for Magenta Living and subsidiaries audit at year-end.


You will be someone with a positive and enthusiastic personality with a strong focus on customer service, attention to detail and positively contribute to the role and team you work in. The ability to plan, organise and prioritise work is essential and to be able to work with colleagues of all levels, both internal and external. Good verbal and written communication skills are a must and ideally you will be fully proficient in all aspects of Microsoft office.

We do support agile/flexible working however you will be expected to attend the office regularly for scheduled meetings and to work collaboratively with other areas of the business, and our partners. A full driving license and own vehicle is essential for this role.

Work with us…
Our mission is to provide customers with a home they're proud of and create flourishing communities, and it's our dedicated people that make this happen. This is a very transformative and brilliant time to join us at Magenta Living.

Who are we…

We are innovatively forward thinking, with a customer focussed approach. This allows us to be one of the best in our industry, managing around 13,000 homes across our heartland Wirral and the North West.

One of our key focuses is giving back to our customers and communities and as a Not-for-Profit organisation, social value is a significant part of who we are - everyone has their part to play at Magenta Living.

You're in great hands here at Magenta Living as we've achieved IIP Gold standard for 'We Invest in People' and 'We Invest in Wellbeing'. As well as being awarded the Navajo Charter-mark for our work supporting the LGBT+ community and ISO45001 for our people health and safety practices.

Our Culture…
We're proud of our empowering, fun and flexible culture and value every colleagues opinion.

Our teams are the talented and motivated driving forces behind improving our customer, communities and colleague experiences, with opportunities for you to get involved with our dynamic colleague panels and social events.

Each year we vote for our charity of the year from a fabulous list of local charities, all nominated by our colleagues. Hosting a range of fundraising events and activities throughout the year, and this year we're proud to be raising money for the amazing Together Dementia Wirral.


• 26 days holiday (plus UK bank Holidays)


• Paid time off over Christmas Period


• Pension Scheme options with up to 18% employer contributions


• Flexible working


• Healthcare Cash Plan


• Well-being support and fun employee events


• Employee Recognition programme


• Talent Management Programmes and e-learning access to support development


• Free parking at either our head office or main depot


• Paid professional memberships


• Volunteering days


• Subsidised on-site gym