Job Description

Responsible for all financial functions of Hill Homes Group, ensuring that they are run efficiently and effectively in line with agreed policies and procedures

Provide support to other staff managing finances

Prepare board papers as required

Attend Finance, Risk & Audit Committee meetings (evenings)

Job responsibilities

Manage year end process, including:

• prepare supporting year-end schedules for audit
• drafting statutory accounts complying with relevant legislation
• liaising with auditors, attending planning and clearance meetings
• managing the on-site audit
• discuss audit findings report with auditors and draft responses on behalf of HH

Prepare monthly inter-company account reconciliations

Preparation of monthly investment journals, including identification of income and realised/unrealised gains

Preparation of management accounts, including:

• reforecasting as required
• writing a commentary to accompany the management accounts
• preparing an organisational cashflow, reforecasting as required
• preparing an organisational debtors’ report
• providing KPIs as needed

Manage payroll, including

• preparing the payroll for Hill Homes
• providing support to Hill Homes Care staff in preparing Hill Homes Care payroll
• submitting payrolls to provider and liaising over queries
• reviewing and checking draft payrolls submitted by the provider

Manage the fixed asset register, including:

• reconciling the register to the accounts
• calculating depreciation

Manage the VAT processes, including:

• ensuring transactions are correctly recorded
• submitting quarterly VAT returns for group
• liaising with VAT advisors as required

Prepare the annual budgets for approval, liaising with budget holders as necessary

Rent and service charges:

• calculating service charges due on an annual basis
• providing notification to tenants in line with the statutorily required notice

Review purchase orders with the care team (for both Haringey and privately funded tenants), ensuring care hours identified are all paid

Responsible for credit control

Draft finance policies & procedures, including keeping the Financial Procedures Manual up-to-date

Authorise work prepared by the Finance Officer as required, including

• bank reconciliations
• supplier payments

Prepare ad hoc reports and undertake ad hoc projects as required

Prepare board papers as needed

Attend meetings as required

Line management of staff

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Preparation of statutory accounts (essential) Payroll management (essential) Preparing management accounts and presenting financial information in Excel (essential) Working in housing and calculating service charges (desirable) Working within a non profit organisation (desirable)