Accounts Payable & Receivables Lead Location: Hybrid home working / Didsbury, Manchester Salary: 38,758 to 42,677 Full time / 35 hours per week / Permanent Agile working with 3 Days per week in the Office Fully office-based throughout the training period About Us Southway Housing Trust is a committed and forward-thinking community focused housing association dedicated to providing excellent homes and outstanding customer care. With a vision of Thriving Communities, Southway manages over 6,500 homes across Greater Manchester. Southway strives to reduce child poverty, loneliness and isolation and increase employment, social connectedness and pride in neighbourhoods. Our REACH values of Respect, Equity, Ambition, Compassion and Honesty reflect Southway's culture, how we deliver our services, and our relationships with customers, colleagues and partners. Southway values diversity in all aspects of its communities and operations. The Role An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Finance team for an Accounts Payables & Receivable Lead and for the right person we offer a 35-hour week, competitive salary, excellent contributory pension scheme, and 25 days holiday increasing to 30 days. The Candidate The Accounts Payables & Receivable Lead will deliver Southway Group's financial processing of its invoices, including collecting sundry debts, completion and submission of CIS returns and supporting the general accounting functions. This will entail collaborative work with service managers in the effective use of the PO system, tracking outstanding orders and following up payment and receivable requests. You will also have: - proven experience in an Accounts Payable/Receivable role with at least 2 years in a supervisory or leadership role. - Strong interpersonal and communication skills - Strong excel skills, with a knowledge of a range of functions and their application. Your main responsibilities would include: 1. Manage the invoice processing and payables function for the Southway Group, liaising with external suppliers and internal teams. 2. Support and train budget holders and other staff in the operation of electronic purchase order and invoice authorisation routines. 3. Ensure all BACS supplier and payroll payments are suitably evidenced for approval by Directors, including matching invoices to Open Accounts and Open Contractor orders, and checks to HR records. 4. Design and operate reporting tools to support data validation and accurate information sharing such as NOPO reports, Aged Debtors/Creditors reports. 5. Prepare KPIs which monitors timely payment of supplier invoices, outstanding payments/receipts (by age and value), 6. Oversee the processes for set up of new suppliers and amendment to existing supplier records, ensuring that proposed suppliers are verified at Companies House and that bank details are independently checked to ensure accuracy and to avoid risk of fraud. 7. Manage the allocation of Open Accounts eBIS licences for budget holders and other staff involved in purchase orders and invoice approval. 8. Manage the accounts receivable function which raises and collects sundry debts, with relevant supporting information provided by colleagues. 9. Oversee the timely preparation of cash book journals, postings to accounts payable and accounts receivable ledgers, and efficient month end close down routines of these ledgers. 10. Oversee processing of the transactions for the subsidiaries, including raising invoices in the relevant companies, intra-group recharges and loan draw downs. Assist in the reconciliation of inter- company balances. 11. Prepare and submit of CIS returns and payments to HMRC. 12. Contribute to improvement projects to identify, implement and embed more efficient operating processes within the Finance Team. Closing Date : 16 January 2026 Interview Date: w/c 19 January 2026 For an informal discussion please contact Edwige Koundjou, Operations Manager We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from suitably skilled people from all sectors of the community. All applicants who have a disability or are ex armed forces that meet the minimum essential criteria for the post will be invited to interview. If you have a disability or are ex armed forces, please tell us about this on your application form and please let us know about any special arrangements you would like us to make if you are invited in for an interview.
