Housing Support Finance Officer
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 29 Hydref 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | £22.36 yr awr |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 28 Tachwedd 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Suffolk, Eastern England |
| Gweithio o bell: | Ar y safle yn unig |
| Cwmni: | SOHL ASSOCIATES LIMITED |
| Math o swydd: | Dros dro |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | SOHLREC666 |
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Main Purpose of Job:
To assist the Housing Support Accountant in the day-to-day operation and administration of the payment functions, ensuring timely payments and compliance with statutory, contractual and audit requirements
Key Responsibilities:
To work with colleagues to ensure that the Council’s medium term financial strategies are delivered and support the Council’s Strategic Plan.
To use professional judgement, skills, and expertise to analyze and interpret financial information and situations, and to give support required by the Housing service area relating to Housing Payables. Identify when consultation with the Housing Support Accountant is required and refer issues as appropriate.
To work co-operatively and collaboratively with staff in the Housing Support Finance team, colleagues across service teams and with external partners and external auditors.
To provide support in all financial aspects of the Housing Payables finance.
To ensure delivery to key deadlines, challenging existing procedures and methodologies
To highlight emerging issues and be proactive in recommending and implementing corrective actions
Key Duties
Invoice & Payment Processing: Manage the Housing Invoices mailbox, process invoices, credit notes, and statements through the accounting system, and ensure accurate coding, approvals, and VAT compliance.
Document Management: Organise, label, and store invoice documentation; split multi-invoice PDFs and maintain accurate digital records for audit and reference.
Purchase Order Administration: Raise, approve, and match purchase orders and goods received notes, ensuring alignment with Orchard/Totalmobile systems and correct vendor usage.
Supplier & Vendor Management: Support vendor setup, verify supplier statements, resolve discrepancies, and liaise with suppliers to address missing or incorrect documentation.
Compliance & Utilities: Process compliance-related service invoices (e.g. fire safety, asbestos) and manage resident and meter details for utility connections.
Recharges & Credit Control: Prepare recharge documentation, raise sales invoices to tenants, and record supporting evidence and correspondence.
Continuous Improvement: Promote best practice in purchase order use, champion change initiatives, and contribute to continuous improvement within the Housing Support Finance Team.
Team Values & Collaboration: Work collaboratively within policies and frameworks, supporting organisational values and maintaining high standards of accuracy, efficiency, and service.
Additional Information
Hours Per Week: 37 Hours
Start Date: 03/11/2025
End Date :24/04/2026
Start Time :09:00
End Time :17:30
To assist the Housing Support Accountant in the day-to-day operation and administration of the payment functions, ensuring timely payments and compliance with statutory, contractual and audit requirements
Key Responsibilities:
To work with colleagues to ensure that the Council’s medium term financial strategies are delivered and support the Council’s Strategic Plan.
To use professional judgement, skills, and expertise to analyze and interpret financial information and situations, and to give support required by the Housing service area relating to Housing Payables. Identify when consultation with the Housing Support Accountant is required and refer issues as appropriate.
To work co-operatively and collaboratively with staff in the Housing Support Finance team, colleagues across service teams and with external partners and external auditors.
To provide support in all financial aspects of the Housing Payables finance.
To ensure delivery to key deadlines, challenging existing procedures and methodologies
To highlight emerging issues and be proactive in recommending and implementing corrective actions
Key Duties
Invoice & Payment Processing: Manage the Housing Invoices mailbox, process invoices, credit notes, and statements through the accounting system, and ensure accurate coding, approvals, and VAT compliance.
Document Management: Organise, label, and store invoice documentation; split multi-invoice PDFs and maintain accurate digital records for audit and reference.
Purchase Order Administration: Raise, approve, and match purchase orders and goods received notes, ensuring alignment with Orchard/Totalmobile systems and correct vendor usage.
Supplier & Vendor Management: Support vendor setup, verify supplier statements, resolve discrepancies, and liaise with suppliers to address missing or incorrect documentation.
Compliance & Utilities: Process compliance-related service invoices (e.g. fire safety, asbestos) and manage resident and meter details for utility connections.
Recharges & Credit Control: Prepare recharge documentation, raise sales invoices to tenants, and record supporting evidence and correspondence.
Continuous Improvement: Promote best practice in purchase order use, champion change initiatives, and contribute to continuous improvement within the Housing Support Finance Team.
Team Values & Collaboration: Work collaboratively within policies and frameworks, supporting organisational values and maintaining high standards of accuracy, efficiency, and service.
Additional Information
Hours Per Week: 37 Hours
Start Date: 03/11/2025
End Date :24/04/2026
Start Time :09:00
End Time :17:30