Apprenticeship - Finance (Housing Sector)

Transactional Finance: Learn about the key transactional finance activities including invoice processing, AI reader technology, supplier payments, dispute resolutions, processing incoming payments for rents, and processes surrounding the reconciliation activities, including Shared Ownership completion statements Office Administration & General Enquiries: Develop skills in planning and managing administrative tasks, through tasks such as team and Insurance mailboxes, organising and prioritising of workloads, GDPR compliance, scanning, providing insurance certificates to internal stakeholders, supporting the open claims process and developing your excel skills Project Planning: Develop skills in planning and managing finance-related projects, including report writing and the management of spreadsheets to track and report progress, alongside associated project leads Financial Control: By working across our finance team and supporting a range of tasks and activities, you will build your understanding of the importance of financial control across the business, and how our policies, procedures and controls fit together Treasury: Learn about the management of sage bank accounts and treasury matters within the housing sector, along with an understanding of the bank account matrix within Sage Management Accounting Learn and support balance sheet reconciliations, internal audit compliance, copy invoices and prepayments Professional Development: Engage in professional development activities and participate in remote or classroom-based learning sessions

Training:
You will also gain the skills, knowledge and behaviours through off the job training which will include either remote sessions each month, along with assessments and wider learning that could include workplace training, e-learning, research, and completion of assignments You will be required to spend at least six hours a week on off-the-job training to meet the course requirements

Training Outcome:
Move into a permenant position within financial control, this could be within the revenue team, accounts payable team or another one of our transactional finance teams

Employer Description:

Sage Homes is an innovative Blackstone and Regis business addressing the housing crisis in England by making good homes affordable for people across the country who need them. Since 2017 we have delivered around 17,000 new homes across affordable rent, shared ownership and social rent for individuals and families. In 2021 Sage Homes became the largest provider of new affordable housing in England, and we continue to deliver high quality affordable homes across the country. We have invested more than £3 billion into high-quality affordable housing. Our entrepreneurial spirit combined with our technical expertise has got us to where we are today and will enable future sustainable growth.

Working Hours :
Monday - Friday, 09:00 - 17:30

Skills:
Communication skills,IT skills,Attention to detail,Organisation skills,Problem solving skills,Presentation skills,Administrative skills,Number skills,Analytical skills,Logical,Team working,Non judgemental,Patience