Job Description
Salary
£47,532 - £55,620per annum .(Career Graded)
Package
Permanent, Full -Time, 36 hours per week.
Job category/type
Finance & Accounting
Date posted
21/01/2026
Job reference
R0006785
About us at Hounslow
We’d love you to join us at the London Borough of Hounslow! Our people are deeply committed to providing excellent services to our residents, doing all we can to make lives as good as they can be.
We are an outstanding council, serving an outstanding borough. With brilliant, visionary leadership, a dynamic Cabinet and a can-do culture, we’ve built strong partnerships which have transformed how we serve one of London’s most diverse boroughs. Hounslow is the world in one place and full of potential. We are stepping up for our residents like never before.
About our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
We live by five core values: Lead with Heart, Do New, Pass on the Power, Harness the Mix and Be a Rock. All our work has equality, diversity and inclusion at its very heart, best articulated in “Harness the Mix”. It's about breaking down barriers between our parts and people and unlocking the problem-solving power of our amazing mix of minds. We serve a diverse community, we have a diverse workforce and we are committed to being an inclusive employer.
We work hard to create representation across our workforce and leadership community, we have thriving employee network groups and our learning and development programmes help us lead, model and breathe ways of working that eliminate inequality, inequity, injustice and bias.
As part of this and under our commitments as a Disability Confident Employer, we make reasonable adjustments to accommodate our candidates. There’s space for you to tell us what you need within our application form.
Our Benefits
If you join us, you’ll have access to a range of employee benefits. Read more about these here.
About The Role
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of our Corporate Finance Team as a Management Accountant. In this role, you’ll be working on a variety of council-wide corporate finance functions and will have the opportunity to develop your skills in a wide range of business across the breadth of local government finance.
We provide information and advice to a range of internal and external stakeholders around the council’s overall budget, budget monitoring and statutory accounting processes, including senior officers, councillors, service departments and central Government departments.
You will work closely with our finance business partnering team to co-ordinate the management and reporting of financial information across diverse areas such as capital financing, grant income and taxation matters. You will maintain excellent financial controls and play a key role in maintaining our key financial systems.
By gaining an insight into the big picture of local government finance, you will be well placed to develop further in the future by applying your knowledge and skills to the financial management of specific services, and have the confidence to develop your influence on and engagement with our key stakeholders.
About The Team You’ll Be Working In
You will work in a supportive team alongside two other Management Accountant, working to three Strategic Finance Managers (one of whom will be your line manager). This team manages the co-ordination and reporting of the council’s budget, budget monitoring and statutory accounting, providing control and assurance over the council’s financial position for our internal and external stakeholders.
Your role will report to the Strategic Finance Manager (Budget Strategy), whose role provides co-ordination of the council’s revenue budget and capital programme.
If the points below resonate with you, we’d love you to put in an application:
A qualified accountant or part-qualified looking to reach qualified status.
Self-organised with to ability to prioritise and work flexibly to meet deadlines.
Committed to solving problems and improving processes.
Able to design, implement and maintain key financial controls and reconciliations.
Inspired by the Hounslow values that drive us.
Essential for the Role
Basic DBS check is required for the role.
Read more about the work you’ll be doing in the Role Profile.
Don’t meet every single requirement? We know that sometimes people can be put off applying for a job if they think they can’t tick every box. At Hounslow, we realise the ‘perfect candidate’ doesn’t exist. So, if you can do most of what we’re looking for, go ahead and apply. You may be just the right candidate for the job or be perfect for one of our other roles!
When Interviews Will Be Held And Who To Contact
The key information you need about the role should be in the Role Profile , but if you have any further questions about the role, please contact:
Email: Ben.Lea@hounslow.gov.uk
Telephone: 020 XXXXXX
Interviews for this job will be held during week commencing 24th February 2026.
£47,532 - £55,620per annum .(Career Graded)
Package
Permanent, Full -Time, 36 hours per week.
