Our client is a growing SME not for profit organisation. Due to a restructure there is an opening for a Finance Assistant to join this friendly, supportive team. There is both hybrid working and flexible hours. The role is responsible for rent accounting, sales ledger receipts and utility invoice postings as well as investigating and resolving utility supply arrears with utility companies and third-party debt collection agents. Core duties include: * Use the daily bank receipts listings to identify rent and utility receipts to be posted into the Housing Management system * Use the daily bank receipts listings to identify sales ledger receipts to be posted into the Financial Management system * Obtain Housing Benefit remittance advices, customer remittance advices and other supporting information as required to enable correct allocation of rent and utility receipts within the Housing Management system, and customer receipts within the Financial Management system * Actively investigate unknown receipts by raising with colleagues and/or the payer, so that the transaction can be properly recorded * Prepare and distribute month-end reports showing the total amount of rent accounting income that has not been posted to the Housing Management system, with explanations * Monitor and act upon all postal communications relating to utility supplies, including regular monthly invoices, arrears letters and third-party debt collection agent actions * Submit weekly listings of invoices that are not paid by direct debit for authorisation * Post all invoices (including those paid by direct debit) onto the relevant supplier account in the Financial Management system * Ensure all utility supplier accounts within the Financial Management system are up to date and accurate * Contact utility suppliers for missing invoices and the return of credit balances as required * Contact relevant colleagues to obtain meter readings in respect of any supplies that have not already been provided within the previous quarter * Submit meter readings to utility suppliers based on information provided by colleagues * Contact utility suppliers to arrange switches in the bill payer as required in response to voids and new properties being acquired, and actively monitor and follow-up progress in each instance * Support the wider Finance team as required with sales ledger, purchase ledger & rent accounting postings * Act in accordance with the organisation’s values at all times