Financial Operations Team Leader

Fusion People are actively recruiting for a Financial Operations Team Leader to support our Clients Financial Operations Team in relation to Group Services.

About the Role

To ensure that all payments received by the organisation are completely and accurately posted onto the company ledgers and systems in a timely manner. Ensure that daily, weekly and monthly tasks are completed. To deliver an excellent, efficient and accurate Financial Operational service in accordance with the Groups' debt recovery procedures. To ensure that the team is trained, motivated, capable and lead in accordance with Group policy. To be responsible for the recovery of non-tenancy related customer debt. Support Head of Financial Operations

Key Accountability's

• Enuring that all postings and allocating of daily receipts to accounting systems and/or customer accounts are completed on timely basis. This will include HB and Universal credit payments from Local Authorities and DWP.
• Assisting with the implementation of annual rent review process. Liaise with Local Authorities. Ensuring annual update of rents onto the housing management system as well as updating this with rent changes where there is a change in tenancy.
• Ensuring all sales invoices are produced and despatched in a timely manner within KPI agreed timescales. Property, tenant recharge, garage rents and service charges are accurately loaded onto the housing management system.
• Maintain sales ledger/Housing system integrity including reconciliation of Sales ledger with other systems

• Leading direct debit system, overseeing Income Accounts officers in:

• Setting up and maintaining direct debits on system so that customers can use this method to pay
• Posting direct debit payments onto customer accounts in the system ensuring that all are accurately posted and reconciled
• All DD's are recalculated correctly on the Housing system
• Collection of DD's in a timely manner

• Preparing output reports such as aged debt analysis, list of write offs etc. and presenting these to the Assistant Director (financial operations) together with any recommendations

Experience and qualifications

• Educated to GCSE Standard (or equivalent), including passes in English and Maths
• Desirable 2 "A" levels, Line management experience
• Commitment to continuing professional development
• Working with computerised accounts systems and able to pick up new I.T. systems quickly
• Have experience of working in a sales ledger environment
• Experience of a credit controller role and recovery of debt
• Reasonable level of IT skills, including proficiency in Microsoft Office suite (excel, Word and Outlook) and CRM databases
• Ability to organise and prioritise work, often under pressure.

Rates and package

• �42,037.00 Per Annum
• 37 Working Hours per week
• Flexible Hybrid working
• 8.30am Start time - 17.00pm Finish times

This role is based in Wells. We are flexible with working and are virtual first but there will be a requirement to be in an office so the candidate would need to be within a commutable distance to the Wells office. Business dress is dress down.

Please contact Sam Day from the Bristol Fusion People Bristol office for more details.

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