Finance Officer - Payments and Receipts

Finance Officer – Payments and Receipts - 36.25 Hours

We own and manage around 12,500 homes within the Borough of Rochdale in Greater Manchester. We are the largest provider of affordable housing in the Borough and take very seriously our responsibility for supporting the people who live in our homes and communities to live well and thrive.

Our core purpose is to be a provider of quality homes and services to our customers who live across the towns and villages of the Borough of Rochdale. Our role in making places and building a sense of community through the provision of homes and services is at the heart of our mission.

Our primary focus is on providing warm homes in safe communities where people want to live and raise their families. We're excited to see the changes that will be delivered over time for our customers, and we'd love to hear from people who want to join us and help us to deliver those improvements.

We are currently looking to recruit a Finance Officer to join our Finance Team.

As part of a busy Finance team, you will deliver a full financial support service to the Society. Key duties include:

1. Provision of an invoice processing service
2. Reconciling supplier statements to the creditors ledger
3. Chasing invoices to ensure timely processing of documents
4. Training users on the Finance systems
5. Processing petty cash claims along with associated audits
6. Raising invoices for Sundry Debtors
7. Answering customer queries
8. Banking of income
9. Taking payments & processing direct debit payment runs

If you are a good team worker with the ability to communicate well, work accurately and on your own initiative, possess excellent skills in the use of computerised systems and Microsoft Office applications, and can work efficiently and effectively to meet deadlines, then we’d welcome an application from you. Further details are outlined in the Job Profile.

What's in it for you?

As an RBH employee, you will receive a range of fantastic benefits, including:

• SMART working arrangements
• Holiday entitlement – 30 days holiday plus all UK bank holidays, with an additional 5 days after completion of five years’ service. Part-time employees will receive a pro-rata entitlement.
• Ability to purchase up to an additional 5 days leave per year.
• A quality defined contribution pension scheme, with salary exchange and RBH matches your contributions up to 8%
• Healthcare – automatic enrolment into a health care cash plan, covering optical and dental costs, consultation fees and physio to name but a few.
• Access to our Employment Assistance Programme with a 24-hour confidential counselling support for both personal and work-related issues.
• Plus, many more.