Make a Difference Through Finance
We are a specialist provider of housing and support services across England, owning and managing around 4,500 homes in partnership with 79 local authorities. We provide general needs housing, supported accommodation, and homes for older people.
We are looking for a talented and proactive Finance Manager to join our Finance Team. This is an exciting opportunity for a commercially minded finance professional who wants to use their expertise to support meaningful social impact.
The Finance Manager will lead and manage the Finance Operations function, ensuring the efficient and effective delivery of rent accounting, accounts receivable and accounts payable services. The role is responsible for maintaining strong financial controls, ensuring compliance with regulatory and organisational requirements, supporting the production of accurate financial information, and leading the Finance Operations Team to provide a high-quality service to internal and external stakeholders.
What you’ll be doing
- Manage and oversee all aspects of rent accounting across directly managed housing, general needs housing and other letting arrangements, ensuring transactions are processed accurately and within agreed timescales.
- Ensure the effective operation of rent debit processing, rent interfaces, cash posting, arrears accounting and bad debt provisions to support accurate financial reporting.
- Oversee the reconciliation of rental bank accounts, rent control accounts and other key balance sheet accounts, ensuring discrepancies are identified and resolved promptly.
- Act as the finance lead for the annual rent setting process, including the production and review of rent increase calculations and resident notifications.
- Manage the preparation and review of service charge schedules and service charge increases, working closely with operational teams and other stakeholders.
- Maintain expert knowledge of the Regulator of Social Housing Rent Standard and ensure ongoing compliance with rent and service charge regulations.
- Ensure the integrity and accuracy of data held across finance, housing management and procurement systems, including supplier and rental information.
- Manage and oversee the purchase ledger function across Salvation Army Homes, Kingsown Property Limited and development activities, ensuring invoices and payments are processed accurately and in a timely manner.
- Ensure all month-end activities relating to rents, accounts receivable and accounts payable are completed in line with the monthly reporting timetable.
- Review and maintain procedures, process documentation and financial regulations relating to finance operations, ensuring compliance across the organisation.
- Ensure robust financial controls are maintained in relation to income collection, supplier payments, reconciliations and master data management.
- Deliver a high-quality customer-focused service to internal and external stakeholders, ensuring queries are resolved efficiently and professionally.
- Support the preparation of annual budgets, forecasts and financial plans, providing operational financial information and analysis where required.
- Support year-end accounting processes, including the preparation of audit working papers and responding to requests from internal and external auditors
- Review and approve balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring completeness, accuracy and timely resolution of outstanding items.
- Identify and implement opportunities to improve financial processes, controls, systems and reporting to enhance efficiency and service delivery.
- Ensure compliance with organisational policies, procedures, financial regulations and statutory requirements.
- Undertake any other duties commensurate with the responsibilities and grade of the role
What you’ll bring
- AAT qualified /equivalent or Actively studying towards a Professional Accounting Qualification (e.g. ACCA, CIMA, ICAEW)
- GCSE Maths & English
- Ability to influence, challenge, and support non-financial stakeholders.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills.
- Strong financial systems experience.
Working Arrangements
This is a hybrid role. You will work primarily from home but will need to occasionally attend the London Office (Denmark Hill).
Our Offer
In return, we offer a competitive and supportive benefits package, including:
- 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing to 31 days
- Westfield Healthcare Cash Back Plan (including cashback for optical, dental, therapies, plus 24/7 GP access and counselling support)
- Matched pension scheme up to 6% (with salary sacrifice option)
- Enhanced family leave from day one, including enhanced maternity/adoption and paternity pay
- Occupational sick pay
- Financial support options, including season ticket loans, emergency loans, mortgage advice and wellbeing support
- Paid volunteering days
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Discounted private medical insurance
- Support to learn, broaden your skills and develop your career
- A fun and inclusive work culture where individual differences are valued and championed
How to apply
- Submit CV and supporting statement
Closing date: 15 October 2026 (please note we may close the vacancy early if we receive a large volume of applications)