Finance Assistant

• Basis: 6 month fixed term contract

• Location: Cheltenham (hybrid working with minimum of 3 days office based per week)

• Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday 09:00 - 17:30

• Salary: Up to £30,000 per annum (pro-rata) + enhanced benefits package

About us

We are a vibrant, dynamic business who are proud to design, build, and create high-quality homes with a focus on independent later living for the over 60's. Our developments are beautifully designed offering stunning community living. We offer our customers the flexibility to purchase, rent, or rent-to-buy our properties, with a current portfolio of some 1100 homes across 40 communities nationwide.

We are looking for an experienced Finance Assistant to join us on a 6 month fixed term contract to support our team through a busy period.

Your role

You will work as Finance Assistant reporting to our Service Charge Accountant within our customer operations transactional accounting team. We have recently developed an internal management function that will oversee the management of buildings & our site based communities and manage the financial side of service charge accounting. This role will assist with the team with the following:

• Assist with tasks around the recent implementation and roll out of a new finance system

• Maintain the purchase and ledger on a daily and weekly basis for each site/development

• Undertake sales ledger activities including: Processing demands for service charge and reserve funds, ensuring all transactions are recorded and producing sundry sales/intercompany recharge and rental invoices

• Cash management activities

• General ledger activities

• Deal with enquiries from homeowners and site/development based staff

About you

You'll be an experienced Financial Assistant/Administrator with some experience of Purchase Ledger. We are looking for someone who is highly organised with a great attention to detail and the ability to prioritise. You'll have excellent communication skills and the confidence to converse at all levels.

• AAT desirable but not essential

• Knowledge of accounting systems, ideally MRI Qube

• Experience of service charge accounting will be an advantage

• Experience of finance transformation will be an advantage

• Strong IT skills are essential - including spreadsheets (Excel & Sheets)

What we offer

This is a full time role offered on a 6 month fixed term contract, we are offering a salary of up to £30,000 per annum (pro-rata). You'll be based from our Cheltenham office with the option of working from home for up to 2 days per week upon completion of a training period.

For the duration of your fixed term contract you will enjoy:

• Enhanced annual leave

• Health cash plan

• Virtual GP

• Contributory pension scheme with additional employer contribution,

• Discounts portal, GymFlex, Cycle to Work scheme

• Refer a friend scheme and access to internal opportunities

If you have the skills & experience we are looking for an are looking for a rewarding new role then apply today, we'd love to hear from you!

As an equal opportunities employer, we are committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and we do not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us.

In line with UK Immigration and Employment Law, only applicants eligible to live and work in the UK need apply.