Homes England
Senior Finance Assistant
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Newcastle upon Tyne, North East England, NE4 5BZ
Job Summary
Working in a team with our Transaction Services Manager, this Analyst role sits within the Finance Operations Team where you will be supporting the Manager and Senior Manager in the delivery of all finance transactional processing activities maintaining accuracy and integrity of financial ledgers.
Our activities play a key role in ensuring the delivery of Homes England's strategic objectives and keeps the frontline operations working effectively.
Job Description
- Organisation and prioritisation of the daily responsibilities and workload of the team.
- Review and validation of processes prior to completion, including journals, payment runs, bank reconciliations and supplier creations.
- Performing reconciliations, investigating and resolving variances, including control accounts, CIS returns, Government Procurement Card expenditure and Property Insurance data.
- Identifying improvements to established procedures and leading discussions to implement improvements.
- Building effective working relationships with other departments to maintain the highest level of service to our customers.
Please note the job title of this role internally is: Transaction Services Analyst
Person Specification
We Are Looking For Someone Who Has
- A high level of finance experience.
- Excellent prioritisation skills, with the ability to balance immediate day-to-day challenges alongside ongoing deadlines.
- A flexible and adaptable attitude with the ability and willingness to work at pace.
- The ability to recognise potential issues and awareness of when they should be flagged to senior colleagues.
- A supportive attitude and willingness to contribute to creating a positive team spirit where colleagues feel valued and respected.
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Benefits
- Holiday: Homes England offers all staff 33 days annual leave per year in addition to 8 statutory bank holidays.
- Working Flexibly: We offer a wide range of potential working patterns, including part time, job share and compressed hours.
- Health and Wellbeing: We offer health screening with Nuffield Proactive Health Clinics, a free Employee Assistance Programme, and access to Occupational Health.
- Professional Development: We pay for one job-related professional membership subscription per year for our employees.
We also offer an excellent range of family friendly benefits, for example, maternity, paternity, shared parental leave.
Selection Process Details
- We would encourage all applicants to apply as soon as possible as we may close vacancies early should we receive a high number of applications.
- We encourage you to apply using the full application option as opposed to quick apply.
- You will be required to have the Right to Work in the UK and Homes England do not offer visa sponsorship.
- Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Security
- Successful candidates must undergo a basic (or equivalent) criminal record check.
- People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard checks.
Nationality Requirements
This Job Is Broadly Open To The Following Groups
- UK nationals
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
- individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
- Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
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Working for the Civil Service
Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
Diversity and Inclusion
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy.
The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction.
Contact Point for Applicants
Job Contact
- Name: Recruitment Team
- Email: Recruitmentinfo@homesengland.gov.uk
Recruitment team
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