Finance Assistant

**Who we are** We are a welcoming and friendly organisation who provide homes for people who need them and services to help our customers lead better lives. We own and manage more than 7,000 properties across the East Midlands and Yorkshire and the Humber, helping thousands of people in our communities every single day. This includes homes for affordable rent, homes for students and homes for older people. We even develop new homes to help people get on the property ladder. In addition to this, we provide Student accommodation. We support over 4000 learners a year with everything from entry level qualifications, arts and wellbeing courses through to employability support to help people fulfil their potential. This is through Riverside Training, our employment and skills team, and CLIP, an education provider. And last but by no means least is our HomePlus division, we want help people stay in their homes for longer - this is where our adaptations specialists come in. From wetrooms to handyperson services, we’ve got it covered when it comes to future proofing homes to help people live independently. In our teams across our entire organisation, alongside our partners, we have more than 300 people working collaboratively to help raise and realise our customers’ aspirations. Together, we’re honest, positive and ambitious. **Here's what Kev, our Head of Finance has to say about the role**: "We are looking for someone who is energetic, positive and upbeat to join our small and busy purchase ledger team. You will work across all companies within the group, using a range of ordering systems to process invoices, credits notes, rent and benefit transactions." **What you'll get as part of the team**: - 25 days annual leave increasing by one day per year (capped at 30 days) plus bank holidays - Enhanced pension - matched contributions up to 10% - The opportunity to undertake professional training which will be funded by us, as will any relevant professional membership subscriptions - Staff benefits with Paycare - A fantastic health and benefits scheme - Benefits with Acis Perkz - a discount scheme offering hundreds of savings from food shopping to holidays - Employee recognition scheme. We ensure we recognise and thank our team with various rewards - Enhanced maternity and paternity scheme - Cycle to work scheme - Enhanced sick pay scheme - Employee Assistance Programme to give you confidential advice and support - Death in service benefit amounting to 3 times annual salary **What a good Finance Assistant looks like to us**: - A great standard of education, level 2 AAT as a minimum - Some knowledge of financial and management accounting, including the preparation of accounts, budget forecasts - Experience of working within a medium sized entity or equivalent business environment - Evidence of a great customer service ethos, with experience of dealing with a wide range of customers, suppliers and other external agencies - Attention to detail and accuracy, and complete all tasks to a high standard - Experience of using IT systems including Microsoft Office - Working in social housing is a challenging but rewarding career, you’ll be helping to bring real change to our customer’s lives **What will stand you out from the crowd**: - An appreciation of the social housing sector - An organised individual who is capable of planning and monitoring varied workloads for him/herself, with the ability to work to deadlines - Comfortable working in a busy office environment - Willing to learn and adapt to new tasks and challenges - You’ll be adept at change, having got hands on experience living and breathing new ways of working **As a Finance Assistant a typical day might include**: - The posting of cash receipts received in an accurate and timely manner - The posting of all monies received for rent through housing benefit and direct debits to customer accounts in our housing management system - Ensuring all cashbook payments are entered into our finance system on time - Carrying out the processing of purchase ledger transactions in an accurate, timely and efficient manner - Being the first point of contact for customer enquiries, and ensuring accurate recording of conversations in our customer relationship management system - Any other duties, consistent with the above, that may be required from time to time **ion.