Recruiting for a Finance Officer – Purchase Ledger and Rents to join our team in Westminster !

GBP £28,000 per annum, working 35 hours per week, plus 25 days Annual Leave, Pension schemes, Staff discounts, healthcare and more.

Job Overview:

The Finance Officer will be a key member of the Finance Transactions Team and will

undertake a varied and interesting range of Purchase ledger and Rents tasks.

Purchase ledger duties will include the processing of invoices and the preparation and

execution of the weekly payments runs. The role will act as cover for the Finance Officer –

Rents, and will assist with the timely posting of customer payments and adjustments onto

the Housing Management system.

Key Responsibilities:

This is not an exhaustive list of all the duties and responsibilities that may be required from time to

time and is subject to change in accordance with the needs of Look Ahead.

The post-holder be required to:

• Process invoices onto the system, ensuring transactions are accurately recorded

and authorised as per current Standing Orders

• Scan invoices onto the system or prepare for manual payment

• Prepare and post the weekly invoice payment files

• Prepare the weekly BACS and manual payment runs

• Prepare petty cash reimbursements

• Assist with the monitoring of the Purchase ledger mailbox, ensuring that queries and

arising actions are dealt with, and invoices are registered on the system in a timely

manner

• Prepare month end accruals and reconciliations

• Act as cover for the Rents function in ensuring rent adjustments are posted to

Customer accounts in a timely manner

• Act as cover for the Rents function in ensuring customer payment files including

Standing orders, Housing Benefit and Allpay are posted to customer accounts in a

timely manner

• Act as cover for the Rents function: Prepare and post weekly interface files, update

the bank reconciliation and monitor the Rents mailbox

• Run month end reports and extract information as necessary. · Work flexibly and co-operatively as part of the team and the Finance Department

This is not an exhaustive list of all the duties and responsibilities that may be required from time to time and is subject to change in accordance with the needs of Look Ahead

Person Specification:

Enjoys social interaction and the company of others, joins in local activities to encourage service-user involvement.

• Approachable and open behaviour

• Prefers working as part of a group or team

• Is fundamentally calm and resilient, does not let emotion adversely affect them or

obscure their judgement

• Has a practical and logical mind and is naturally well organised

• Thrives on change and enjoys dynamic diverse environments

• Is confident with high levels of self-esteem

• Is respectful, articulate and sensitive in style of communication

• Is essentially customer–focused

• Is motivated towards excellence and improvement of personal performance with a

can do attitude

• Ability to cope positively with challenging and diverse behaviours

• Is numerate and confident with figures

Skills, Knowledge and Experience:

Essential:

Experience of working in accounts

payable

• Excellent time management skills,

with the ability to manage their own

workload

• Experience of balance sheet

reconciliations

• Experience of posting journals and

working with a general ledger system

• Excellent attention to detail

• Ability to cope under pressure

• Excellent IT & communication skills

Desirable:

• Rent accounting experience

If your application for this role is unsuccessful, but we feel that you would be suitable for another role, we may contact you to discuss alternative opportunities. If this occurs you would not need to submit another application for the alternative role.

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closed date.