Senior Finance Assistant
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Senior Finance Assistant
Closing Date - 14/11/2025
Interviews will be held in person at the Newcastle office and will likely take place week commencing 24/11/2025
This a permanent opportunity starting in January 2026 at the earliest.
A bit about the role...
An exciting opportunity to join an enthusiastic team in a fast growing, national organisation with real social purpose.
This role sits within the Transaction Services team, part of Homes England's Finance Directorate. Your role will support the Transaction Services Managers in the delivery of all transactional activities, maintaining accuracy and integrity of financial ledgers relating to both Homes England and the the newly formed subsidiary, the National Housing Bank (NHB).
With an average annual budget of £3bn, there is a requirement to ensure that public monies allocated to Homes England are managed timely, accurately and in line with programme parameters. Our activities play a key role in ensuring the delivery of Homes England's strategic objectives and maintains effective frontline operations.
Key responsibilities will include:
- organisation and prioritisation of the daily responsibilities and workload of the team.
- review and validation of processes prior to completion, including journals, payment runs, bank reconciliations and supplier creations.
- performing reconciliations, investigating and resolving variances, including control accounts, CIS returns, Government Procurement Card expenditure and Property Insurance data.
- identifying improvements to established procedures and leading discussions to implement improvements.
- building effective working relationships with other departments to maintain the highest level of service to our customers.
A bit about you…
We are looking for someone who has:
- a high level of finance experience.
- excellent prioritisation skills, with the ability to balance immediate day-to-day challenges alongside ongoing deadlines.
- a flexible and adaptable attitude with the ability and willingness to work at pace.
- the ability to recognise potential issues and awareness of when they should be flagged to senior colleagues.
- a supportive attitude and willingness to contribute to creating a positive team spirit where colleagues feel valued and respected.
Who are we?
Homes England: The Housing and Regeneration Agency
We believe that affordable, quality homes in well-designed places are key to improving people’s lives. As the government’s housing and regeneration agency, we create thriving new places and transform urban areas, combining the full breadth of our powers, expertise, land, capital and influence to bring investment to communities and get more homes built.
How? We form long-term partnerships that bridge the gap between the public and private sector to meet local needs and aspirations. We use our influence to champion the creation of sustainable homes, communities and places that are brilliantly designed for the people that live there now, and in the future. And we use our funding and support to build a more resilient, diverse and innovative housing sector, helping new entrants in the market, encouraging modern methods of construction and design, and promoting the utmost attention to building safety.
Together with our partners, we’re accelerating the pace of house building, remediation and regeneration across the country, as we seek to deliver ever more affordable homes in places people are proud to call home for generations to come.
What we offer...
As well as a competitive salary and 33 days annual leave, we are committed to 50/50 hybrid working. We’ll support you, wherever possible, so that you don’t miss out on what matters to you.
Membership of the Homes and Communities Agency Pension Scheme, which is a contributory defined benefit scheme with the amount you receive on retirement based on your salary and years worked at the Agency.
Internal applicants: please note that if you are successful, the salary you are offered will be in accordance with our pay controls and pay policy. You can find details on the HR Hub SharePoint site.
If you ever need a bit of extra help, we have a great employee assistance programme, financial wellbeing support and access to many great discounts with leading high street names.
Our range of network groups are also there to support you to be yourself at work and play a key role in helping shape our future.
If you are a member of a professional body, we’ll pay for your membership and once you get your digital kit, you’ll be good to go.
Homes England are a geographically diverse community. We work to a 50/50 office/ home based model. Moving back into our office environments has enabled us to utilise our space and time together in the most collaborative way.
We would encourage all applicants to apply as soon as possible as we may close vacancies early should we receive a high number of applications.
We also encourage you to apply using the full application option as opposed to quick apply, this is especially important if you would like to indicate to us that you would like to be considered under the disability confident scheme.
We’re a diverse team of more than 1,000 professionals spanning 17 professions, helping Homes England to be effective, efficient and deliver for communities.
Our people remain at the heart of everything we do, and we’re committed to building an Agency that not only reflects the diverse communities we serve, but also champions inclusion in how we shape homes and places across the country. For more information about our EDI strategy please see our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Report 2024 to 2025 — Second Edition - GOV.UK
You will be required to have the Right to Work in the UK and Homes England do not offer visa sponsorship. If your application is shortlisted to interview we will require you to provide proof of your Right to Work in the UK at this stage.
Your application needs to be in your own words, reflect your personal understanding and experience, and must not have been generated by AI tools such as ChatGPT.