Finance Assistant

**Who are Accent?**

We own almost 20,400 houses across the North, East and South of the country and they are homes to over 41,000 of our customers.

We’re not just a housing association, we actually exist to improve lives, providing people with high quality homes, affordably. Whatever their housing need, whether family, single, older or more vulnerable - our customers always come first. They are always at the very heart of our business, and we demonstrate this through our values.

***About the Role and Person**
- 21 hours per week
- Permanent

An opportunity has arisen for a Finance Assistant to work alongside our existing finance team within the Accounts Payable Team, reporting to the Accounts Payable Team Leader. The role and focus are ensuring all our invoices are posted to the correct customers’ accounts and payments are made within the agreed timescales. Reconciliations of our customers’ accounts are accurate. You will provide good customer service to our internal/external customers.

The role requires liaising with all regions and external customers with any queries regarding invoices.

Everything we do is customer focussed and providing accurate data is key in enabling team members to provide exceptional levels of customer service.

We want our people and our customers to be proud of the service and homes we provide, and you have a key part to play.

Whilst we have key responsibilities and these can be found in the job description, there are certain things we will need from you:

- Positive attitude and commitment to good customer Service
- Awareness of Accent’s vision & business objectives
- Maths and English GCSE grade C or above (or equivalent)
- Computer Literate and experience of data inputting
- Worked in a large, pressurised Accounts Payable Dept
- Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing
- Ability to work to tight deadlines and to work to tight deadlines
- Confident in dealing with staff and customers at all levels
- Commitment to equal opportunities and diversity
- Organised and methodical approach and effective problem solving
- Must be prepared to undertake any relevant training

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**Location**

We’ll provide you with the equipment and software that you’ll need for the purpose of your role however it will be your responsibility to have an appropriate space to work from as well as a suitable broadband connection/provider.

Should you wish to work occasionally from any of our regional offices, you may do so on a hot desk basis which will need to be arranged via our online booking system

**Salary**

The spot salary for this post is £12,693 (FTE £21,154) per annum for applicants who fully meet the requirements of the post. Applicants, who do not meet all of the requirements of the post, will start 5% or 10% below the spot salary.

**What will you get from us?**

In addition to a competitive salary and agile working, we also have a focus on employees’ development. We support both professional and personal development, ensuring everyone has a development plan and provide access to a wide range of internal and external learning resources.

You’ll also receive:

- 28 days paid holiday (pro-rata for part time)excluding back holidays, per year rising by 1 day per year up to a maximum of one working week
- Option to purchase additional holiday of up to 2 of your working weeks (at managers discretion)
- Employee Assistance Programme
- A choice of salary based contributory pension schemes, each offering life assurance cover.
- Auto enrolment - employer and employee contribution 4%
- Pension scheme - employer contribution 18.9%, employee contribution 7.5%

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