Jan 10, 2026
Full time
Accounts Payable & Receivables Lead Location: Hybrid home working / Didsbury, Manchester Salary: 38,758 to 42,677 Full time / 35 hours per week / Permanent Agile working with 3 Days per week in the Office Fully office-based throughout the training period About Us Southway Housing Trust is a committed and forward-thinking community focused housing association dedicated to providing excellent homes and outstanding customer care. With a vision of Thriving Communities, Southway manages over 6,500 homes across Greater Manchester. Southway strives to reduce child poverty, loneliness and isolation and increase employment, social connectedness and pride in neighbourhoods. Our REACH values of Respect, Equity, Ambition, Compassion and Honesty reflect Southway's culture, how we deliver our services, and our relationships with customers, colleagues and partners. Southway values diversity in all aspects of its communities and operations. The Role An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Finance team for an Accounts Payables & Receivable Lead and for the right person we offer a 35-hour week, competitive salary, excellent contributory pension scheme, and 25 days holiday increasing to 30 days. The Candidate The Accounts Payables & Receivable Lead will deliver Southway Group's financial processing of its invoices, including collecting sundry debts, completion and submission of CIS returns and supporting the general accounting functions. This will entail collaborative work with service managers in the effective use of the PO system, tracking outstanding orders and following up payment and receivable requests. You will also have: - proven experience in an Accounts Payable/Receivable role with at least 2 years in a supervisory or leadership role. - Strong interpersonal and communication skills - Strong excel skills, with a knowledge of a range of functions and their application. Your main responsibilities would include: 1. Manage the invoice processing and payables function for the Southway Group, liaising with external suppliers and internal teams. 2. Support and train budget holders and other staff in the operation of electronic purchase order and invoice authorisation routines. 3. Ensure all BACS supplier and payroll payments are suitably evidenced for approval by Directors, including matching invoices to Open Accounts and Open Contractor orders, and checks to HR records. 4. Design and operate reporting tools to support data validation and accurate information sharing such as NOPO reports, Aged Debtors/Creditors reports. 5. Prepare KPIs which monitors timely payment of supplier invoices, outstanding payments/receipts (by age and value), 6. Oversee the processes for set up of new suppliers and amendment to existing supplier records, ensuring that proposed suppliers are verified at Companies House and that bank details are independently checked to ensure accuracy and to avoid risk of fraud. 7. Manage the allocation of Open Accounts eBIS licences for budget holders and other staff involved in purchase orders and invoice approval. 8. Manage the accounts receivable function which raises and collects sundry debts, with relevant supporting information provided by colleagues. 9. Oversee the timely preparation of cash book journals, postings to accounts payable and accounts receivable ledgers, and efficient month end close down routines of these ledgers. 10. Oversee processing of the transactions for the subsidiaries, including raising invoices in the relevant companies, intra-group recharges and loan draw downs. Assist in the reconciliation of inter- company balances. 11. Prepare and submit of CIS returns and payments to HMRC. 12. Contribute to improvement projects to identify, implement and embed more efficient operating processes within the Finance Team. Closing Date : 16 January 2026 Interview Date: w/c 19 January 2026 For an informal discussion please contact Edwige Koundjou, Operations Manager We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from suitably skilled people from all sectors of the community. All applicants who have a disability or are ex armed forces that meet the minimum essential criteria for the post will be invited to interview. If you have a disability or are ex armed forces, please tell us about this on your application form and please let us know about any special arrangements you would like us to make if you are invited in for an interview.
Data Insight Manager Location: Hybrid and Didsbury, Manchester Salary: 49,934 - 55,482 Contract: Full-Time Permanent Hours: 35 hours per week About Us Southway Housing Trust is a committed and forward-thinking community focused housing association dedicated to providing excellent homes and outstanding customer care. With a vision of Thriving Communities, Southway manages over 6,500 homes across Greater Manchester. Southway strives to reduce child poverty, loneliness and isolation and increase employment, social connectedness and pride in neighbourhoods. Our REACH values of Respect, Equity, Ambition, Compassion and Honesty reflect Southway's culture, how we deliver our services, and our relationships with customers, colleagues and partners. Southway values diversity in all aspects of its communities and operations. The Role An exciting opportunity has arisen in our IT and Business Transformation department for a talented Data Insight Manager. Reporting to the Assistant Director of Technology and Performance the successful candidate will be responsible for the organisational data management and the stock condition related data. The Candidate We are looking for a motivated, flexible, and resilient individual who can work with minimal supervision and is ready for a challenge. You will be a confident and effective communicator with a sharp attention to detail and previous experience of leading a team, Data Management and Data Warehousing as well as Power BI dashboard creation In return, Southway Housing Trust offers a 35-hour week, competitive salary, flexible working arrangements, modern office and facilities, generous pension scheme and up to 30 days annual leave with the option to purchase an additional 5 days. Closing Date: Friday 23 January 2026 Interview Date: Week Commencing 2 February 2026 Please apply online by visiting our website at Southway Housing If you have any queries, please email Ian Strictly no agencies. We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from suitably skilled people from all sectors of the community. All applicants who have a disability or from an ethnic minority background or are ex armed forces that meet the minimum essential criteria for the post will be invited to interview. If you have a disability or are ex armed forces, please tell us about this on your application form and please let us know about any special arrangements you would like us to make if you are invited in for an interview. We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from suitably skilled people from all sectors of the community. All applicants who have a disability or are ex armed forces that meet the minimum essential criteria for the post will be invited to interview. If you have a disability or are ex armed forces, please tell us about this on your application form and please let us know about any special arrangements you would like us to make if you are invited in for an interview.
