Digital Finance Level 3 Apprenticeship - East Lothian Housing Association

About the role

Launch Your Finance Career with East Lothian Housing Association! 🚀 Earn while you learn, build awesome digital finance skills, and get a recognised Modern Apprenticeship qualification. 🎓

Overview

We're on the hunt for a motivated and enthusiastic Digital Finance Apprentice to join our awesome Finance Team. This is your chance to get hands-on experience in a buzzing housing association while studying for a Modern Apprenticeship. You'll team up with experienced finance pros, level up your workplace skills, and play a key role in the financial ops that help us provide top-notch homes and services to our tenants and communities. 🏡

What You'll Be Doing:

• Be the first point of contact for finance questions from colleagues and suppliers, managing our shared Finance and Accounts inbox. You'll be digging into invoices, payments, income, and account info. 📧
• Help with the tendering process by logging tickets and assigning them to the right engineering team member. 🎟️
• Use our HomeMaster housing management software to upload and manage invoices and purchase orders. 💻
• Process invoices and supplier payments using cool AI-enabled invoice scanning tech, making sure everything is recorded and authorised accurately and on time. ✨
• Keep our income and financial records super accurate on HomeMaster and our centralised document system, always following GDPR rules. ✅
• Help out with bank reconciliations and sort out any transaction mix-ups. 🧮
• Support the creation of management info, financial reports, and spreadsheets using HomeMaster and Microsoft Excel. 📊
• Pitch in with financial control, governance, and compliance stuff. 🔒

Skills That Would Be Great:

• You've got strong communication and organisation skills. 🗣️
• You're comfortable using Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook. 🖱️
• You've got a keen eye for detail and are super accurate. 👀
• You're eager to learn new systems and processes. 🌱
• Customer service experience is a bonus! 👍

Salary & Hours:

• Salary: £24,479 per year 💰
• Working Hours: Monday – Friday, 9 am - 5 pm, 35 hours per week. ⏰

Perks:

• 30 days annual leave + public holidays ☀️
• Flexible working options 🧘
• A Defined Benefit Pension Scheme with employer contributions 🏦
• Employee Advice Service including counselling 🤝
• Simply Health Care Plan 🩺

Future Prospects:

90% of QA apprentices land permanent jobs after finishing – that's 20% higher than the national average! 🎉

About Us:

East Lothian Housing Association builds and manages a diverse range of properties to suit all sorts of needs across East Lothian. From our base in Haddington, we manage around 1,400 properties for rent and shared ownership throughout the region.

How to Apply:

Ready to dive in? Click the apply button to get started and find out more. Heads up: applications might close before the deadline, so apply early to avoid missing out! 🚀

Key responsibilities

• Act as first responder to finance queries from colleagues and suppliers, managing the shared Finance and Accounts inbox and investigating invoices, payments, income and account information.
• Support the tendering process by logging tickets on the shared server and allocating them to the relevant engineering team member.
• Use HomeMaster housing management software to upload and manage invoices and purchase orders.
• Process invoices and supplier payments using AI-enabled invoice scanning technology, ensuring timely and accurate recording and authorisation.
• Maintain accurate income and financial records on HomeMaster and the centralised document system, ensuring GDPR compliance.

Skills