Finance Officer

Sanctuary is one of the UK’s leading providers of housing, care and community services. With around 13,000 employees, we maintain a culture where diversity is valued and talent is nurtured and rewarded.

We have an opportunity for a Finance Officer to join our Capital Accounting Team based in Worcester. This role offers the opportunity to build valuable experience across a range of finance activities, with plenty of scope to develop skills and confidence in a supportive team environment. As part of Group Financial Services, the team is responsible for maintaining the Group's fixed asset register, supporting management and directorate level reporting, and contributing to the production of key disclosures for the year end statutory accounts.

In this role, you will support these processes by carrying out detailed data validation and data cleansing activities, helping to ensure financial information is accurate, well maintained, and fit for reporting purposes.

The role of Finance Officer will include:

• Maintenance of the fixed asset register including additions, disposals and transfers
• Maintaining relationships with other areas of the business including Development Finance, Property Services and Customer Service Centre
• Providing guidance to the wider business on the Group's capitalisation policy
• Responsibility for supporting the balance sheet reconciliations
• Production of journals to ensure costs are allocated to the correct location, including month-end accruals
• Monitoring the team mailbox, ensuring queries are responded to in a timely manner
• Identifying areas for improvement and shortfalls in service delivery and recommending actions to remedy this, as appropriate

Skills and experiences:

• AAT part/fully qualified, or equivalent level of qualification, or be working towards this
• Proficient user of Microsoft Office applications with proven Excel analysis skills using a variety of functions and formulas
• Previous experience in a similar transactional finance role along with strong analytical skills is essential
• The ability to work to tight deadlines and prioritise workloads
• Excellent communication, customer service and interpersonal skills
• Highly organised, with a high degree of attention to detail and accuracy
• Previous experience using SAP would be an advantage

Benefits:

We provide homes and care for more than 250,000 people in England and Scotland. Our customers are at the heart of all we do. With around 14,000 colleagues, we foster a diverse and inclusive culture, and nurture and reward talent. As part of our commitment to making Sanctuary a great place to work, where your wellbeing is of genuine importance, we have developed an attractive employment package. The package recognises your contribution, supports your physical, mental and financial health and gives you the flexibility to tailor your employee benefits by offering:

• 25 days annual leave (rising to a maximum of 30 days) plus public holidays
• A pension scheme with employer contributions from Sanctuary
• Life Assurance
• Employee Advice Service including counselling
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Voluntary health plans
• Wellbeing support and tools
• Staff Networks, with a shared interest in inclusion, and who provide invaluable support to colleagues

Inclusion is one of our core values. Our goal is to be a diverse, inclusive organisation where our people thrive and meet our customers’ needs with fairness and empathy. We know having a range of ideas and opinions makes a difference. We encourage and welcome applications from people from diverse backgrounds to support this mission. We will make adjustments throughout your application process, in line with Sanctuary’s commitment to our Disability Confident employer status.

Sanctuary Group encourages and welcomes applications from people from diverse backgrounds to support our commitment to offering an inclusive environment for our employees and customers. We work closely with the Home Office in order to prevent unlawful working.