Finance Officer - Payroll and Banking

Transform Housing & Support; Leatherhead; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

Transform Housing & Support in Leatherhead is seeking a Finance Officer – Payroll and Banking to ensure colleagues are paid accurately and on time while managing banking functions and treasury activities. The role requires strong payroll knowledge, attention to detail, and solid Excel skills.

You will liaise with HMRC, pension providers and external bodies, while maintaining ledgers, performing daily reconciliations and providing management information as needed.

Qualifications

• Strong technical knowledge of payroll processes and legislation.
• Attention to detail and excellent interpersonal skills.
• Experience in a similar role for a company with 100+ employees.
• Intermediate Excel and Microsoft Office; Cascade knowledge desirable.

Responsibilities

• Ensure staff are paid correctly and on time and act as first point of contact for queries from staff and partners.
• Liaise with HMRC, pension providers and external organisations.
• Manage banking functions including daily reconciliations and up-to-date ledgers; collate credit card returns and provide management information.
• Support wider finance activities including banking, cash flow and treasury management.

Skills

Payroll knowledge

Attention to detail

Interpersonal skills

Excel

Cascade

Team player

Organisational skills

Communication

Treasury / banking

Tools

Cascade

Microsoft Office

Job description

Finance Officer - Payroll and Banking

Location: Leatherhead

Job Type: Full time

Salary: £34,000.00 p.a.

Hours: 37 hours per week

About us

We're a place where people make a difference to clients, feel valued and are supported. We have a strong sense of social responsibility, and our values, respect, empowerment, responsibility and excellence, guide everything we do.

We believe that everyone should be able to live independent and fulfilling lives. We provide housing and support for many socially excluded and vulnerable people across Surrey, in parts of Berkshire, West Sussex and the London Borough of Sutton.

About the role

You will be responsible for ensuring that your colleagues are paid correctly and on time and be the first point of call for queries from staff and our partners (statutory bodies and pension companies etc.).

The position will involve liaising with HMRC, pension companies and other external organisations.

You will be managing our banking functions, including daily reconciliations, following up on queries and ensuring the ledgers are up to date. This will include collating credit card returns and providing management information where necessary.

About you

• A strong technical knowledge of payroll processes and legislation.
• A real eye for detail and excellent interpersonal skills.
• Proven experience in a similar role for a company with 100+ employees.
• An intermediate level of Excel and other Microsoft Office software. Knowledge of Cascade would be highly desirable.
• Experience of working on your own but also being a team player
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities
• Ability to communicate effectively with all colleagues and outside agencies.
• Support the wider finance activities such as banking, cash flow and treasury management.

Why work at Transform

We want to make sure our people have the flexibility they need to balance their personal lives and do well at work. So, we focus on outputs rather than presenteeism and are open to a whole range of ways of working including flexible hours and working from home where possible.

Our benefits are great too:

• Defined contribution pension scheme
• 28 days annual leave per annum, plus bank holiday (pro rata for part time)
• The opportunity to buy or sell up to five days annual leave per holiday year (pro rata for part time)
• Through our benefits platform access to wide range of discounts on everyday spends.

Other stuff you need to know

At Transform we celebrate diversity and know that it is critical for our success. We work hard to make sure we're inclusive. So, if you are great at what you do and share our values, we want to hear from you.

If you need any adjustments made to the application or selection process so you can do your best, let us know. We will be happy to help.