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Accounting and Systems Specialist

Salary: £33,951 per annum

Hours: 37

Location: East Sussex

Closing Date: 10/07/2025

Job Description:

What you’ll be doing:

Southdown is the largest not-for-profit provider of care, support, and housing in Sussex. We’ve been helping people access stable accommodation, mental health and care services since 1972, now counting over 900 people as part of our team.

We’re a small, friendly finance team looking for a qualified accountant or studier to join us as Accounting and Systems Specialist. You’ll play a key role in month-end processes and year-end audit, while also managing our Purchase-to-Pay platform and overseeing finance software updates and user testing.

If you enjoy financial accounting and bringing a practical, detail-oriented approach to your work, we’d love to hear from you.

Perks and benefits: 

  • Health cost cash-back scheme: access to our health insurance scheme which covers dental, optical, physical therapies and other medical treatments with the option to add greater levels of cover.
  • Interest-free loans: assistance with larger costs that arise such as tenancy deposits, season travel tickets or buying a car.
  • Access to the Easit Network: discounts and incentives on train, bus and car journeys such as 15% off eligible daily and season rail tickets.
  • Blue Light card: access to discount services for the social care sector with savings across thousands of online shops, restaurants, and high-street vendors.
  • Free advice and counselling service: confidential emotional support and practical guidance from our independent telephone service.
  • 25 days paid holiday plus bank holidays.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

What you’ll need for the role: 

  • ACCA / CIMA / ACA – finalist or qualified
  • Knowledge of accounting principles surrounding accruals, prepayments and fixed assets
  • Knowledge of accounting systems testing and updates

 What would be nice: 

  • Prior experience using SUN systems
  • Experience supporting a year-end audit
  • Working knowledge of FRS 102 and exposure to Housing SORP

Please refer to the attached role profile for full details of this opportunity.

How to apply:

Please click on the ‘Apply Now’ button and fill out our simple one-page application form. We recommend that you review the attached Candidate Guidance before completing your application.

The application closing date is 10 July 2025 and interviews will be held on 21 July 2025.

Please note, if we receive a large number of applications then this position may close before the advertised application closing date. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible. 

About Southdown

Contact information:

Our online careers page has a list of helpful FAQs that you can view here. If you have any further questions, please get in touch with recruitment via email at jobs@southdown.org

We are a Disability Confident Employer and are fully committed to supporting Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) and welcome applications from all candidates that meet our job specifications. If you feel there is a barrier that potentially prevents you from applying, do get in contact with us, as we are always happy to discuss (or arrange a discussion with the recruiting manager) to explore if any reasonable adjustments can be made to support your application.

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