Peabody Hiring for Finance Assistant Job at London, England Full Time

What we’re looking for:??

Someone to provide transactional and operational finance support and excellent front line customer service by working in partnership with internal and external stakeholders, ensuring client needs are met and the Finance team objectives are achieved.

If this sounds like you, this role is perfect for you! Here at Peabody, we have an opportunity for a Finance Assistant on a 9 month fixed term contract/secondment basis at our Westminster Bridge Road office in South East London.

Role context:

A challenging role, part of a growing business and adding significant value by providing excellent customer service across the new organisation. The role requires excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the natural ability to network and build effective relationships within the Finance team and with key colleagues across the organsation.

Skills/Experience required:

• Sound accounting knowledge and analytical skills
• Ability to work independently, exercising good initiative and judgement
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proven time management and prioritisation skills.
• Proven experience and ability to deliver excellent customer care and valuing diversity.
• Proven attention to detail and ability to work on a variety of tasks simultaneously.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines and targets
• To ensure that all policies and procedures are adhered to so that consistent and standard practice is achieved across the organization

Qualifications required:

AAT qualified, degree level qualification, or similar experience.

A bit about us:

Peabody are one of the largest housing associations in the UK, and we’ll be even bigger when our merger with Catalyst is complete in April 2023. Our mission is to help people flourish and an important part of this is to ensure that our organisation reflects the wider communities we serve. We want to attract recruit and retain a diverse, inclusive and creative workforce to give us the best opportunity to meet the diverse needs of our residents and customers.

Here just a few of the benefits for working at Peabody:

• Flexible and hybrid working (depending on the role)

• 30 days’ annual holiday plus bank holidays

• Competitive salaries that are benchmarked regularly against current market rates?

• Two additional paid volunteering days each year?

• Flexible benefits scheme, including family friendly benefits and access to a discount portal?

Are you ready to apply?

To be considered for the role of Finance Assistant, please click on the?‘Apply Now’?button?and submit both your CV and a bit about why we should consider you for the role.?

If you need to ask us anything else at all, feel free to drop an email to and one of our team will be in touch.