Finance Officer

London Borough of Sutton; Greater London; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

26–32 days annual leave

Bank holidays included

Flexible working

London Living Wage employer

Pension scheme

Cycle to work

Job summary

The London Borough of Sutton is seeking a Finance Officer within the Income and Finance Team to manage rent accounts and invoicing for clients in Emergency Accommodation. You will process invoices, raise rent in advance invoices, and assist with year-end tasks.

Experience in a similar finance role and proficiency with accounting software are essential. The role offers a collaborative environment and opportunities to develop your financial skills within a supportive council setting.

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar finance role – essential.
• Experience using accounting software – essential.
• Year end processes including accruals and purchase orders – essential.
• Strong mathematical skills – desirable.
• Some knowledge of Housing – desirable.

Responsibilities

• Invoice processing – reconciling monthly supplier invoices to a database.
• Purchase Orders for nightly paid accommodation and ad hoc requests.
• Raise invoices for rent in advance and arrange repayment plans.
• Account reconciliations.
• Year end closing including accruals, etc.

Skills

Finance experience

Accounting software

Year end processes

Mathematics

Housing knowledge

Job description

Salary Basis Per annum

Leave Entitlement 28 days

Application Deadline 09/09/2026, 23:55

Anticipated Interview Date(s) 03/09/2026

About the Borough

The London Borough of Sutton is situated less than 30 minutes by train from Central London, with direct connections to London Victoria and London Bridge. Found in zone 5 with good transport links in and out of London, Sutton boasts award winning parks and open spaces, low crime rates, affordable housing and great schools. As well as high levels of resident engagement and satisfaction, providing quality services and success in addressing our financial challenges, whilst involving residents in key issues and high street changes.

Sutton is continuously investing in the health, wellbeing and education of our residents and the future generation, as set out in the “Ambitious for Sutton” corporate plan. We are home to the Royal Marsden Hospital and the Institute of Cancer Research. Together with the development of the London Cancer Hub, Sutton will be the world’s leading life-science district, specialising in cancer research and treatment. Our vision will create around 13,000 jobs while contributing £1.2bn to the UK economy each year, a vibrant community of scientists, doctors and innovative companies intended to deliver real benefits for cancer patients and drive economic growth. With the regeneration of the local areas with new homes and schools, Sutton is passionate about working closely with our residents and vulnerable groups to help them maintain their independence and create a balance between support and independent living.

The Council is seen as a driving force within the South London Partnership of five outer south west London boroughs focused on strategic growth, regeneration and investment. As we strive to improve our services and spaces for our residents as set out in the ‘Ambitious for Sutton’ corporate plan, Sutton aims to shape the future of the borough and adapt to the needs of its residents to make our Borough a great place to live, work and raise a family.

About the Role and our Ideal Candidate

• Invoice processing - reconciling monthly supplier invoices to a data base ensuring that we are billed correctly for all clients placed dealing with suppliers and resolving issues identified
• Purchase Orders for both the nightly paid accommodation and ad hoc as requested across the Housing Advice Service
• Working with the lettings Team to raise invoices for rent in advance and arranging repayment plans
• Account reconciliations
• Year end closing including Accruals etc

About you

• Experience of working within a similar finance role - Essential
• Experience using accounting software - Essential
• Year End Processes -inc Accruals and Purchase Orders Essential
• Strong mathematical skills - Desirable
• Some knowledge of Housing Desirable

About Us

The Income and Finance Team is structured as a Team Leader with 3 Income Officers and 1 Finance Officer. The Income Officers are responsible for the management of all rent accounts for clients placed into Emergency Accommodation including progressing all arrears actions as per the policies and procedures. This includes income collection to set KPIs for the accommodations covered by the team. The Finance Officer is responsible for invoice processing, raising of rent in advance invoices,prevention payment requests and assisting in the year end functions, recording of payments from various budget streams.

Our Offer To You

As an organisation that values and nurtures talent, we’re committed to helping you fulfil your potential and will offer you a supportive, friendly and collaborative environment to grow and develop your career and skills. We’re constantly striving to improve our ways of working so putting your ideas across however big or small; will be fully encouraged and supported by your colleagues and our dynamic and experienced management team.

Employees have access to a wide range of benefits to enable staff to achieve a work life balance, some of which include:

• A generous annual leave entitlement of 26-32 days plus bank holidays (pro-rata if part-time working hours apply) depending on service and grade
• Enhanced Maternity, paternity, shared parental, adoption and dependents leave
• Two volunteering days per year
• Flexible Working - Smarter Working Scheme (dependent on the role)
• Adjustable and agile working arrangements using Google Chromebooks
• Learning and development portal offering a range of courses
• Discounts on a range of local shops, restaurants, gyms and leisure centres
• Interest free season ticket loans
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• Bicycle loan facilities and cycle to work scheme
• Electric vehicle leasing schemeConfidential health & wellbeing and counselling support

Additional Information

We are proud to be a diverse and welcoming Borough and we strive to create a workforce which reflects the community we serve, and instil a sense of belonging in our staff. We celebrate and respect differences and appreciate the value of having a diverse workforce, therefore we welcome applications from under represented groups.

To support our workers and their families we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, staff engagement forums and inclusive staff networks who help drive our diversity agenda.

We are also proud to be a disability confident employer and guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria for a role. As an accredited London Living Wage Employer all our employees are guaranteed the London Living Wage regardless of their length or type of contract.

The UK has a points-based immigration system affecting EU and Non-EU workers and sponsorship requirements. We advise checking the GOV.UK website for right to work guidance. Sponsorship availability varies and is subject to eligibility requirements and budget limitations. As a result, we cannot guarantee sponsorship for all roles and will evaluate sponsorship requests on a case-by-case basis.