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Posting ID
PSR1JP00098960
Type of employment
Contract
Organisation
Homes England
Contract duration
6 months
Workplace Type
Remote

Description & Requirements

On behalf of Homes England, we are looking for a Reconciliation Accountant (Loan Operations) (Inside IR35) for a 6 month contract based remotely.

 

Homes England, the government’s housing, and regeneration agency, plays a central role in tackling the housing challenges the country now faces. We have the appetite, influence, expertise, and resource to drive positive market change, and our mission is to ensure more homes are built in areas of greatest need, improve affordability, and create a sustainable housing market. 

 

Following the publication of the government’s Levelling Up White Paper, Homes England has also been tasked with a core role in spearheading regeneration, partnering with places to reduce economic disparity, empower local leaders and create equal opportunities across the country to ensure communities reach their full potential.

 

As a Reconciliation Accountant (Loan Operations) your main responsibilities will be to:

  • Own and deliver post-contract loan accounting activities from ongoing servicing through to recovery and closure.
  • Act as a key point of contact for delivery and operations teams on post-contract activities, identifying and escalating non-compliance, control weaknesses, or data issues.
  • Manage monthly loan payment processes to borrowers, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
  • Maintain and reconcile a loan system tracking principal, interest, and fees for each loan.
  • Perform manual monthly interest calculations and postings as part of month-end processes.
  • Lead monthly reconciliations of loan balances, interest accruals, fees, and payments.
  • Investigate and resolve reconciling items and discrepancies, providing clear audit trails and documentation.
  • Address technical queries related to post-contract loan activities from within the team and wider business.
  • Identify process gaps and contribute to the design and implementation of improved end-to-end post-contract and loan processes.
  • Develop and communicate clear process guidance and documentation for internal teams and relevant stakeholders.
  • Provide leadership, support, and guidance to colleagues involved in post-contract activities, intervening in complex or contentious matters where required.

 

Essential Criteria

  • Experience in an operational or management accounting role.
  • Strong reconciliation and investigation skills, with experience resolving complex discrepancies.
  • Hands-on experience with loan accounting, lending products, or similar financial instruments.
  • Experience owning monthly accounting processes, including manual interest calculations and postings.
  • Strong Excel skills and confidence working with detailed transactional data.
  • Ability to work independently and take ownership in a remote contract role.
  • Strong attention to detail and a process-driven mindset.

 

Desirable Criteria

  • Background as a Management Accountant rather than a Financial Accountant.
  • Experience in financial services, lending, fintech, private credit, or public-sector loan environments.
  • Experience working with or improving loan management systems.
  • Exposure to designing or enhancing post-contract or operational finance processes.
  • Experience providing functional guidance or informal leadership within finance or operations teams.

 

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Disability Confident 

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, Homes England guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

 

Armed Forces Covenant

Homes England guarantees to interview veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

 

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following, this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different.

 

 

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