Finance Assistant

Purpose: To be the first point of contact for internal and external customers on financial matters, effectively managing customer contacts. To provide effective administrative support to the Finance Team. Efficient & timely invoice payment, administration of expenses and transaction processing for both general ledger and customer accounts

Responsibilities & Outcomes

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.

Key Outcomes:

• Invoices are paid within supplier terms.
• Rent accounts are accurate within 24 hours of notification of adjustment
• Direct Debit collections are submitted in accordance with processing schedule
• Journals are prepared accurately and available for input in accordance with current deadlines

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