Senior Finance Assistant - Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom - Homes England

Homes England
Homes England
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Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Salary:

- £29,974 - £35,263
Job grade:


  • Other
    Contract type:
  • Permanent
    Type of role:
  • Finance
    Working pattern:
  • Flexible working, Fulltime
    Number of jobs available:
  • 1Contents
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Location

  • NE4 5BZAbout the job

Job summary:


  • With an average annual budget of £3bn, there is a need to ensure that public monies allocated to Homes England are managed timely, accurately and in line with programme parameters. This role sits within the Transaction Services Team within Finance and will support the Transactions Services Senior Manager and Manager in the delivery of all finance transactional processing activities maintaining accuracy and integrity of financial ledgers.

Job description:


Our activities play a key role in ensuring the delivery of Homes England's strategic objectives and keeps the frontline operations working effectively.


Key responsibilities will include:
- organisation and prioritisation of the daily responsibilities and workload of the team.
- review and validation of processes prior to completion, including journals, payment runs, bank reconciliations and supplier creations.
- performing reconciliations, investigating and resolving variances, including control accounts, CIS returns, Government Procurement Card expenditure and Property Insurance data.
- identifying improvements to established procedures and leading discussions to implement improvements.
- building effective working relationships with other departments to maintain the highest level of service to our customers.


Person specification:


We are looking for someone who has:

  • high level of finance experience.
- excellent prioritisation skills, with the ability to balance immediate day-to-day challenges alongside ongoing deadlines.
- a flexible and adaptable attitude with the ability and willingness to work at pace.
- the ability to recognise potential issues and awareness of when they should be flagged to senior colleagues.
- a supportive attitude and willingness to contribute to creating a positive team spirit where colleagues feel valued and respected.


Benefits:

Homes England is an executive non-departmental public body with its own terms and conditions, benefits and pension scheme.

We are a government agency working in partnership with the private sector and want to employ and retain great people.

In return we offer a range of excellent benefits, some of the key benefits include:


Holiday - Homes England offers all staff 33 days annual leave per year in addition to 8 statutory bank holidays.


Working Flexibly - At Homes England we have a strong culture of flexible working and encourage all employees to have a healthy work/life balance.

We offer a wide range of potential working patterns, including part time, job share and compressed hours.


Health and Wellbeing - We offer health screening with Nuffield Proactive Health Clinics, a free Employee Assistance Programme which offers confidential support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week as well as access to Occupational Health.


Professional Development - At Homes England we are committed to your continued professional and personal development with learning as one of our core values.

We pay for one job-related professional membership subscription per year for our employees.

We also offer an excellent range of family friendly benefits, for example, maternity, paternity, shared parental leave.

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Working for the Civil Service
Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.

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Security:


  • People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks

Nationality requirements:

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

  • UK nationals
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
- certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals

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  • Please note this Post is NOT regulated by th
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