Finance Assistant - Receivables

Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading housing association is seeking a Finance Assistant to manage rental income records in Farringdon, London. This full-time role requires proficiency in rent accounting and finance software such as Northgate and Oracle. Ideal candidates will have strong numeracy skills and effective communication abilities. The position offers numerous benefits, including hybrid working options and extensive training opportunities. Join a progressive team committed to equality and sustainability.

Benefits

28 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Enhanced pension contributions

Health cash plan scheme

Career progression opportunities

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Experience using rent accounting systems.
• Ability to plan and organize workload.
• Team player capable of building strong relationships.

Responsibilities

• Ensure rental income is accurately recorded on the finance system.
• Post income to resident rent accounts in a timely manner.
• Reconcile records with bank statements promptly.

Skills

Numeracy

Communication

Data entry accuracy

Financial IT packages

Excel

Tools

Northgate

Oracle

Job description

Finance Assistant - Receivables - full-time, 6-month fixed term contract (37.5 hours)

Salary: £32,699 - £34,420

Location: Farringdon, London

This role is suitable for MTVH's flexible working policy

This role:

This is an excellent opportunity for someone who has experience in using rent accounting systems (Northgate) and finance accounting systems (Oracle) or any similar software to join an exciting and innovative Finance team. The role reports to the Assistant Income Manager or Senior Income Assistant. The overall responsibility is to ensure all sources of rental income are recorded accurately on MTVH's finance accounting system, posted to the resident rent accounts in the housing management system promptly and accurately, and reconciled with bank statements in a timely manner.

What you'll need to succeed

• A good standard of numeracy and literacy is essential.
• Able to plan and organise own workload to meet targets and deadlines and be flexible in approach.
• A good team player and communicator to build strong working relationships with colleagues.
• Good technical competency in coding, posting and reconciliation.
• Previous experience of high volume data entry with speed and accuracy.
• Good working knowledge of financial IT packages and Excel.

What you need to do now:

If you’re interested in this role, please look at the attached Job Description for more details and if it’s the ideal job for you, click ‘apply now’ to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV.

Key Dates:

In‑person interviews to be scheduled week commencing Monday 12 January 2026.

We do not currently offer visa sponsorship.

What’s in it for you?

Our benefits include:

• 28 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays (pro rata for part time) per year
• 2 volunteering days per year for local community work
• One additional ‘Beliefs Day’ per year to have an extra day off
• Supported family‑friendly approach with extended parental leave
• Enhanced pension with matched contributions of up to 9%
• Option to buy or sell up to 5 days annual leave per year
• Life assurance cover 3 × your salary
• Cycle2Work scheme
• Hybrid working – dependent on job role and department
• Health cash plan scheme for everyday healthcare needs (you can add family members)
• Tenancy deposit – interest‑free loan to help with rental deposits and season ticket loan
• Access to extensive learning and training opportunities with the Wisebox platform
• Colleague virtual social platform with our workplace pages where you can stay up to date with organisational activity and link in with colleagues
• Career progression across the organisation with mentoring/coaching programmes, apprenticeships and career planning support
• Employee Assistance Programme – we are committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues and support this as an organisation

About us

We are committed to developing and implementing or maintaining sustainability initiatives to reduce environmental impact and promote sustainable practices within MTVH.

Our promise

Here at Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing (MTVH) we want to capture the value that difference brings and are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We work collaboratively ‘Serving people better every day’ to educate, support and develop all of our diverse employees and the communities that we serve. We are also part of the disability confident employer scheme.

We want every employee and every customer to feel comfortable enough to be their true self and are working tirelessly in the background to create an environment that encourages our employees to challenge non‑inclusive behaviours and to be mindful of their own and others’ wellbeing.

We provide a platform of network groups for employees to share views, tell us what we’re doing well and recommend improvements. Our network groups are:

• Gender
• Ethnicity
• LGBTQ+
• Disability

Our core values of Dare, Care and Collaborate demonstrate that we are a people‑focused business, solving social issues by working together!

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a suitable candidate is found so we do encourage you to complete the application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

For a full breakdown of company benefits, please see the attached Benefits Digital Booklet: https://view.pagetiger.com/bksiskh/001