Finance Assistant with Housing Benefit Knowledge
1 week ago
Supporting the Finance Team in recording and retrieving financial details of the Charity, with the majority of work being around maintaining income records, working with residents and their arrears, setting up Direct debit's and having a good knowledge of housing benefit.
To support the finance team with regards to supplier invoices, dealing with queries, submitting supplier payments and preparing details for the Finance Manager regarding other financial areas of the business.
Key Responsibilities:
Substantial Bookkeeping Experience:
Proficient in Sage with a demonstrated track record of substantial bookkeeping experience.
Weekly Reconciliation:
Conduct weekly reconciliations of several accounts to ensure accuracy and completeness.
Dealing with residents' queries and accounts:
Looking after residents' arrears, agreeing payment plans
Reviewing housing benefit documents and making necessary changes to residents Direct Debits
Providing a monthly report to the Finance Manager on arrears positions across our schemes
Transaction Processing:
Process payments, invoices, income, and receipts using Sage, maintaining precision in recording financial transactions.
Assist in maintaining an accurate forecast budget for income and expenditure.
Management & Annual Accounts:
Assist in preparing management accounts to provide insights into financial performance.
Assist in the preparation of annual accounts, ensuring timely and accurate submissions.
Record Maintenance:
Set up and maintain professional standards in record-keeping, ensuring consistency, accuracy, and compliance.
Ad Hoc Reporting:
Generate ad hoc reports as required, providing valuable financial insights to support decision-making.
Budget Management:
Actively participate in budget management and reporting, contributing to the financial planning process.
CORE DUTIES
Work closely as a team to ensure smooth operation of all finance matters.
Support the Finance team by inputting into sales and purchase ledgers from source documents.
Input data into the accounting system with speed and accuracy.
Plan, organise and manage own workload to ensure your contribution to the Charities quarterly and annual financial reporting processes are achieved in a timely and accurate manner.
Resolution of any finance related queries, which are to be reported to Finance Manager to pass onto Trustee Committees if necessary.
Reconciliation of customer & supplier accounts on sage
Reconciliation of bank accounts on sage including any fixed interest or notice accounts.
Assisting the team to ensure swift payment of supplier invoices.
Assisting with preparation of financial statements for the Trust
To undertake any other duties as may be deemed appropriate, commensurate with the purpose, function and grade of the post.
COMMUNICATION, INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AND REPORTING
Good communication and listening skills are required for this post as you will be dealing with residents and other external agencies.
Making sure all documents are saved within our database correctly.
Good level of competence in Excel, Word, Outlook and computerised accounting software
Good problem solving
Good analytical ability
GENERAL
Working with residents, staff and external agencies
Willingness to accept responsibilities
Able to work effectively with mínimal guidance/ supervision
Able to manage high volume workload
Able to respond effectively to changing priorities
Job Type:
Part-time
Pay:
£30,103.00 per year
Expected hours: 27.5 per week
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Company pension
- Onsite gym
- Onsite parking
- Sick pay
Schedule:
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
Application question(s):
- AAT level 2 or equivalent qualification in relevant area?
Education:
- GCSE or equivalent (required)
Experience:
- Bookkeeping/accounts: 3 years (required)
Work Location:
In person
Application deadline: 28/06/2024
Reference ID:
Finance Assistant with Housing benefit knowledge
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