Finance & Administration Assistant

Salary: £26,000 per year

We currently have an opportunity for a finance and administration assistant within a small friendly team. If you have got two years’ experience of working in an office, and are curious, diligent and caring you will be a good fit. The role will support the Senior Finance Assistants with transactional work and also the housing benefits officer with claims. You must have excellent attention to detail.

Your Experience:

* Minimum two years’ experience of working in a financial or administrative position

* Diligence and attention to financial detail

* Excellent communication skills, with a confident and persuasive telephone manner

* Good organisation and planning skills

* Highly computer literate, including working knowledge of Microsoft Excel

* A confident, conscientious self-starter with a strong work ethic, personable character, and the capability to build good working relationships

The Role:

This role supports a number of departments including purchase& sales ledger, cash and housing benefit claims all of which feed into the working capital and financial reporting.

Core duties include:

* Preparation and submission of housing benefit claims for new tenants

* Submitting notifications to stop housing benefit claims in respect of former tenants

* Monitoring of housing benefit arrears/credit balances and taking necessary actions to resolve

* Support intensive housing management programme, including claiming council tax discounts and managing utility invoices

* Posting housing benefit receipts and other payments onto tenants’ accounts

* Raising monthly invoices to Care Providers for void costs and other charges

* Monitoring and posting of Landlord charges, including rent and insurance invoices

* Deputising for members of the finance team, including posting other supplier invoices and bank transactions onto accounting system

* Other general finance team support Your Skills and Experience