Finance Assistant - Manchester, United Kingdom - Page Personnel - UK

Page Personnel - UK

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Manchester, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

A permanent, full time remote Finance Assistant role, with occasional travel;

Offering a salary of £29,910.59, with great progression opportunities available;

About Our Client:

Housing Ombudsman Service are a non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. They currently employ around 120 people, with plans to grow exponentially throughout 2023.

The Housing Ombudsman Service is set up by law to look at complaints about the housing organisations that are registered with them.

Their service is free, independent and impartial.

There are three key external service areas: Dispute support, Dispute resolution and Insight and development.

The Finance Assistant's key responsibilities will include, but may not be limited to;

Support raising manual journals on accruals, prepayment and other balance sheet codes to ensure accurate capture of all financial activities.
Support monthly bank reconciliations, resolution and clearing of all differences, suspense entries, on a daily/weekly/monthly basis in order to maintain quality standards.
Support and assist in the annual external yearend audit and liaise appropriately with the external auditors and engage relevant stakeholders.
Support promoting and guiding financial governance to the wider stakeholders on the finance processes.
Supporting stakeholders on the relevant finance systems i.e. Oracle requisition and PO.
Ensure delivery of high volume, diverse and complex range of bookkeeping accounting activities to set deadlines.
Provides support and backup to relevant colleagues across wide range of activities, particularly in ensuring effective financial probity.
Professional competencies as identified; compliance with statutory/departmental/HOS requirements; values of HOS; objective timescales as agreed.
Maintains records of financial transactions by establishing accounts; posting transactions; ensure legal requirements compliance.
Utilise working knowledge and experience of using Oracle Fusion to support month end management account production.
Compiling the month end work
Production of timely and accurate monthly financial statements

The Successful Applicant:

In order to be shortlisted for the role, you must demonstrate the below;

AAT qualified (or an equivalent accounting qualification).
Experience maintaining records of financial transactions by establishing accounts; posting transactions; and ensuring compliance with legal requirements.
Proven experience of managing systems to account for financial transactions; defining bookkeeping policies and procedures.
Experience of balancing general ledger by preparing a trial balance; reconciling entries.
Excellent organisation and prioritisation skills.
Ability to use own initiative and taking action.
Ability to work collaboratively with the team and internal/external stakeholders.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Experience with Oracle Fusion or similar Accounting softwares.

What's on Offer:

A permanent, full time Finance Assistant role;
Great progression opportunities as the organisation continues to grow;
A salary of £29,910.59 per annum;
Remote working with occasional requirement to attend the Manchester office, plus occasional events in London;
Great benefits including;
25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
Christmas closure days
Flexible working
Annual health check
Free onsite Gym membership
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