Finance Assistant
🌟 Make a real difference: Become a Finance Assistant with Independent Lives!
💷 £12.60/hr + Enhancements | Employee-Owned Organisation 🕒 30 Hour Contract
Are you ready to bring precision, integrity, and impact to financial operations? Join our Independent Lives team in South Suffolk as a Finance Administrator.
💼 The Role: We’re looking for a detail-oriented, proactive Finance Administrator to support our South Suffolk Independent Lives team in managing financial processes with accuracy and care. This role requires someone who can work independently, solve financial challenges, and ensure compliance with financial regulations and standards.
You’ll be the backbone of our financial operations—ensuring smooth transactions, timely payments, and accurate reporting that supports our mission to help people live the lives they choose.
About the role
😁 Why You’ll Love Working With Us:
🏆 Be part of something bigger – Join our employee-owned social enterprise and help shape the future of care.
🎓 Award-winning training – Gain bespoke skills and even a Health & Social Care qualification!
🚴♀️ Great perks – Cycle to work scheme, casual dress, on-site parking, employee assistance programme, and more.
💼 Secure your future – Up to 8% pension contribution and permanent contracts.
🧡 Every day is different – And every day counts.
🧭 What You’ll Do:
• Set up and monitor payment processes for customers
• Process staff claims, p-card spends, mileage, and payroll queries
• Order service supplies in line with procurement processes
• Create, process, and deploy invoices
• Manage credit control and monitor outstanding payments
• Track income and expenditure, reporting concerns to management
• Support financial reporting and inputting
• Ensure compliance with financial regulations and internal policies
• Maintain excellent relationships with stakeholders and customers
• Collaborate with Business Support and the Finance Team to ensure accuracy
✅ What You’ll Need:
• Previous experience in finance or accounting (healthcare or care setting preferred)
• Strong communication, interpersonal, and IT skills
• A degree in finance, accounting, or related field – desirable
• Ability to work collaboratively and independently
• Problem-solving mindset and sound financial decision-making
• Commitment to dignity, respect, and person-centred values
🚀 Your Journey Starts Here:
We offer a 3-week induction with a dedicated buddy to support you from day one.
Your start date will be confirmed after an enhanced DBS (which we pay for!) and recruitment checks.
💬 Ready to Make a Difference?
If you’re enthusiastic, caring, and ready to change lives, we’d love to hear from you. Apply now and become part of something truly special.
Professional skills you’ll need for this job opportunity
Motivating
Motivation
Inspiring Others
Communication
Developing People
Teamwork
Building Relationships
Equal Opportunities
Listening to patients
Providing Care
Administering Medicine
Empathy
Paperwork and Record Keeping
Ability to support clients with learning disabilities and/or complex needs
Providing personal care
Experience supporting people who display behaviour that communicates
Leading Lives
At Leading Lives, you’ll grow your skills while making a real impact. We’re a supportive, inclusive team that values your individuality and passion for helping others.
With five diverse service lines, there’s a role to match your strengths — and a team that’s got your back every step of the way.
Start your journey with us and enjoy a potential welcome bonus of up to £250!
Company Culture: Values-Driven: Leading Lives not only talks about their values but actively embodies them in their daily operations. Employee Testimonials: The company encourages feedback from employees like Anna, an experienced support worker, to showcase the positive impact of their values on staff. Authenticity: Leading Lives emphasizes authenticity in their values, highlighting that they are not just empty words but a lived reality within the organization.
We’re a Disability Confident Committed employer We are happy to make reasonable adjustments whenever possible. Please do let us know if you need any support/ adjustments with your application and the process.
Our benefits
Benefits offered by Leading Lives We pay the Real Living Wage - We value all our team members, so our starting pay rate is the Real Living Wage (currently £12.60 per hour) Holiday entitlement that works for you - Our holiday package increases with service, and you have the opportunity to purchase additional hours Peace of mind should you fall ill - We offer occupational sick pay as well as statutory sick pay. We also have an Employee Assistance Programme We pay generous sleep-in rates - Sleep-in shifts are available for some of our support worker or team leader roles. The pay rate for these are £65 per shift Award-winning, in-house training - Our award-winning, bespoke, in-house training, will ensure you are confident and effective in your role Travel benefits for you & the planet - We provide a generous mileage rate of 45p per mile, and a cycle purchase scheme to help you go green! Owned and run by our employees - We’re employee-owned & not-for-profit. Surpluses are re-invested into our community. We offer a welcome aboard bonus - You could qualify for a welcome aboard bonus worth of £250
Vacation, Paid time off
Paid sick days
Sabbatical leave
Free parking
Cycle to work
Referral bonus
Hybrid Working
Culture of recognition
Progression opportunities
Finance Assistant
At Leading Lives, you’ll grow your skills while making a real impact. We’re a supportive, inclusive team that values your individuality and passion for helping others.
With five diverse service lines, there’s a role to match your strengths — and a team that’s got your back every step of the way.
Start your journey with us and enjoy a potential welcome bonus of up to £250!