Finance Team Leader in Sutton Coldfield

This is an office based role working 9:00am - 17:00pm, Monday to Friday.

Closing date: 29th May 2026

About the role:

The purpose of the role is to maintain key financial support across Purchase Ledger, Sales Ledger, Cashbook Management, and Rent Income Allocations. You will maintain strong financial controls alongside Finance Colleagues and help deliver financial resources across the team.

What you’ll be doing:

• Assist in delivering accounting functions in Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Credit Control, Rent Income and Bank and any other adhoc duties.
• Maintaining robust financial processes, ensuring a strong audit trail for all transactions.
• Process transactions within agreed time scales.
• Work flexibly to meet all deadlines.
• Provide cover during other colleague absence where necessary.
• Work with and create a culture of delivery and process improvement.
• Ensure accuracy in processing of transactional data.
• Ensure good quality process notes for all processes.
• Assist in year-end audit work.
• Responsible for working within appropriate policies in areas of responsibility, in line with current legislation and best practice.
• Ensure efficient and effective filing and information systems.
• Participate in performance training and development activities as required.
• Contribute to the continual improvement and efficiency, within Finance and the business.
• Effectively build, maintain, and sustain relationships with key colleagues.
• Deal with queries effectively, liaising with outside agencies and colleagues.
• Create good relationships across the business, building trust within our team, our systems, and our processes.
• Work with the business so they understand and adhere to key processes and timetable.

Who we’re looking for:

• Experience of working in Finance preferably in Sales Ledger, Purchase Ledger and Bank.
• Experience of working with finance systems.
• Experience of leading others.
• Working knowledge of maintaining financial controls and adhering to procurement policies and procedures.
• Understanding of double entry to ensure transactions are posted correctly across multiple systems.
• Good knowledge of Excel and other MS packages.
• Able to demonstrate commitment to our core values.
• Exceptional organisation and communication skills including verbal, nonverbal and written.
• Strong numerical, analytical, and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
• Highly organised, supportive, collaborative and able to problem solve.
• Able to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
• Able to motivate self and contribute as a team player.
• Emotionally intelligent with the ability to build and maintain relationships across a diverse, geographically dispersed workforce.
• To ensure adherence to finance policies across the business.
• Strong people skills for effective liaison with internal and external clients.

Why join us?

This is not just a ‘job’ this is the feeling of knowing that you are part of something bigger and being able to go home each day with job satisfaction and pride in what is achieved by Trident Group every day. Our purpose is putting people and communities at the heart of our services and the safe homes we provide. To deliver against our purpose we will be:

• Trustworthy
• Collaborative
• Accountable
• People Focused
• Caring in all we do

The benefits:

• 34 days annual leave, plus the option to purchase up to 5 additional days.
• A day off for your birthday.
• 4 days off when you move home.
• Life assurance (3 x salary).
• Employee Assistance programme & wellbeing programme.
• Flexible Working options.
• Learning & Development opportunities.

Who we are:

Trident Group has over 60 years’ experience of delivering homes, services and innovation for up to 8,000 people in over 3,600 homes in some of the most disadvantaged communities in the Midlands. The Group employs more than 650 staff, works with volunteers and provides training places and apprenticeships for many more. The Group consists of:

• Trident Housing, which provides landlord services for the Group in respect of housing management and maintenance.
• Trident Reach, which is a registered care and support charity delivering trauma informed care and support services.

We celebrate Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion and as a trauma informed organisation we are continually striving to build a community where everyone feels valued, respected and equally guided by our beacon of hope. As a Disability Confident Committed Employer, we have committed to:

• Ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible.
• Communicating and promoting vacancies.
• Offering an interview to disabled people.
• Anticipating and providing reasonable adjustments as required.
• Supporting any existing employee who acquires a disability or long term health condition, enabling them to stay in work.
• At least one activity that will make a difference for disabled people.