We’re building thriving communities as one of the UK’s largest housing groups and a leading developer of affordable housing.

We believe everyone is entitled to a good home they can afford, in a place they are proud to live. More than 100,000 people live in our homes.

If you want to experience work that’s truly rewarding, join us. Because when we achieve together, customers and communities thrive.

Work for Orbit. Believe in people.

The role

Orbit are delighted to announce that we are recruiting for an Accounting Technician to join our finance team on a 12 month contract basis. We are looking for a passionate and ambitious individual that's eager for a career in accountancy, where you will provide an excellent finance service to your customers and maintain accurate financial information.

This role is part of Finance where you'll help us to invest more back into communities and design for strength.

What you'll achieve

Your key responsibilities will be to:

• Maintain accurate information on the financial ledgers e.g preparing and posting journals, reconciling accounts and analysing information etc.
• Support the Project Accountant in the production of monthly stakeholder reports including data on department budgets and live projects
• Provide information to the Project Accountant that supports with budget setting/monitoring process
• Assist the Financial Accountant with any ad-hoc tasks
• Maintain regular contact with customers establishing their requirements
• Provide accurate information for internal and external auditors

What you'll bring

Essential skills

• Educated to O-Level/GCSE Level or equivalent including Maths and English
• Good standard of IT Literacy including Excel
• Good literacy and numeracy skills
• Ability to follow standardised processes

Desirable skills

• An understanding of double entry book-keeping

Why Orbit?

Choosing us means being rewarded in every sense.

Here’s what you can expect to enjoy with us.

A rewarding experience that works for you

We strive to create an inclusive experience with benefits and wellbeing programmes designed to help you, and your loved ones, to thrive.  For a better work life balance, we offer flexible working opportunities for many roles.

A place to progress

From training programmes to professional qualifications, we provide opportunities to learn and develop at every stage of your career. Whether you’re a student, graduate or experienced professional we’ll support you to grow.

For leaders, our tailored development journeys are designed to stretch and strengthen your leadership skills. As well as practical training, we give you access to renowned business schools and experiential programmes for greater breadth and depth of learning.

A purpose to feel proud of

We’re proud to make a difference to people together. We’re values-driven with a commercial focus on performance - because the more profit we make, the more we can achieve for people.

What brings us together is a passionate belief in progress and people.

Read more about the values and purpose that drive us on our careers website.

How we hire

We aim to make our hiring process simple and fair:

1. Online application
2. Interview(s)
3. Decision and offer

We put the safeguarding of our customers, colleagues and contractors at the heart of everything we do and as such, certain roles will be subject to a DBS check.