Finance Assistant - Chelmsford, United Kingdom - CHP

CHP

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Chelmsford, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

We're a local housing association that's passionate about tackling the housing shortage in the East of England. We provide warm, safe and affordable homes. But we don't stop there. We offer a wide range of support and services to help our customers and their communities to thrive.

We want to be an organisation that cares about our customers and communities and is determined to make a difference.

We'll be bold and open-minded in our pursuit of solutions to help people transform their lives.

What you'll be doing

We are looking for a Finance Assistant, to provide support to the Financial Accounting and Corporate Finance functions at CHP to enhance the quality of financial management and control.

Support the Financial Accounting and Reporting team along with the Corporate Finance team at CHP to help build and deliver excellent accounting practice, compliance, corporate finance and management accounting services at CHP.
Support the preparation of management accounting reports including cash flows and forecasts, to enable these to be used by CHP Directorates to drive their strategies.
Provide insights and analysis relating to the financial health of CHP.
Investigate specific areas of financial compliance, e.g. meeting VAT requirements, as directed by the Finance leadership team.
Support activities to continuously improve accounting practice, standards and compliance at CHP.

Requirements:

What we're looking for

Educated to minimum level 4 GCSE/O Level at Grade C or above or equivalent;
Experience in a relevant financial role.
Good knowledge of financial legislation and practice.
Ability to work proactively and independently seeking guidance where appropriate.
Excellent IT skills, including advanced Excel.

Wellbeing is a priority for us, and we aim to help our employees achieve a successful work/life balance and have adopted an agile working style.

We host a range of learning activities to develop our people, support their career aspirations and professional qualifications. We encourage employee participation on all levels and we're always open to new ideas or ways of working.

Benefits
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The salary for this post will be £25,900 Per Annum:

Learning and development opportunities
Healthcare cash plan
Robust employee reward and recognition programme
Free and confidential Employee Assistance Programme
CHParticipate volunteering programme
Competitive pension scheme
25 days annual leave per annum, plus bank holidays and 3 extra days between Christmas and New Year.
37 hours per week employees may be able to work flexibly by agreement with their line manager, taking account of business need. We operate a hybrid working policy at CHP.

We value our people and listen to feedback to ensure we are a great place to work and are able to attract and develop the careers of the best talent in the market.