Jan 09, 2026
Full time
Data Insight Manager Location: Hybrid and Didsbury, Manchester Salary: 49,934 - 55,482 Contract: Full-Time Permanent Hours: 35 hours per week About Us Southway Housing Trust is a committed and forward-thinking community focused housing association dedicated to providing excellent homes and outstanding customer care. With a vision of Thriving Communities, Southway manages over 6,500 homes across Greater Manchester. Southway strives to reduce child poverty, loneliness and isolation and increase employment, social connectedness and pride in neighbourhoods. Our REACH values of Respect, Equity, Ambition, Compassion and Honesty reflect Southway's culture, how we deliver our services, and our relationships with customers, colleagues and partners. Southway values diversity in all aspects of its communities and operations. The Role An exciting opportunity has arisen in our IT and Business Transformation department for a talented Data Insight Manager. Reporting to the Assistant Director of Technology and Performance the successful candidate will be responsible for the organisational data management and the stock condition related data. The Candidate We are looking for a motivated, flexible, and resilient individual who can work with minimal supervision and is ready for a challenge. You will be a confident and effective communicator with a sharp attention to detail and previous experience of leading a team, Data Management and Data Warehousing as well as Power BI dashboard creation In return, Southway Housing Trust offers a 35-hour week, competitive salary, flexible working arrangements, modern office and facilities, generous pension scheme and up to 30 days annual leave with the option to purchase an additional 5 days. Closing Date: Friday 23 January 2026 Interview Date: Week Commencing 2 February 2026 Please apply online by visiting our website at Southway Housing If you have any queries, please email Ian Strictly no agencies. We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from suitably skilled people from all sectors of the community. All applicants who have a disability or from an ethnic minority background or are ex armed forces that meet the minimum essential criteria for the post will be invited to interview. If you have a disability or are ex armed forces, please tell us about this on your application form and please let us know about any special arrangements you would like us to make if you are invited in for an interview. We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from suitably skilled people from all sectors of the community. All applicants who have a disability or are ex armed forces that meet the minimum essential criteria for the post will be invited to interview. If you have a disability or are ex armed forces, please tell us about this on your application form and please let us know about any special arrangements you would like us to make if you are invited in for an interview.
Finance Manager - Property & Assets Location: Hybrid home working / Didsbury / Manchester Salary: 49,934 increasing to 51,783 after 6 months Full Time / 35 hours per week / Permanent About Us Southway Housing Trust is a committed and forward-thinking community focused housing association dedicated to providing excellent homes and outstanding customer care. With a vision of Thriving Communities, Southway manages over 6,500 homes across Greater Manchester. Southway strives to reduce child poverty, loneliness and isolation and increase employment, social connectedness and pride in neighbourhoods. Our REACH values of Respect, Equity, Ambition, Compassion and Honesty reflect Southway's culture, how we deliver our services, and our relationships with customers, colleagues and partners. Southway values diversity in all aspects of its communities and operations. Candidates / Role An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Finance team for a Finance Manager - Property & Assets to lead Southway Group's financial monitoring of its property and assets programme. This will entail collaborative work with service managers whilst preparing and reporting KPIs to demonstrate performance and driving improvements through internal controls and processes. You will also have: - Advanced accounts and general ledger skills. - Excellent verbal communication skills, able to explain financial information to residents and manage relations with internal customers effectively - Strong excel skills, with a knowledge of a range of functions and their application. Your main responsibilities would include: 1. Lead the development of effective reporting tools and financial data reports for the Property Services and Assets Teams to support the provision of good quality information for decision making, including concise written reports for the Executive and others. 2. Regular reporting of key performance indicators to show performance against targets (operational and financial), trends and any risk to Southway including non-compliance, reduced income/spend levels, loss of grant, ensuring escalation where necessary to develop remedial actions. 3. Contrast the results of stock condition surveys to Business Plan assumptions. Prepare and monitor long term budgets based on data from various sources including programme schedules, survey results and data from housing management system. This should outline any slippage, savings, acceleration and overspends, with corresponding impacts on current and future year budgets. 4. Support preparation of programme returns and grant claims to external partners (identifying works, administration and staffing elements), ensuring all data and explanations are evidenced with colleagues before submission. 5. Prepare fixed asset register and general ledger entries using data from the stock investment programme to ensure the accountancy for the capital works costs and related grant are correctly identified for individual properties and components. 6. Prepare budgets for Property Services including analysis of different workstreams (and agree recharges between DLO and the client) to ensure value for money is achieved via operational delivery. 7. Ensure the Finance Apprentice (Property & Assets) liaises productively with budget holders to analyse results and consider actions to deliver effective budgetary control. 8. Identify and drive improvements in processes and procedures which impact the financial performance of the repairs and maintenance service. 9. Assist budget holders to operate an effective system of electronic purchase order and invoice authorisation routines, resolving individual users' difficulties. Support budget holders to enable them to navigate through the financial processes, including the NOPO report, to improve data integrity and accurately record costs and grant income to be accrued. 10. Provide information to Finance Operations team supporting the preparation of monthly management accounts, annual statutory accounts and other reports as required (e.g. Funders Report) outlining performance and explanations on variances. Closing Date: Monday 13 October 2025 Interview Date: w/c Monday 20 October 2025 For an informal discussion about this role please contact Bhups Gohil, Assistant Director of Finance . We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from suitably skilled people from all sectors of the community. All applicants who have a disability or are ex armed forces that meet the minimum essential criteria for the post will be invited to interview. If you have a disability or are ex armed forces, please tell us about this on your application form and please let us know about any special arrangements you would like us to make if you are invited in for an interview.
