Finance Officer Paddington, England
Job description
Finance Officer - Income
Contract – 6 month contract – Chance of extension based on performance
Location – Hybrid working. Wednesday required in the Paddington Office
Salary -£28-29,000
A2Dominion is a residential property group with a social purpose to improve people’s lives. While we take a commercial approach to housebuilding, we reinvest all our profits into building more new homes and supporting the communities in which we work.
We’re a strong player in our field and we’re part of the G15, a group of the largest housing providers in London. We’re proud of our commitment to our customers. In the role of Finance Officer we want you to bring your knowledge and experience to play your part in improving people’s lives.
As a Finance Officer at A2 Dominion, you will be responsible for providing a high quality processing service for rental income streams.
More about the role:
- Posting all rental income receipts in a timely manner. This includes processing Standing Orders, Bank Giro Credits, Housing Benefits payments, Direct Debits, Allpay.
- Posting of tenant adjustments (e.g. Write-Offs, Rent debit/credit Adjustments, Tenant Refunds, Housing Benefit Overpayments, Completion monies, Court Costs, Compensation etc.), journal creations and entries to the accounting systems to ensure tenant accounts are accurate and up to date.
- To be responsible for Direct Debits (DD) collections and maintenance of DD records in line with the Group’s procedures and policies.
- To ensure the creation and transmission of BACS files are in accordance the Group’s agreed collection dates, contractual obligations and BACS timetable.
- To be responsible for the daily, weekly and monthly control processes, such as tenancy movements and housing system/finance accounting system interface and related intercompany postings.
- Resolving customer queries promptly, including liaison with A2D Operational teams, residents, banks, Local Authorities and 3rd party providers as required.
- To continually review and recommend process improvements and comply with recommendations from Internal and External Audit Reviews.
More about you
- Educated to GCSE level or equivalent in Maths and English (Grades A*- C)
- Advanced knowledge of Excel, Word and Outlook and ability to learn new software
- High level of attention to details
- Experience of processing high volume transactions
- Excellent interpersonal skills
Choosing us is easy
We support our people and help you feel like you belong. We’ll invest in your learning and development, provide a competitive salary and a great range of benefit packages as well as the flexibility to balance your working and home lives.
Everyone is welcome at A2Dominion Group, and we’re proud to be an employer that champions a diverse and inclusive culture. We retained our Gold Investors in People accreditation, as well as our Health and Wellbeing Good Practice Award in November 2020. We were praised for doing a fantastic job of supporting, nurturing and enabling our people to give their best.
If you’ve read about this opportunity and are excited about working for us, but you’re not sure if you’re 100% confident with your experience – we’d still love to hear from you! Just make an application and we’ll be in touch from there. We welcome all applications regardless of race, gender, ethnicity, or sexual orientation.
Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract, Graduate
Contract length: 6 months
Salary: £28,000.00-£29,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Additional leave
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Referral programme
- Work from home
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
- No weekends
