Bruntwood
Finance Support Assistant (12 Month FTC)
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Finance Support Assistant (12 Month FTC)
We are commercial property specialists operating across the UK. At Bruntwood, we're committed to offering more than just outstanding office, coworking, retail and lab spaces. Everything we do is tied into our vision of building vibrant communities, whilst providing businesses with the support and expertise they need to grow.
Have a look at these videos to give an insight into who we are:
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Some examples of our varied portfolio include: Bloc, Alderley Park, Circle Square and Ev0
This is a fixed term 12 months contract at our head office in Union which is central Manchester opposite the town hall. The role can be between 25 - 30 hours per week depending on what works for you, however we’re keen for the successful person to work these hours Monday - Friday.
Job purpose:
You’ll work with another Finance Support Assistant. You’ll be the first point of contact for our customers, assessing queries and distributing them to the appropriate department, resolving queries yourself where possible.
You’ll be the crucial coordinator in the transactional finance department, therefore it’s important that you enjoy collaborating with colleagues and building relationships with customers. As well as a good foundation of finance knowledge.
What you’ll be doing:
- Providing professional and effective first line support to external & internal customers by email & telephone for transactional finance
- Record & assign customer queries in our query management software taking a proactive approach to resolve
- Work to resolve tickets within our agreed SLA’s in order to provide our customers with solutions
- Assign complex queries to internal stakeholders when their support is needed to resolve
- Prepare customer refund requests ensuring the correct supporting documentation and approval is provided
- Upload Customer Invoices on to customer portals to ensure prompt payment is received
- Assisting with ad-hoc tasks within Transactional finance when required
- Manage, prioritise and plan own work queue on a daily basis to keep ticket volumes to a minimum
- Build relationships with internal customers & stakeholders who work with you to resolve customer queries
- Follow up on overdue queries with internal stakeholders to ensure these can be resolved promptly
- Send account statements & transaction history requests to customers
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What we’re looking for:
- Previous experience of working in a customer support or help desk environment
- Experience in Transactional Finance would be an advantage, but is not essential
- An excellent communicator and ability to build strong working relationships
- Confident using different IT systems, Google suite & Microsoft office
- A great team player with a can do attitude
We really believe that if you’re brilliant to work with, you deserve brilliant things in return:
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- 28 days holiday plus you get your Birthday off work - and if that’s not enough you can also buy & sell holidays too
- 24 hours a year volunteer time - there are endless opportunities for you to get involved in supporting the causes that matter most to you
- Sabbatical of up to 12 months so you can take a career break after five years with us
- Healthcare cash plan for all colleagues, so you can claim back medical expenses like optical, dentist & physiotherapy. We also offer free private healthcare cover on an opt in basis too
- Life assurance cover for all colleagues
- Up to 8% matched pension scheme
- Discounts & cashback at leading retailers
- Enhanced maternity / shared parental leave - 26 weeks fully paid leave
- Interest free loans to pursue your passions and apply for up to £2000 towards learning a new skill
In addition to what to expect within the role and your benefits, it’s good to know that you’ll be working for a business that gives back - The Oglesby Charitable Trust has donated more than £30m since it started out in 2001. Supporting charities across Arts and Culture, Education, Environment, Medical Research and Social & Health Inequality.
We’ll do our best to get back to you within a week of your application, however if it has been longer than this please feel free to email talent@bruntwood.co.uk for an update.
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