Oct 08, 2025
Full time
Finance Manager - Property & Assets Location: Hybrid home working / Didsbury / Manchester Salary: 49,934 increasing to 51,783 after 6 months Full Time / 35 hours per week / Permanent About Us Southway Housing Trust is a committed and forward-thinking community focused housing association dedicated to providing excellent homes and outstanding customer care. With a vision of Thriving Communities, Southway manages over 6,500 homes across Greater Manchester. Southway strives to reduce child poverty, loneliness and isolation and increase employment, social connectedness and pride in neighbourhoods. Our REACH values of Respect, Equity, Ambition, Compassion and Honesty reflect Southway's culture, how we deliver our services, and our relationships with customers, colleagues and partners. Southway values diversity in all aspects of its communities and operations. Candidates / Role An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Finance team for a Finance Manager - Property & Assets to lead Southway Group's financial monitoring of its property and assets programme. This will entail collaborative work with service managers whilst preparing and reporting KPIs to demonstrate performance and driving improvements through internal controls and processes. You will also have: - Advanced accounts and general ledger skills. - Excellent verbal communication skills, able to explain financial information to residents and manage relations with internal customers effectively - Strong excel skills, with a knowledge of a range of functions and their application. Your main responsibilities would include: 1. Lead the development of effective reporting tools and financial data reports for the Property Services and Assets Teams to support the provision of good quality information for decision making, including concise written reports for the Executive and others. 2. Regular reporting of key performance indicators to show performance against targets (operational and financial), trends and any risk to Southway including non-compliance, reduced income/spend levels, loss of grant, ensuring escalation where necessary to develop remedial actions. 3. Contrast the results of stock condition surveys to Business Plan assumptions. Prepare and monitor long term budgets based on data from various sources including programme schedules, survey results and data from housing management system. This should outline any slippage, savings, acceleration and overspends, with corresponding impacts on current and future year budgets. 4. Support preparation of programme returns and grant claims to external partners (identifying works, administration and staffing elements), ensuring all data and explanations are evidenced with colleagues before submission. 5. Prepare fixed asset register and general ledger entries using data from the stock investment programme to ensure the accountancy for the capital works costs and related grant are correctly identified for individual properties and components. 6. Prepare budgets for Property Services including analysis of different workstreams (and agree recharges between DLO and the client) to ensure value for money is achieved via operational delivery. 7. Ensure the Finance Apprentice (Property & Assets) liaises productively with budget holders to analyse results and consider actions to deliver effective budgetary control. 8. Identify and drive improvements in processes and procedures which impact the financial performance of the repairs and maintenance service. 9. Assist budget holders to operate an effective system of electronic purchase order and invoice authorisation routines, resolving individual users' difficulties. Support budget holders to enable them to navigate through the financial processes, including the NOPO report, to improve data integrity and accurately record costs and grant income to be accrued. 10. Provide information to Finance Operations team supporting the preparation of monthly management accounts, annual statutory accounts and other reports as required (e.g. Funders Report) outlining performance and explanations on variances. Closing Date: Monday 13 October 2025 Interview Date: w/c Monday 20 October 2025 For an informal discussion about this role please contact Bhups Gohil, Assistant Director of Finance . We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from suitably skilled people from all sectors of the community. All applicants who have a disability or are ex armed forces that meet the minimum essential criteria for the post will be invited to interview. If you have a disability or are ex armed forces, please tell us about this on your application form and please let us know about any special arrangements you would like us to make if you are invited in for an interview.
