Assistant Finance Manager (Maternity Cover)

Would you like to work somewhere where you get to make a real difference every day?
We have an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Finance Manager (Maternity Cover) at Advance on a fixed term contract for nine months. Advance is a specialist supported housing association that is on an exciting journey to deliver more services and develop more housing for people with learning difficulties, disabilities and supporting people towards greater independent living.
The role of an Assistant Finance Manager will include:

- Ensuring that the processes for purchase ledger (including P2P) and expenses, direct debit and standing order, and debit/credit card operate efficiently and accurately, and that accurate bank reconciliations are completed on a timely and efficient basis.
- For more information about what the role involves please see attached Job Description
- To advise Senior Housing Managers on how they use the performance information to improve the efficiency and in producing financial forecasts.
- To provide information to Housing Managers on performance against targets for component replacement programme. This will include a comparison of actual cost to target price and the impact on budgets.
- To provide expert advice and support to Property Services officers and Administrators on allocation of jobs and services, monitoring allocation of costs.
- To assist Senior Housing Managers in monitoring their budgets ensuring expenditure is controlled in accordance with the budget, procedures, levels of delegated authority and financial control/audit requirements.
- To support the Head of Property Services in creating an annual budget, including direct, indirect costs and overheads.
- Responsibility for the co-ordination of the overall annual budget for Property Services for the provision of services carried out by external contractors.
- Ensuring Advance's quarterly VAT return is completed accurately and on time.
- Ensuring monthly bank reconciliations are completed accurately and on time.
- Line Management of the Purchase Ledger Supervisor and Housing Assistant Accountant.

Must have effective interpersonal and communication skills

- Must have experience of working in the housing sector

- Able to communicate verbal and written

- Must have the ability to be completely self motivated and self- organised

- Able to work as part of a team

- Must have experience of analysing and manipulating complex sets of data

- Must have the experience of working effectively with internal and external partners

- Must share Advance's PRIDE Values, Disability Confident
About Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.

Advance is a national, not-for-profit provider of housing and support services for people with disabilities and mental health conditions. Our vision is to transform lives; providing the best quality housing and support services so that people can live the lives they choose, achieve their personal goals, feel valued and know their voices are heard.

We recognise that our people are our greatest asset and we're passionate about making Advance a great place to work. We invest in our staff, providing the training and support you need to succeed in your role, gain industry-recognised qualifications and realise your career aspirations.
We are an equal opportunities employer who values its staff and the difference they make to their customers. There is no place for racism or discrimination of any kind in Advance. As an organisation, we will not tolerate it. We are firmly committed to recruiting the best colleagues regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation and to supporting customers from similarly diverse backgrounds.
All newly appointed staff receive an induction, during which they will learn about our PRIDE values, our expectations of how they should treat our customers and our commitments in relation to how they will be treated as a member of staff.
Benefits of working for Advance:
We value our staff and the difference they make to the lives of our customers, which is why we offer the following benefits:

- Paid holiday (from 25 days up to 30 days with long service in addition to bank holidays, pro rata for part time hours)
- Sector specific training is provided as part of induction plus opportunities for professional development
- Access to Perks at Work where you can obtain great discounts of cinema tickets, shopping vouchers and much more
- Long service awards payable in 5 year increments
- Golden Hello/refer a friend receive up to £500
- Cycle to work scheme
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
- Free DBS (Disclosures and Barring Service)
- Excellent opportunities to progress your career within Advance
- Enrolment in a pension scheme with matched contributions above the statutory minimum (if you work enough hours to meet the threshold for enrolment)

Advance is regulated by the Regulator of Social Housing and the Care Quality Commission and we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the people we support. You will be required to provide evidence of right to work. An enhanced DBS disclosure will be required for this role, the cost of which will be covered by Advance.
We value diversity and therefore welcome applications from everyone interested in working at Advance. We are a Disability Confident Leader.
Advance Housing & Support Ltd reserves the right to close this job once sufficient applications have been received.
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