Finance Officer - Income

Job Introduction

Hybrid / Ealing 

About A2Dominion
We are a UK housing association committed to a new vision – providing homes people love to live in. With over 38,000 homes in management across London and southern England, we provide a wide range of homes for social, affordable, and private rent, specialist services, as well as homes for sale and shared ownership

Role Overview 
We are looking for a Finance Officer – Income to join our fantastic Finance division. As a Finance Officer at A2Dominion, you will be responsible for providing a high-quality processing service for rental income streams.

Key responsibilities:

• Posting all rental income receipts in a timely manner; tincludes processing Standing Orders, Bank Giro Credits, Housing Benefits payments, Direct Debits, Allpay.
• Posting of tenant adjustments (e.g. Write-Offs, Rent debit/credit Adjustments, Tenant Refunds, Housing Benefit Overpayments, Completion monies, Court Costs, Compensation etc.), journal creations and entries to the accounting systems to ensure tenant accounts are accurate and up to date.
• To be responsible for Direct Debits (DD) collections and maintenance of DD records in line with the Group’s procedures and policies.
• To ensure the creation and transmission of BACS files are in accordance the Group’s agreed collection dates, contractual obligations and BACS timetable.
• To be responsible for the daily, weekly and monthly control processes, such as tenancy movements and housing system/finance accounting system interface and related intercompany postings.
• Resolving customer queries promptly, including liaison with A2D Operational teams, residents, banks, Local Authorities and 3rd party providers as required.
• To continually review and recommend process improvements and comply with recommendations from Internal and External Audit Reviews.

More about you

• GCSE (or equivalent) in Maths and English (Grade A*–C)
• Accredited AAT or studying towards a finance/accounting qualification
• Advanced knowledge of Excel, Word and Outlook and ability to learn new software
• High level of attention to details
• Experience of processing high volume transactions

Why A2Dominion?
As an employee of A2Dominion, we want you to feel rewarded and have a choice of flexible benefits, salary exchange benefits, and rewards and discounts that work for you, wherever you are in your life.
 
We offer a wide range of staff benefits. For this role, these include:
 * 25 days’ holiday (Plus Bank Holidays)
 * Up to 8% contributory pension
 * In addition, all permanent and fixed-term employees receive a generous annual allowance of up to £300 to use towards health and lifestyle benefits for both you and your family.
 
Diversity & Inclusion
We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Employer and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. Our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible, and we guarantee an interview to disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria. Reasonable adjustments are available throughout the process - just contact our Resourcing Team at resourcing@a2dominion.co.uk
 
We know some people hesitate to apply if they don’t meet every requirement. If that’s you, we encourage you to apply if your skills and experience align – please get in touch with us to talk it through.
 
At A2Dominion, we value diversity, embrace flexibility, and are a family-friendly employer. Everyone belongs here. Join us and help make a lasting difference in the lives of our customers.

This Vacancy is being managed by Hollie Furness.