Finance Technician (AAT, Officer, Assistant, Administrator) STOC48869

Our client is an innovative, modern arms-length housing organisation (ALMO), created in October 2005 employing approximately 540 staff and managing 11,500 properties across the borough of Stockport.

They are recognised as a Sunday Times Top 100 ‘Best Places to work in the Public Sector’ employer, has been awarded Investors in People (Gold) status and are also thrilled to have been named UK’s Top Landlord after winning the 24Housing magazine vote.

Due to continued growth within the business and to support the furtherance of their key aims, the exciting new position of Finance Technician has been created within the Corporate Finance Team. 

Committed and enthusiastic, the Finance Technician will provide a high quality financial processing, calculation and evaluation service to The Group; ensuring the timely and accurate input of financial data to the company’s financial system as well as the calculation and reconciliation of financial information.

AAT qualified or actively working towards this, you will provide technical support, performing accurate and timely reconciliations of balance sheet items to include payroll deductions, VAT, CIS tax deducted, cash book and petty cash.  You will also be responsible for completing statutory returns in line with procedures and regulations and for processing payments.

With a clear understanding and knowledge of double entry book keeping and a significant understanding of the various accounting functions of a business organisation, you will demonstrate good practical skills in using Microsoft Office Applications including Outlook, Word and Excel and a background of financial systems. Able to perform balance sheet reconciliations and ensure discrepancies are investigated and corrected, you should be capable of preparing and presenting clear and accurate financial information and of reconciling large volumes of financial data and identifying errors.

Interview date: Thursday 8^th June 2017

All posts offer attractive conditions of service and a range of employee benefits including a commitment to personal development, work life balance and a genuine commitment to embrace diversity for employees and customers.

Our client is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.

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