Hours: 20 or more hours
To assist the finance team in all aspects of accounting for this trust, this includes; handling petty cash, accounts payable, accounts receivable and rents.
The successful candidate must be accurate with an eye for detail and computer literate.
Minimum 1 years experience in similar role.
Based in Derby, this Finance Assistant role will report to the Finance Team Leader providing these services in an effective and efficient manner.
Responsibilities:
- To ensure all relevant information is input on the ledgers, cashbook, petty cash system and computerised accounts system to agreed procedures and in accordance with reporting deadlines.
- To process the day to day accounts, including checking and processing invoices, dealing with council tax and TV license letters, 3rd party deductions, preparing payments, writing cheques, raising invoices, checking and processing monies received, completing paying in books, taking monies to the bank as necessary and collecting income to bank from other offices etc.
- Liase with external agencies
- Prepare and process weekly voids.
- Deal with Housing Benefit issues, including HB statements.
- To process, complete and maintain landlord payments, remittances and account logs.
- Maintain information systems for recording of rent in advance (RIA) and rental deposits spreadsheet.
- Prepare the weekly bank reconciliation.
- Provide financial assistance for the Company and support the Financial Services Deputy Director with all finance matters, including the preparation of reports, statistics and information for Heads of Service, Directors and Funders utilising IT facilities as appropriate.
- Input into property manager.
- Processing income onto accounting system
- Keep rent and domestic accounts up to date. Update arrears weekly onto spreadsheets.
- Prepare monthly accruals list for management accounting purposes.
- Prepare and process annual accruals for income and expenditure in accordance with year end timetable.
- Assist with the maintenance and updating of the Finance Procedures in policies and procedures as agreed.
- Order goods and services as appropriate.
- Assist with processing of rent accounting
Remuneration packages commensurate with level of experience
All candidates must be prepared to undergo a DBS check