Job category/type
Finance & Accounting
Date posted
21/01/2026
Job reference
R0006785
About us at Hounslow
We’d love you to join us at the London Borough of Hounslow! Our people are deeply committed to providing excellent services to our residents, doing all we can to make lives as good as they can be.
We are an outstanding council, serving an outstanding borough. With brilliant, visionary leadership, a dynamic Cabinet and a can-do culture, we’ve built strong partnerships which have transformed how we serve one of London’s most diverse boroughs. Hounslow is the world in one place and full of potential. We are stepping up for our residents like never before.
About our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
We live by five core values: Lead with Heart, Do New, Pass on the Power, Harness the Mix and Be a Rock. All our work has equality, diversity and inclusion at its very heart, best articulated in “Harness the Mix”. It's about breaking down barriers between our parts and people and unlocking the problem-solving power of our amazing mix of minds. We serve a diverse community, we have a diverse workforce and we are committed to being an inclusive employer.
We work hard to create representation across our workforce and leadership community, we have thriving employee network groups and our learning and development programmes help us lead, model and breathe ways of working that eliminate inequality, inequity, injustice and bias.
As part of this and under our commitments as a Disability Confident Employer, we make reasonable adjustments to accommodate our candidates. There’s space for you to tell us what you need within our application form.
Our Benefits
If you join us, you’ll have access to a range of employee benefits. Read more about these here.
About The Role
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of our Corporate Finance Team as a Management Accountant. In this role, you’ll be working on a variety of council-wide corporate finance functions and will have the opportunity to develop your skills in a wide range of business across the breadth of local government finance.
We provide information and advice to a range of internal and external stakeholders around the council’s overall budget, budget monitoring and statutory accounting processes, including senior officers, councillors, service departments and central Government departments.
You will work closely with our finance business partnering team to co-ordinate the management and reporting of financial information across diverse areas such as capital financing, grant income and taxation matters. You will maintain excellent financial controls and play a key role in maintaining our key financial systems.
By gaining an insight into the big picture of local government finance, you will be well placed to develop further in the future by applying your knowledge and skills to the financial management of specific services, and have the confidence to develop your influence on and engagement with our key stakeholders.
About The Team You’ll Be Working In
You will work in a supportive team alongside two other Management Accountant, working to three Strategic Finance Managers (one of whom will be your line manager). This team manages the co-ordination and reporting of the council’s budget, budget monitoring and statutory accounting, providing control and assurance over the council’s financial position for our internal and external stakeholders.
Your role will report to the Strategic Finance Manager (Budget Strategy), whose role provides co-ordination of the council’s revenue budget and capital programme.
If the points below resonate with you, we’d love you to put in an application:
A qualified accountant or part-qualified looking to reach qualified status.
Self-organised with to ability to prioritise and work flexibly to meet deadlines.
Committed to solving problems and improving processes.
Able to design, implement and maintain key financial controls and reconciliations.
Inspired by the Hounslow values that drive us.
Essential for the Role
Basic DBS check is required for the role.
Read more about the work you’ll be doing in the Role Profile.
Don’t meet every single requirement? We know that sometimes people can be put off applying for a job if they think they can’t tick every box. At Hounslow, we realise the ‘perfect candidate’ doesn’t exist. So, if you can do most of what we’re looking for, go ahead and apply. You may be just the right candidate for the job or be perfect for one of our other roles!
When Interviews Will Be Held And Who To Contact
The key information you need about the role should be in the Role Profile , but if you have any further questions about the role, please contact:
Email: Ben.Lea@hounslow.gov.uk
Telephone: 020 XXXXXX
Interviews for this job will be held during week commencing 24th February 2026.
💡 Quick Summary
Seeking a career-building opportunity? The Management Accountant position is now open for candidates interested in the Accountant Jobs sector. This role in London offers a professional environment and growth potential.
Requirement Snapshot: Candidates should possess basic communication skills, a proactive attitude, and the ability to work in a team. Experience in Accountant Jobs is a plus.