Title:                     Financial Transactions Officer

Contract Type:     FTC until March 2025

Hours:                  Full-Time, 35 hours per week
Location:              West Ham Lane, Stratford, London E15 4PH 
Persona:               Agile Working - Office based 20-40%                                                                               
Salary:                  Circa £33,154 per annum

Closing date for completed applications:  25th September 2024 at 11:59 pm. 

The selection process will consist of a competency based interview and Excel.

Role Profile - Financial Transactions Officer.docx

**Early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to close the advertisement and interview earlier than stated.

Financial Operations are looking to recruit a Financial Transactions Officer to join a busy thriving team where flexibility and a hard-working attitude will be key.

Reporting into the Senior Financial Transactions Officer, you will be responsible for processing the Group’s property sales, shared ownership, staircasing, asset disposals and ad hoc payments to residents.  This role requires someone with excellent interpersonal and customer service skills as they will be expected to develop working relationships with internal and external customers to ensure transactions are completed to tight deadlines.  Experience in journal processing and general ledger coding is also essential to this role

The role will also support other teams that report to the Senior Financial Transactions Officer to ensure smooth processing for the business and maintain segregation of duties so a broad experience of these areas (Accounts Payable, Bank Reconciliation and Accounts Receivable) would be advantageous.  

Skills and experience required for this role are as follows:

• Journal processing
• Reconciliation experience
• Problem solving experience
• Experience in developing relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Detail conscious, accurate and diligent
• Good numerate and analytical skills
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work under pressure to tight deadlines
• Excellent IT skills particularly Microsoft Excel, Word and previous experience of Dynamics GP would be advantageous

Please note this role requires the candidate to have a recognised accountancy qualification, be part-qualified or be willing to start training if relevant experience can be demonstrated.

If you are interested in this role and have the experience required, then apply without delay!  

At the foundation of everything that we do are our corporate values and associated behaviours.

Our organisational behavioural framework outlines the core expectations of all employees, which should be demonstrated at all times when representing L&Q.   

More information about L&Q’s values can be found on our website and a copy of our behavioural framework can be provided on request.

Our commitments:

At L&Q, people are at the heart of our business and our success depends on employing the best people and getting the best from them.  This is why we are committed to developing our people. It's only by investing in a well-trained and motivated workforce that we can continue to prosper and sustain business success.

In addition to our support and training, the successful candidate will have access to our full suite of benefits including 26 days holiday rising to 31 days with length of service, annual bonus subject to group performance, excellent Pension scheme, Benenden Healthcare, an employee assistance programme and non-contributory life assurance.

We are committed to supporting your work-life balance and recognise the changing demands and circumstances in life.  Please let us know during the recruitment process if you’re interested in part time working or job sharing.  In addition, should your circumstances change once you have joined L&Q, you can also request flexible working arrangements, e.g. a change to working hours - if it’s feasible then we’ll make it happen.

We are recognised externally for our commitment to inclusion.  We are a Stonewall Diversity Champion, a Disability Confident (Committed) employer and have signed the Time to Change Employer Pledge to demonstrate our commitment to end mental health discrimination in the workplace.

We expect all of our employees to support our environmental policy and social responsibility work. We are an employer committed to environmental and social responsibility.

L&Q is a regulated charitable housing association and one of the UK’s most successful independent social businesses. The L&Q Group houses around 250,000 people in more than 97,000 homes, primarily across London and the South East.

As a charitable organisation, our role goes beyond providing homes and housing services. We are a long-term partner in the neighbourhoods where we work. We hope to build aspiration, opportunity and confidence in our communities through our £250 million L&Q Foundation and our skills academy. 

In response to the housing and affordability crisis, we will build 100,000 new homes over ten years. Of these, 60,000 homes will be built or funded by L&Q, whilst a further 40,000 will come through partnerships. Crucially, at least 50% of these new homes will be genuinely affordable, with a target of 60% in London.

Our vision is that everyone has a quality home they can afford, and we combine our social purpose with commercial drive to create homes and neighbourhoods everyone can be proud of.