The Role

We`re looking for a motivated and detail-oriented part-qualified accountant to join our Joint Venture (JV) team within Group Reporting. This is a fantastic opportunity to build your finance career within a collaborative and fast-paced environment, gaining exposure to a broad range of accounting and reporting activities across a dynamic business.

In this role, you`ll play an important part in supporting the finance function through a mix of accounting, reporting, reconciliation, and finance administration responsibilities. You`ll work closely with stakeholders across the business, contributing to key month-end activities while helping to improve processes and strengthen financial controls.

We`re looking for someone who is organised, proactive, and eager to learn ?" an ambitious individual who enjoys solving problems, taking ownership, and developing their technical accounting skills. If you`re looking for a role that offers variety, responsibility, and opportunities to grow within a supportive finance team, we`d love to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities

• Support project setup and management activities to facilitate the monthly inter-project billing process
• Work with stakeholders to support budget allocations within the Project Portfolio Management (PPM) system
• Prepare monthly balance sheet reconciliations accurately and on time
• Assist with quarterly bank reporting and wider reporting requirements within the team
• Support the accounting for fixed asset additions and depreciation
• Assist with month-end and year-end close processes
• Help maintain strong financial controls and ensure compliance with accounting procedures
• Identify opportunities to improve finance processes and drive operational efficiencies
• Provide administrative and operational support to the JV and wider Group Reporting teams

What We`re Looking For

• Previous experience in a finance, accounts, or bookkeeping role
• Part-qualified accountant or currently studying towards a professional qualification (AAT, ACCA, CIMA, ACA or equivalent)
• Good understanding of accounting principles and financial processes
• Experience supporting month-end procedures, reconciliations, and journal postings
• Strong Excel and systems skills, including PivotTables and Lookups
• A proactive mindset with a focus on continuous improvement and efficiency
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities
• Strong communication skills and the ability to build relationships across the business
• High attention to detail and a commitment to delivering accurate, high-quality work

What You`ll Get in Return

• A discretionary annual bonus so you can share in the company`s success
• 25 days` paid holiday and an annual holiday buying scheme, with 5 additional days awarded for long service
• A generous pension scheme - employer contributions between 5% and 11% depending on how much you save
• Various benefits to support your health and wellbeing including a Healthcare Cash Plan, an Employee Assistance Programme, a Wellbeing platform and a Gym benefit that you can share with your family and friends
• Enhanced Family Leave including 18 weeks full pay for birthing parents and 4 weeks for non-birthing parents
• Lots of other great benefits including an annual ShareSave scheme, Employee Life Assurance, a discounts portal and more!

About Unite Students

Founded in 1991, Unite Students is a FTSE 100business and the UK`s leading provider of purpose-built student accommodation. You can find us in 25 leading university towns and cities, with 74,000 students calling US home! We are driven by our values, culture, and a commitment to develop diverse and inclusive teams, filled with positive energy and new ideas.

Instinctive inclusion. We know that to create and maintain a happy healthy organisation, we have to work hard to ensure inclusion isn`t just what we do but who we are.

People make Unite Students. Employees, students and neighbours all contribute to building environments where we can all thrive.

Room for Everyone

We`re proud to be an employer that embraces individuality, and we`re passionate about building inclusive teams. We focus on creating a collaborative culture where you can be you, where your voice is heard, and where you can truly belong. We take great pride in being rated Gold Investors in People and are constantly striving to provide the highest standard of learning and development opportunities and professional pathways for our people. Building a home for success, for both our employees and students, requires exceptional people with a passion for creating room for everyone, doing what`s right, keeping US safe, and raising the bar. Join us as we build better experiences for students that live with us.

We are US.