Finance Assistant

About the Borough

With a workforce of two hundred colleagues we're small enough to be friendly and large enough to give you scope to develop and progress your career. We are based in Sutton Town Centre with great transport links in and out of London. Our colleagues work and engage with residents in the borough and wider for our private sector colleagues.

At SHP our strength and depth lies primarily in the knowledge, experience and commitment of our colleagues; to deliver excellent services to residents. As a landlord organisation this means enabling families and households to be safe in their homes, sustain their tenancy and lead healthy and rewarding lives.

About the Service and Team

Kickstart Your Finance Career: Finance Assistant Opportunity!

Location: Sutton Gate, Resources

Salary: Band 2

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our team as a Finance Assistant, as the current postholder has been successfully promoted! This is a fantastic chance for someone looking to start a rewarding career in Finance.

About the Role and Our Ideal Candidate

The Role

As our Finance Assistant, you will be the first point of contact for internal and external customers on financial matters and provide vital administrative support to the Finance Team. Your day-to-day work will be key to the efficient running of the department, involving the timely payment of invoices, administration of expenses, and accurate transaction processing for general ledger and customer accounts. Key duties include processing purchase and sales ledger invoices and supporting 1st stage arrears collection.

We are looking for someone with the following Essential Skills & Experience:

• Customer Focused: A solution-based approach to dealing with enquiries.
• Clear Communication: The ability to explain complex financial matters in non-technical terms.
• Accuracy & Efficiency: Accurate and efficient data input skills are a must.
• Organised: Proven ability to effectively manage and prioritise workload to meet performance targets.

Qualifications or Proven Experience:

• Minimum of 5 x GCSE at Grades 9-4 (A*-C) including Maths & English (or equivalent).
• IT Confidence: Confident in the use of IT, particularly spreadsheets.

Our Values:

We are guided by our H.O.M.E. Values: High Performing, One Team, Make it Happen, and Excellent Customer Service. If you are ready to take ownership, collaborate positively, and continuously look for improvements, we encourage you to apply!

Our Offer to You

Colleagues at SHP take pride in delivering our priorities and working in rewarding careers. In turn, we strive to reward them fairly through SHP’s pay and reward systems. Roles are reviewed to ensure pay reflects the responsibilities of the individual in line with our systems.

A good work-life balance is important and our key benefits are:

• Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme (opens in new window) – a career average scheme where employees contribute between 5.5% and 12% . Sutton Housing Partnership contribution rate to your pension is 18.4% from 1 April 2025 .
• Annual leave of either 28 or 33 days per year (depending on the role) plus paid time off on bank holidays.
• Simply Health Cash Plan which allows colleagues to claim cashback on dental, optical, consultations and scans.
• Employee Benefits to include cycle to work scheme and a range of discounts schemes
• Employee Assistance Programme is a confidential, independent, expert provider of employee support services paid for by SHP to help you balance and discuss issues in your work, family and personal life. It is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year
• Investment in your learning and development; My Learning account is set up for every member of staff with access to e-learning modules and Instructor led training. Opportunities for external training that meet both individual and strategic requirements are considered through an application process.

Application Process

Before applying please refer to the job profile and ensure you meet the essential criteria. You will then need to complete the online application form, adding a supporting statement addressing how you meet the criteria outlined in the job profile.

The closing date is given as a guide. We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications has been received, it is strongly advised that you complete and submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

We anonymise all applications received to reduce conscious and unconscious bias enabling every application to be reviewed on the knowledge, skills and experience shown in your application. Our managers are advised to set up interview panels to be diverse to reduce bias, where possible. We are fully committed to removing barriers and enhancing the diversity of our workforce

We guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the advertised role and ensure that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible.

Additional Information

We are proud to be a diverse and welcoming organisation and we strive to create a workforce which reflects the community we serve, and instil a sense of belonging in our staff. We celebrate and respect differences and appreciate the value of having a diverse workforce, therefore we welcome applications from under represented groups.

The UK has a points-based immigration system affecting EU and Non-EU workers and sponsorship requirements. We advise checking the GOV.UK website for right to work guidance. Sponsorship availability varies and is subject to eligibility requirements and budget limitations. As a result, we cannot guarantee sponsorship for all roles and will evaluate sponsorship requests on a case-by-case basis.