Finance Manager (Business Services)

Grade 8, £46,728 - £50,587

Permanent contract

35 hour per week, Monday to Friday

Job purpose:

Queens Cross Housing Association is looking to recruit a Finance Manager to the Business Services Team which supports the group’s subsidiaries Queens Cross Workspace and Queens Cross Factoring.

The Finance Manager plays a key business role for the subsidiary companies, setting and managing budgets, treasury management, analysing financial information, preparing management and annual accounts. The subsidiaries are medium-sized businesses in their own right and have their own separate property and financial management systems and software. Currently, the turnover for Workspace is £950k and Factoring is £2m and both companies are growing and developing.

The post-holder will report to the Business Services Manager and will line manage a small team of two Credit Control Assistants and one Finance Assistant.

Essential criteria:

Minimum of 5 years’ experience in finance role.
Experience of setting and managing of budgets.
Experience of managing staff to achieve high performance.
Experience of developing and implementing policies and procedures.
Advanced knowledge of arrears management processes.
Knowledge of Scottish law and court processes.
Excellent IT skills (Excel, Word, Outlook, CSV files, and Powerpoint)
Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to effectively deal with difficult customers in a calm and professional manner.

You will:

Take responsibility for service delivery, demonstrating high levels of accuracy and attention to detail and numerical proficiency.
Be confident in making key decisions and resolving disputes.
Maintain the ability to perform under pressure, manage a substantial workload, and meet competing deadlines.

Please find the full job description/ person specification on our website for further information on the role.

We will:

Provide a generous pay and reward package, including 40 days leave per year, 7% or 4% employer pension contribution, agile working options, green initiatives, family friendly policies, health & wellbeing commitment and much more. Read all about our benefits and commitments on our website.

How to apply:

To apply for this post, visit our website to complete our online application form by 8 July 2024 (CVs are not accepted).

Interviews are expected to take place on 17 July 2024.

We are keen to recruit the right person for this role and appreciate that the interview date may not suit as we will have entered the school holiday season, therefore we will be as flexible as possible around interview dates.