Finance Assistant

Eventus Finance are looking for a Finance Assistant to join a highly regarded organisation in Manchester, who are committed to providing safe and affordable housing. This role is four days a week with the option to work a couple of days from home, 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays and genuine opportunities for career progression. In addition, this Finance Assistant job will suit a professional who is studying towards their AAT and can demonstrate a background in bookkeeping or general finance.

Job Responsibilities

The incoming Finance Assistant contributes to strong financial controls, provides timely financial information, and supports the smooth running of day-to-day finance tasks across the organisation. The day-to-day responsibilities in this finance job are to:

• Process supplier invoices, ensuring correct coding, approval, and posting
• Maintain the purchase ledger and resolve invoice queries with internal teams and suppliers
• Prepare weekly/fortnightly/monthly supplier payment runs
• Monitor supplier accounts and reconcile statements
• Raise rent and service charge invoices or assist with rent posting where relevant
• Process income receipts, including rent receipts, grants, and other funding streams
• Chase outstanding debts and support the income recovery processes
• Conduct daily/weekly bank reconciliations
• Post bank transactions to the finance system
• Monitor cashflow and flag variances or concerns to the Finance Officer
• Prepare journals, including accruals, prepayments, and corrections
• Support the month-end and year-end timetable by providing accurate and timely data
• Assist with maintaining fixed asset registers and depreciation schedules
• Assist with collecting and preparing information for budgets and forecasts
• Produce routine financial reports for managers, including spend-to-budget summaries
• Support data entry and analysis for regulatory reporting (e.g., Housing Regulator requirements)
• Keep financial systems and databases accurate and up-to-date
• Maintain organised digital and paper records
• Support the implementation of new finance processes or digital improvements

Person Specification

The successful Finance Assistant will be a competent and collaborative team player with the ability to produce accurate work. In addition, to be successful you will possess the following skills and attributes:

• AAT Level 2 or Level 3 (or working towards) - or equivalent bookkeeping/finance qualification.
• Good GCSEs, including Maths and English (Grade C/4 or above).
• Evidence of ongoing professional development in finance, accounting, or business administration
• Experience working in a finance or accounts assistant role, preferably within a small or medium-sized organisation

Benefits and Rewards

The incoming Finance Assistant will benefit from joining an organisation that invests in its people and provides genuine opportunities for long-term career development. You will receive the following benefits and rewards:

• Hybrid working (3 days office / 1 day remote working from home)
• Competitive salary dependent upon experience
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Christmas office closure
• Auto-enrolment pension scheme
• Regular social and team events
• Collaborative and inclusive firm culture
• Genuine opportunities for progression

About the Firm

This well-established and highly regarded organisation in Manchester will provide an arena to learn, develop and enjoy your role of finance assistant. Additionally, you will be part of a genuinely collaborative and caring workforce who take the work that they are doing seriously and genuinely know that the organisation is making a marked difference in the area that they operate.

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