Finance Assistant

Homes England; Newcastle upon Tyne; Híbrido; GBP 30 000 - 42 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

50/50 hybrid working

33 days annual leave

Pension scheme

Employee assistance programme

Resumo da oferta

Homes England in Newcastle upon Tyne is recruiting an Accounts Administrator to support the Transaction Services Team in Finance. You will process high-volume financial transactions, validate supplier/customer records and manage payment runs across ledgers.

The role requires strong Excel skills, attention to detail and the ability to work at pace, with a 50/50 hybrid working model and a focus on timely, accurate ledgers and customer service.

Qualificações

• Confidence in prioritising workloads and ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Strong organisational skills with precise attention to detail.
• Ability to work at pace processing high value transactions accurately.
• Professional, courteous and respectful demeanor at all times.
• Competent Excel skills and ability to extract data from multiple sources.

Responsabilidades

• Process high-volume financial transactions and data within deadlines under controls.
• Manage shared mailboxes and respond to internal/external enquiries.
• Validate and create new supplier and customer records.
• Process daily payment runs for multiple ledgers.
• Allocate bank receipts to customer or general accounts.
• Credit control for all overdue debt.
• Help the team achieve KPI targets.

Conhecimentos

Excel

Data extraction

Prioritising workloads

Organisation

Attention to detail

Work under minimum supervision

High-volume processing

Professional manner

Ferramentas

Microsoft Excel

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Closing Date: 18/10/2026

Interviews will take place in person in the Newcastle upon Tyne office week commencing 26/10/2026

About the role...

With an average annual budget of £6bn, there is a need to ensure that public monies allocated to Homes England group are managed timely, accurately and in line with programme parameters. This role sits within the Transaction Services Team within Finance, and will support the Transaction Services 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.

Key responsibilities will include:

• processing high volume financial transactions and data within deadlines and in accordance with financial controls.
• working as part of a team to manage shared mailboxes and respond to telephone enquiries from internal and external customers, ensuring satisfactory resolution.
• validating and creating new supplier and customer records.
• processing daily payment runs for multiple ledgers.
• allocating all bank receipts to customer or general accounts.
• credit control for all overdue debt.
• working as a team to achieve departmental Key Performance Indicators and targets.

Internally this role is called Accounts Administrator.

About you…

We are looking for someone who has:

• confidence in prioritising workloads and the ability to work under minimum supervision.
• good organisation skills with excellent attention to detail.
• the ability to work at pace. Processing high volume, high value transactions accurately and competently is essential.
• a professional, courteous and respectful manner at all times.
• competent Excel skills and the ability to extract data from multiple sources.

Who are we?

Homes England: The Housing and Regeneration Agency

We believe that affordable, quality homes in well-designed places are key to improving people’s lives. As the government’s housing and regeneration agency, we create thriving new places and transform urban areas, combining the full breadth of our powers, expertise, land, capital and influence to bring investment to communities and get more homes built.

How? We form long-term partnerships that bridge the gap between the public and private sector to meet local needs and aspirations. We use our influence to champion the creation of sustainable homes, communities and places that are brilliantly designed for the people that live there now, and in the future. And we use our funding and support to build a more resilient, diverse and innovative housing sector, helping new entrants in the market, encouraging modern methods of construction and design, and promoting the utmost attention to building safety.

Together with our partners, we’re accelerating the pace of house building, remediation and regeneration across the country, as we seek to deliver ever more affordable homes in places people are proud to call home for generations to come.

What we offer...

As well as a competitive salary and 33 days annual leave, we are committed to 50/50 hybrid working. We’ll support you, wherever possible, so that you don’t miss out on what matters to you.

Membership of the Homes and Communities Agency Pension Scheme, which is a contributory defined benefit scheme with the amount you receive on retirement based on your salary and years worked at the Agency.

Internal applicants: please note that if you are successful, the salary you are offered will be in accordance with our pay policy. You can find details on the HR Hub SharePoint site.

If you ever need a bit of extra help, we have a great employee assistance programme, a wide range of healthcare plans, financial wellbeing support and access to many great discounts with leading high street names.

Our range of network groups are also there to support you to be yourself at work and play a key role in helping shape our future.

If you are a member of a professional body, we’ll pay for your membership and once you get your digital kit, you’ll be good to go.

Homes England are a geographically diverse community. We work to a 50/50 office/ home based model. Moving back into our office environments has enabled us to utilise our space and time together in the most collaborative way.

We’re a diverse team of more than 1,000 professionals spanning 17 professions, helping Homes England to be effective, efficient and deliver for communities.

Our people remain at the heart of everything we do, and we’re committed to building an Agency that not only reflects the diverse communities we serve, but also champions inclusion in how we shape homes and places across the country. For more information about our EDI strategy please see our Homes England equality, diversity and inclusion reports

You will be required to have the Right to Work in the UK and Homes England do not offer visa sponsorship. If your application is shortlisted to interview we will require you to provide proof of your Right to Work in the UK at this stage.

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