West Kent Housing Association
Finance Manager - Transactions

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Finance Manager - Transactions (£62,911 per annum, full-time)
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We are looking for an ambitious and driven Finance Manager to lead our Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable (Income and Cash) teams, ensuring excellent financial control, outstanding customer service and continuous improvement.
This is a high-profile leadership role where you'll combine technical expertise with people leadership, helping shape the future of our finance function while supporting the delivery of homes and services that make a real difference to our communities.
What You'll Do
- Lead and develop high-performing AP, AR (Income and Cash) teams.
- Drive efficient, accurate and compliant transaction processing.
- Own key reconciliations, month-end close activities and cash management processes.
- Deliver process improvements, automation and value for money initiatives.
- Develop meaningful KPIs and performance reporting.
- Build strong relationships with stakeholders, auditors, customers and suppliers.
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About You
- CCAB qualified accountant.
- Experienced in leading transactional finance teams.
- Strong knowledge of financial controls, reconciliations and VAT.
- Advanced Excel and ERP systems experience.
- A natural leader who enjoys improving processes and developing people.
Why join us?
At West Kent, you'll have the opportunity to influence change, improve processes, and lead a vital function within a values-driven organisation. If you're looking for a role where you can make a visible impact, develop a great team and drive operational excellence, we'd love to hear from you.
Join us and help deliver financial excellence that supports thriving communities.
About Us
At West Kent we’re passionate about the role a housing association can play in society and believe the values of an organisation are what makes it special. Our vision is to deliver places to live and space to grow for our current and future residents.


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Our values guide us to how we do things from delivering on our promises, working with honesty, integrity, and flexibility, showing compassion and self-awareness, as well as a commitment to learning and equally important working hard and having fun.
Benefits
We offer a great package - generous pension and life cover, health cash plan, flexible leave package which includes an additional three days leave for our Christmas closure, paid time off to volunteer and an annual grant to support your wellbeing. Please see our website for more details about our benefits package.
Location
The role will be based in our Sevenoaks office. We offer a flexible approach to hybrid working, with employees attending the office twice a week.
Application Information
We will only consider applications with a full CV and completed application form.
Advert Closing Date: 5pm on 31 August 2026
Interview Date: 22 September 2026
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