Finance Executive

Our mission at Response is to enable people of all ages to live a more fulfilled life by providing excellent mental health services, housing, and supported housing. 

Finance Executive - £30,000 - £33,000 per annum (Salaries vary depending on experiences)

Hours – 37 hours per week, Monday – Friday (Hybrid Working)

Service – Finance

What You’ll Be Doing:

We are looking for a highly organised individual with great attention to detail to  play an integral part of the Finance Team. You will have responsibility for overseeing one of our key programmes ensuring compliance and effective financial management. You will account for income and expenditure, prepare reports for programme managers, provide support on programme development and support with fee negotiations. You will manage various control accounts within the general ledger and support the rest of the finance team on a range of tasks. If you're a motivated finance professional looking for an exciting opportunity to contribute to a compassionate organisation, we want to hear from you!

Overall job responsibility – Further detail can be viewed in the Job Description. Some of the core duties include:

• Manage annual budgets in collaboration with senior management for allocated area of responsibility.
• Conduct financial forecasting and analysis to support strategic decision-making.
• Monitor budget performance and provide regular updates to the Senior Management team to ensure income is properly accounted for.
• Prepare accurate and timely financial reports for internal stakeholders in relation to voids, repairs, potential refunds etc.
• Manage various control accounts relating to month end within the General Ledger.
• Work effectively with the rest of the finance team to ensure maximum efficiency.
• Conduct financial analysis to assess programme performance and identify trends.
• Promote a culture of compliance and accountability throughout the organisation.

The Successful Applicant:

Our main priority for all our roles at Response is to find people that can live our values every day – Caring, Safe, Creative and Aspirational. Essential criteria:

• 5 GCSEs including English and Maths.
• Excellent literacy and numeracy skills
• Up to date knowledge of financial accounting systems, in particular purchase ledger.
• Minimum two years’ experience of working as part of a finance team (or with sole responsibility).
• Ability to communicate effectively.
• Strong planning, organisational and time management skills.
• Customer focussed approach.
• IT literate with experience using MS Office packages.

What We Offer:

• 25 days annual leave and standard bank and public holidays.
• Blue Light card and other discounted shopping
• Employee Assistance Plan- with access to free counselling 
• Cycle to Work Scheme (after probation)
• Enhanced family friendly leave
• Flexible and agile working opportunities (role dependent) 
• Professional qualification sponsorship and study leave.
• £500 refer a friend bonus scheme 
• Optional health cash care plan with money off prescriptions and treatments
• Wellbeing hub and mental wellbeing support app – approved by NHS
• Free flu jabs
• Free DBS application

If this Finance Executive position sounds like the role for you then please apply today! We would love to hear from you! This vacancy may be closed early. To learn more about Response and what we do, please visit our website: Response – Mental Health Care & Support.

All our roles require a DBS check, two references from most recent employers and you must have the right to work in the UK – Unfortunately, Response are not able to offer sponsorship under the points based system. Should you apply for the role and require sponsorship, you will be withdrawn from the recruitment process. Our employees and clients come from all over the world, we proudly promote a friendly and inclusive culture and are registered as a Disability Confident Employer.