Finance Assistant
Job Category : Financial
Location : Sutton Gate, Sutton Housing Partnership
Hours Per Week : 36.00
Start Date : Immediate start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £15.18
Key Responsibilities:
⦁ Be first point of contact for internal and external customers
⦁ Management of Finance Team mailboxes
across all systems
⦁ Processing purchase and sales ledger invoices
⦁ Administration of new suppliers and amendments
⦁ Processing rent account and General Ledger transactions
⦁ Notifying residents of changes to their charges and DDs within statutory deadlines
⦁ Drafting reconciliations of assigned balance sheet accounts & proposing corrections where required
⦁ Creation of accounting journals
⦁ General admin support to wider Finance Team
1st stage arrears collection for company & former tenant debt
Skills & Experience
Essential:
⦁ Customer focused and solution based approach to dealing with enquiries
⦁ Ability to explain complex matters in non-technical terms
⦁ Accurate and efficient data input skills
⦁ Effectively manage and prioritise workload to meet performance targets
⦁ Proactive approach to problem solving
⦁ Takes ownership within scope of job role and actively seeks to develop skills and knowledge
⦁ Confident in the use of IT, particularly spreadsheets
Desirable:
⦁ Knowledge of large scale accounting systems
⦁ Knowledge of Housing Management databases
⦁ Experience of working in a business accounting team
Expectations
The job holder will:
⦁ Be proactive and take ownership to resolve problems and customer queries
⦁ Communication to the team are managed effectively
⦁ Take ownership and responsibility for own areas of work looking for opportunities for improvement
⦁ Collaborate positively with all SHP staff to deliver high quality financial services
⦁ Use information technology accurately and effectively in accordance with SHP codes of conduct
⦁ Be solution focussed and actively seek areas for continuous improvement
⦁ Provide cover for other team members during staff absence
⦁ Invoices are paid within terms
⦁ take prompt action to collect debt
⦁ ensure resident accounts are accurate
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