Job Title: Finance Administrator
Location: Peterborough
Salary: £26,000 per year (+ Loyalty Bonus)
Job type: Permanent, Full time.
The Role:
Westone Housing Ltd are a building and property conversion and repair company based in Peterborough. Using our own employed trades and approved contractors Westone carries out property reinstatement and rebuild services in the insurance industry plus conversions and improvements in both residential and commercial property markets.
We are seeking an experienced and enthusiastic Finance Administrator to join our existing team based in Peterborough. You will be working in the Admin & Accounts team managed by Westone’s Head of Commercial – Ellen Lambert. The role is required due to business growth and to ensure financial control of WIP and completed projects.
Key Responsibilities and Duties:
- Ability to find solutions to debt issues and resolving queries with clients.
- Resolving queries both internally and externally around invoices.
- Monthly financial reporting including generating monthly P & L.
- Processing invoices and receipts.
- Producing monthly payment runs.
- Bank reconciliation.
- Maintaining auditable financial records.
- Scanning, filing and logging account documents.
- Enabling and processing invoices.
- Updating computerised accounting systems.
- Providing data to support decision making.
- Working as part of a small team you will be expected to take a share of the overall office responsibilities such as managing petty cash and sundries, filing systems, telephone answering, post handling etc.
Key Competencies:
- Ability to establish and maintain good client relationships, both internally and externally at all levels.
- Ability to reconcile complex accounts and have excellent attention to detail.
- Competence in Microsoft Office products.
- Calm, confident manner to handle potentially uncomfortable conversations.
- Organisational skills.
- Problem analysis and problem solving skills.
- Self-motivated, team player.
- Strong personality and ability to communicate confidently at all levels with a win win mind set.
Desirable Experience and Requirements:
- The successful candidate will require experience of working with SAGE and a good knowledge of accounting procedures and principles.
- Experience working in Xero is desirable.
- You will need to be able to work efficiently to deadlines when paying and send invoices.
- You will need excellent written and spoke English and be highly IT literate especially in excel.
- Professional telephone handling manner.
- The Successful Candidate will be reliable, organised and efficient with a calm approach to working under pressure with a keen eye for detail and accuracy.
Benefits:
- Company events
- Company pension
- Discounted or free food
- Employee discount
- On-site parking
- Sick pay
- Wellness programmes
Please click on the APPLY button to send your CV and Cover Letter for this role.
Candidates with experience of: Accounts Assistant, Accounts Clerk, Finance Clerk, Bookkeeper, Credit Controller, Finance Assistant, Payment Processing, Purchase Ledger, Assistant Accountant, Financial Administrator, Accounts Admin, Finance Support, Assistant Credit Controller, Credit Control, Junior Accountant, Cash Flow Reporting may also be considered for this role.
