Members Finance Clerk

We are looking for a Members Finance Clerk to join our Finance Office at the House of Lords. This is an exciting opportunity to join the team responsible for dealing with allowance and expense claims for Members of the House of Lords. We are recruiting for a 12 months Fixed Term Contract. This is an opportunity to work on-site at Parliament with one day per week remote working. This is a fantastic position for someone who enjoys working as part of a small team, can communicate well with a range of stakeholders and possesses strong analytical and numerical skills.

You'll be accountable for:

• Ensuring that claims are reimbursed promptly and accurately under the terms of the Scheme and in a way which meets the legitimate expectations of Members.
• Checking, calculating and processing allowance and expense claims submitted by Members of the House of Lords and ensuring payments made to Members are accurate and processed correctly through the accounting system.
• Providing guidance and advice on Members' allowance and expense enquiries in person, on the telephone and correspondence.
• Administering the Member's Travel Credit Card Scheme. Dealing with related enquiries, new applications, statements and preparing transactions for input onto the accounting system.
• Keeping up to date and maintaining a thorough knowledge of the scheme for Financial Support for Members.
• Assisting the efficiency of the department by performing other duties and projects appropriate to the role, in particular providing support as directed by the Members' Finance Manager.

What we're looking for:

• Technical skills - Previous administrative experience and good IT skills, including knowledge and experience of Microsoft Office and computerised accounting systems.
• Analytical skills and problem solving - proven analytical and numerical skills; being comfortable with detailed number work, including manual calculations.
• Communication skills - Clear and accurate oral, written and online communications skills, including the ability to explain and clarify issues around Members' Finance. This role requires a high level of telephone, written correspondence and personal contact with Members.
• Professionalism, tact and discretion - ability to apply a strong sense of professionalism, tact, discretion and confidentiality to the role.
• Accuracy - the ability to work under pressure, maintaining a high level of accuracy and meticulous attention to detail.
• Working flexibly - being able to work effectively and flexibly as part of a small team within the Finance Department.

It would be even better if you had or if you're willing to learn:

• High level of administrative ability and initiative to organise your own workloads.
• Experience of using Business World accounting software.
• Experience of using a digital publishing system.
• Experience of editing and creating Adobe Acrobat documents.

What you'll get in return:

• 30 days annual leave (increasing to 35 after one years' service).
• Generous pension scheme.
• Parliamentary health and wellbeing programme.
• The opportunity to witness history in the making!

The work we do is vital to House of Lords, and you will be a pivotal member in the team strengthening the work of the House. The House of Lords is the second chamber of the UK parliament. It is independent from and complements the work of the House of Commons to:

• Make laws.
• Check and challenge the actions of the government through questions and debates.
• Investigate public policy and provide a forum of independent expertise.

Please complete your online application by 23:59 on Wednesday 20th May 2026. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the application process, please contact HL Recruitment. Job offers are standardly offered at the minimum of the salary range. The House of Lords Administration is committed to increasing diversity and maintaining an inclusive workplace culture. We welcome applications from all candidates with diverse characteristics, including different ages, caring responsibilities, disability, sex, gender reassignment/trans, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race/ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation and socio-economic status. We welcome discussions about flexible working arrangements and reasonable adjustments.