Expense Administrator

Expense Administrator

Closing Date: 15/1/2025

Two roles available; part time hours, between 17.5 - 21 hours per week per role.   

Interviews will take place in person at our Newcastle upon Tyne office at the beginning of February 2025.  

A bit about the role...

Working within our Transaction Services team, an Expense Administrator will play a critical role in ensuring accurate, timely processing and reimbursement of all expenses submitted. They play a crucial role in maintaining financial health and compliance by verifying that all expenses adhere to company policies.  

You will be part of a small, experienced team, reporting to the Senior Manager of Finance Systems. While your primary collaboration will be with Finance colleagues, you will also interact with various team members across the agency. Your role involves supporting, coaching, and educating colleagues on expense processes and policy adherence, and resolving any issues informally whenever possible. 

The Transaction Services team believes in working in a collaborative way to foster good decision making and problem solving, this role gives an opportunity to strengthen this further across the agency. 

A bit about you…

You will have experience working within a dynamic finance team and will be able to actively demonstrate your knowledge working in a similar role. 

Attention to detail is critical in this role, ensuring accuracy in expense reports and compliance to policies.  Communication skills are also key, as you'll be comfortable clearly explaining expense policies and procedures to colleagues. 

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. 

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.