Finance Officer - Temporary
Based at Ashington
Salary: £25,947.00 per annum
Hours: Full time 37 per week, Monday to Friday
Contract: Fixed term, Temporary – 6 months
Closing Date: 12-Noon 8th October 2025.
We are seeking an enthusiastic and dedicated Finance Officer to support the smooth running of our accounts payable processes. The role will involve handling day-to-day tasks, working closely with colleagues to ensure financial records are accurate and compliant with policies and procedures.
About the Finance Officer Role
This role will involve:
1. Interacting with suppliers, customers and internal departments regarding financial matters
2. Processing supplier invoices, reconciling statements and responding to queries.
3. Managing mailbox traffic – prioritising and organising the flow of emails, ensuring urgent and important communications are addressed promptly.
4. Supporting weekly and month-end processes and maintaining accurate financial records and filing systems
5. Building strong working relationships to support the delivery of timely financial services.
Your Experience
Successful candidates will need:
Essential:
6. Previous experience in an accounts or finance support role
7. Confident working with numbers with an ability to spot errors
8. Well organised, able to manage deadlines and handle multiple responsibilities
9. Clear and professional communication skills, both written and verbal.
10. Familiarity with Microsoft Office products, including Excel and Teams.
11. Basic accounting knowledge – understanding invoices, debits, credits, reconciliations, resolving account discrepancies etc.
Desirable:
12. Minimum of 2 years in a similar role
13. Working knowledge of one or more of SunSystems / Onbase / QL financial management systems
14. Ability to suggest or implement process improvements.
Role Benefits:
15. 28 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) for full time employees; pro-rata to part time
16. Working from home up to 2 days per week, if relevant to the role.
17. Health cash plan membership so you can save money by claiming cash back – over £1000 each year - towards essential healthcare such as dental, optical, physio and loads more. We’ll also cover the costs of including any dependent children in the scheme – up to the age of 21 or 24 if in full time education – that you may have.
18. Access to savings on gym memberships plus cash back and discounts on purchases from major retailers including supermarkets, travel, cinema and more.
19. Generous pension scheme
Please note you may be required to drive for business, if this forms a requirement of the role. If this is required, you will be required to hold a current and valid driving licence.
About us:
20. We’re all about helping people in need of housing. We believe a good home makes lots of other things possible, so we provide great homes and services that do just that.
21. We’ve built Bernicia to be a business that people want to be a part of. We’re one of the North East’s largest and most successful housing providers; building, renting, selling and managing homes as well as providing services to over 60,000 customers.
22. Everything about Bernicia is people focused, that’s why we’ve held the Investors in People Gold Award since 2010.
23. We operate within a set of simple, but effective values, which blend perfectly to create our unique ‘Bernicia Way’ culture. This ensures we are customer focused, through working together, respecting each other, being accountable for our actions and demonstrating integrity and leadership.
Part time hours may be considered on request.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than advertised, should we receive a large volume of applications.
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The Group is fully committed to the promotion of equal opportunities and we particularly welcome applicants from groups who are currently under represented at Bernicia.