Finance Assistant – Accounts Receivable

Littlemore, Oxfordshire
Response

Our mission at Response is to enable people of all ages to live a more fulfilled life by providing excellent mental health services, housing, and supported living.

Do you have the desire to empower and promote independence and an interest in mental health?

Finance Assistant Accounts Receivable – £24,050 – £26,000 per annum pro rata to £16,250 – £17,567 (Salaries vary depending on experience)

Hours 25 hours per week, between Monday – Friday

Department Finance

Location AGP Littlemore, Oxfordshire

What You ll Be Doing:

Response are seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Finance Assistant to join our Finance Team! The successful candidate will assist with managing the accounts receivable process, raising income invoices under our various contracts, managing client accounts – including reconciliations and generally supporting the Finance Team on any ad-hoc tasks. This role is crucial in supporting the financial health of the company and maintaining positive relationships with customers. If you are a motivated individual looking for an exciting opportunity to contribute to a compassionate organisation, we want to hear from you!

Overall job responsibility:

Some of the core duties include:

• Preparation of periodic invoices to our various clients / commissioner.
• Ensuring client accounts are properly reconciled, with receipts matched against outstanding balances
• Liaison with customers to ensure invoice and customer information is accurate
• Working closely with Service Team leads to ensure client and invoicing information is up to date
• Working with operations managers to ensure completeness of invoicing under the various service contracts
• Ensuring accuracy of weekly / monthly reports of outstanding balances
• Highlighting to the team where there are issues over cash collection and supporting the team in collecting funds due
• Undertaking such other ad-hoc tasks as may be required by the finance team from time to time
• Attend all mandatory training required to complete and maintain your role, ensuring you keep up-to-date with changes to specific laws and legislation that are relevant to your role
• Comply with all Health and Safety measures to keep residents, visitors, colleagues and yourself safe by conducting regular checks within all areas and departments as required.
• Always represent the company in a professional and appropriate manner by considering punctuality, personal appearance and boundaries, including equal opportunities.

The Successful Applicant:

Our main priority for all our roles at Response is to find people that can live our values every day Caring, Safe, Creative and Aspirational. We provide excellent training on everything else, but we do ask that you have:

• Good literacy and numeracy skills
• No prior experience of finance function is required. This role can be regarded as an entry level position into finance
• Experience working to strict deadlines without compromising content and service.
• IT literate with experience using MS Office packages.
• Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, clients and members of the public
• Able to handle confidential information appropriately.
• Be proactive and identify concerns before they become an incident.
• Live our values of Caring, Safe, Creative and Aspirational.
• Able to remain calm when under pressure
• Sensitive to the needs of vulnerable individuals

What We Offer:

• 33 days annual leave (inclusive of bank holidays)
• Blue Light card and other discounted shopping
• Employee Assistance Plan – with access to free counselling
• Cycle to Work Scheme (after probation)
• Enhanced family friendly leave
• Flexible and agile working opportunities (role dependent)
• Professional qualification sponsorship and study leave
• £500 refer a friend bonus scheme
• Optional health cash care plan with money off prescriptions and treatments
• Wellbeing hub and mental wellbeing support app approved by NHS
• Free flu jabs
• Free DBS application

If this Finance Assistant Accounts Receivable position sounds like the role for you then please apply today! We would love to hear from you! This vacancy may be closed early. To learn more about Response and what we do, please visit our website. Closing date 3rd March 2025

Our employees and clients come from all over the world, we proudly promote a friendly and inclusive culture and are registered as a Disability Confident Employer. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our clients. All our roles require an enhanced DBS check, two references from most recent employers and you must have the right to work in the UK.