Finance Officer

Financial Money Management Department Finance Officer

Penderels Trust has an opportunity for someone to join our Financial Money Management Department, based in Coventry, as a Finance Officer
. The main purpose of the role will be to provide administration support on the financial accounts of our customers. The successful candidate will be joining a leading not-for-profit organisation that provides independent living services to people with disabilities and health care needs nationwide.

Location: (Hybrid Working) Penderels Trust, Resource House, 1A Brandon Lane, Coventry, CV3 3GU

Salary: £25,469 per annum / £24,781 pro rata

Hours: 36 hours per week

Working days & times: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 8:30 am – 5:00 pm and Wednesday 8:30 am – 12:30 pm

Perks: Investors in People:
Gold Accreditation / Mindful Employer / Health and Wellbeing Champions / Employee assistance programme / Corporate Health Cash Plan / Subsidised car breakdown cover / Death in service benefit / Paynow (Stream) / 23 Days annual leave plus Bank Holidays (Increased entitlement with length of service) / 2 Additional leave days in December (After 12 months’ service) / We are a Disability Confident employer and will offer a guaranteed interview to disabled candidates who meet the job specification.

Your main duties will include:

• Monitoring and updating customer account trackers (Data entry, processing money requests, reconciling against SAGE reports).
• Liaising with the DWP on matters relating to our customer’s benefits.
• Liaising with the local authority and the Penderels Trust finance department in relation to invoicing and payment queries.
• Authorising payments as stipulated in our customers Individual Budget Plans.
  
  Identifying and resolving all queries effectively.

• Experience of working in a finance or accounting environment.
• Ability to input and maintain accurate data records.
• Ability to manage workload effectively.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office software (Word, Excel and Outlook).
• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to work as part of a team and on own initiative.
• Ability to work flexibly and to deadlines.
• GCSE Grade 4 or equivalent in English and Maths.
• A qualification in bookkeeping or accounting would be desirable but not essential.

Closing date: Wednesday 3rd June 2026