Financial Operations Officer Frome

We have an exciting opportunity for an individual to join our finance team for a full time, 12 month fixed term contract. The team ensure that income is accurately and completely posted to the company’s finance and housing management systems.

We are looking for someone to positively contribute and participate in the development and improvement of services provided by the operational finance team.

What you’ll be doing

As a financial operations officer, you’ll be responsible for the process of all payments received and ensuring that these are allocated to accounts. You’ll also raise and despatch debtor invoices as required in accordance with agreed procedures and respond to customer requests to make payments.

You’ll also provide credit control service cover for supervisors including collection of all debts and customer payments, maintain contact with customers to ensure invoices are paid and resolving any outstanding invoice queries with both internal and external customers.

With a focus on excellent customer service, you’ll look after all incoming correspondence to the department.

About you

You need to be educated to GCSE level with grade C/level 5 passes in both English and Maths. AAT is desired but not essential.

You will have experience of working in a processing/transactional team with experience of working with computerised accounts systems. You’ll also be a proficient user of the Microsoft Office suite.

You’ll need to be an effective communicator, establishing and building relationships across the business to enable collaborative working where applicable.

You’ll be working in a fast-paced environment, so you’ll need to be able to juggle conflicting priorities and juggle a demanding workload whilst retaining a good eye for detail.

You will need to be a good team player with a ‘can-do’ attitude, as well as being a proactive, forward thinker with a flexible approach to hours worked.

What’s in it for me

We invest in our colleagues because we know if they have a better day at work, the service our customers receive will be better. The Aster Offer is our offer to our colleagues to ensure they have a great day at work and includes things like:

• Flexible working – whilst some roles need to be carried out in a specific place at a specific time, where possible we encourage our colleagues to work to their own schedule at a location that suits them, their team and our business’ needs
• A focus on colleague wellbeing – workshops, an employee assistance programme offering counselling and support, mental health training and a health cash plan
• We invest in colleagues’ careers and development through our leader and colleague development frameworks
• Defined Contribution Pension and attached life assurance
• Volunteering hours available to all colleagues to enable them to give back
• Savings at cinemas, gyms, holidays, days out, various shops and eateries and lots more
• Enhanced leave
• We celebrate colleagues who go above and beyond with a range of personalised recognition initiatives

Ready to apply?

To apply, please use information provided in the advert and role profile to let us know why you’d be good for the job. Please submit a copy of your up-to-date CV.

We create an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity and believe that creating an environment where everyone, from any background, can do their best work is the right thing to do.

All candidates will be required to verify their right to work in the UK prior to commencement of employment with the Aster Group & it’s subsidiary brands.