RSH Graduate Scheme (Finance) 2023

Our finance graduate scheme is now open for applications!

This role is a unique opportunity to start your career with a globally recognised finance and accounting qualification (ACCA), whilst playing a part in enabling and supporting the social housing sector that is vital to millions of people across England.

• Front line regulatory assessments of the financial and operational performance of landlords
• Supporting the development of national housing strategy
• Working with landlords in financial or operational difficulty
• Working in an operational finance team in our Finance and Corporate Services team

We will support your development with the Chartered Accountancy qualification and Association of Chartered Accountants membership with a Level 7 Apprenticeship with ACCA. We will provide support and training to help you thrive in the workplace and in complete your ACCA qualification. We are keen for applications from individuals from a wide range of educational and social backgrounds. There is no requirement to have an academic background in accounting, finance, or economics.

Job Description

The scope of our work and influence is far-reaching, including oversight of the financial and operational performance of social housing landlords, supporting policy making in central government, and ensuring the sector is an attractive investment prospect for the financial markets.

You will work on the front line of our regulation, developing relationships with a range of stakeholders including boards and executives of landlords, reviewing, and assessing business plans and business processes, conducting analysis of organisational data and building insights to inform strategic decision making across the sector. There will be opportunities to work with our teams’ supporting landlords in difficulty and develop an understanding of the operating models used across the sector.

The scheme will give you exposure to

• Financial analysis
• Business planning
• Risk management and business assurance
• Governance
• Internal audit
• Insolvency
• Treasury management
• Data and analytics
• Macro economic analysis
• Real estate and regeneration development economics and investment appraisal
• Management accounting

By achieving a world-leading finance qualification as a chartered accountant and gaining experience working across our organisation, you will have the opportunity to start a rewarding career with skills that are much in demand.
You’ll have access to a supportive and sociable peer group to help you gain career success. In addition to our benefits package, we also offer a very attractive graduate package:

• Competitive starting salary of £30,000
• Pay increases linked to milestones in the ACCA qualification
• Fully funded ACCA qualification and ACCA membership subscriptions
• Fully paid study leave
• Opportunities to take responsibility early in your career
• A structured programme of learning, development and support from RSH colleagues

The start date for the scheme will be September 2023.

Responsibilities

You will work with a wide range of landlords and other stakeholders across your placements on the scheme. You will start out as a team member supporting our core activities and gradually get to work more independently and on more complex projects, taking the lead as you develop your skills and confidence.

You’ll also have the opportunity to be involved in a range of our other work – including support for our publications, investigations, and our larger assessments and investigations which result in high-profile decisions. Alongside this you will be expected to work diligently towards your Chartered Accountancy qualification.

Why work at RSH?

RSH offers excellent terms and conditions including a 35 hour working week, 33 days annual leave and access to a defined benefit pension scheme that is index (CPI) linked.

Our staff survey results consistently show that most staff think the best thing about working at the RSH is the flexible and hybrid working that supports work life balance. We offer a range of excellent benefits, including staff discount scheme, Cycle to work scheme, and after 6 months of employment, access to a Nuffield Health Screening; full information is available on our website.

Location

We have hybrid model of working with a mix of office / home working.

Our core offices are in Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham and Bristol. Everyone on our accountancy graduate scheme will be attached to our registered office in Manchester.

Interviews

Interviews will be a two-stage process.

The first stage of interviews will be in April 2023 and will be held via Microsoft Teams.

We will confirm details of the second stage to successful candidates. We expect second stage interviews to be in-person interviews held in Manchester. Numeric and verbal reasoning tests will be completed alongside the second stage.

Benefits and Salary

We offer a range of excellent benefits; information is available on our website.

Nationality requirements

This opportunity is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK Nationals
• Nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• Nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• Nationals from the EU, EEA or Switzerland with (or eligible for) status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• Relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
• Relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
• Certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals