Job Title: Finance Assistant Head Office Location: Chippenham, Wiltshire. Job Location: Hybrid (SN14 0GU) Salary - £ 25,000 - £27,000 per annum Contract type - Fixed Term (12 months) Working hours - Full Time (37 hours per week) About the role We are now recruiting for a Finance Assistant (Accounts Payable) on a full time, contract basis. You will delivering timely, accurate, consistent and relevant financial information for both internal and external reporting and undertake day-to-day transactions with the sales or purchase ledger cycles. Within the role, you will be responsible for supporting tasks to complete the year end audit and for reviewing balance sheet accounts regularly to ensure accuracy. You will also be required to provide information that is clear for the target audience, whether financial, non-financial, external regulator or statutory auditor while being committed to process improvement. Please note that if you are successful in this role, we will require a DBS check to be completed. Further details will be sent following offer. About you It is essential that you are AAT qualified, a part qualified accountant or have previous relevant experience. You will need to have good planning and time management skills, to achieve deadlines in a pressurised environment. You will also be required to have to be able to adjust to new business environments, be a fast learner and work with a broad range of staff in a wide ranging business and culture. It is essential that you have previous knowledge of statutory reporting and of UK and International Financial Reporting Standards and of financial planning in a complex business environment. Good communication skills both verbally and in writing, with a clear, succinct, and flexible style; are essential for this role, along with being able to work in a large organisation and be comfortable with the extra constraints placed by public sector accounting and propriety. Please note that if you are successful in this role, we will require evidence of the required certificates and qualifications for this role. Without this evidence, you would be unable to commence employment at GreenSquareAccord. About us GreenSquareAccord is one of the biggest social housing and care providers in England. We believe passionately in our mission to build better lives and provide social housing and support services to 54,000 people across our four localities. We are proud to play an active role in helping people to deal with the consequences of the housing crisis by providing affordable homes for people in our communities who need them most. We also provide care and support to some of the most vulnerable people in society. This includes support for people who are homeless, experiencing domestic violence or are part of the criminal justice system. Our purpose We are proud to be able to support tens of thousands of people across England by providing affordable housing and care to help people live independently. Our focus is on building better lives. Everything we do is about people - whether that`s providing a good quality, safe home or providing care which helps someone to live an independent life. Our colleagues live and breathe this social purpose and we need great people, with skills across a range of disciplines, to make this happen. Working for GreenSquareAccord gives you the chance to bring your skills and expertise and make a real difference. It doesn`t matter which role you are considering applying for, your work will help thousands of people build a better life. The GSA Way We know that how we do things is just as important as what we do. To help us make a difference, together, we created the GSA Way. A culture we commit to, aspire to, and live and breathe. Commitments and behaviours which together make our organisation what it is. Our five core commitments are: - We believe our customer is everything - We are one team - We are supportive and caring - We are business-minded for social purpose - We are curious and ambitious. You can read more about the GSA Way in our recruitment pack. Benefits In support and recognition of our colleagues who will help us deliver our employer strategy, we offer a fantastic benefits package. This includes; annual holiday entitlement (plus statutory bank holidays); a defined contribution pension scheme; trust based flexible working and a Confidential Employee Assistance Programme (EAP). GreenSquareAccord also offer a non-contractual performance-related bonus scheme. Further details will be made available upon joining, along with supporting documentation which can be found on the GreenSquareAccord intranet site. All individuals who apply to work at GreenSquareAccord are considered on their merits in line with our Diversity and Inclusion strategy and policy. GreenSquareAccord are a Disability Confident Employer therefore we actively encourage applications from individuals with disabilities and try to provide access, adjustments, equipment or other practical support where required. All applicants with a disability who meet the `essential eligibility criteria` for the role, as detailed in the job description, are guaranteed an interview. If you need any assistance, adjustments or adaptations throughout our selection processes please let us know.