Company Description
United Living is a leading infrastructure, construction, and property services company in the UK. We help our customers and the communities they serve benefit from resilient infrastructure, affordable homes, and improved living spaces that are fit for the future. Our mission is to be the partner and employer of choice for designing, building, maintaining, and connecting communities and critical infrastructure, to create a more sustainable and inclusive society.
United Living Group is comprised of four complementary businesses, all dedicated to realising our vision of creating a connected, sustainable future:
Property Services – We revitalise homes and communities through the regeneration of living spaces, breathing new life into neighbourhoods. From delivering large programmes of work for social housing providers, to ensuring the highest building safety standards, we provide a range of services for public sector clients.
Infrastructure Services – Our team of infrastructure specialists design, build and maintain critical energy and water infrastructure, for the UK’s largest network owners and operators. The work we do supports the requirement for effective solutions to address the UK’s decarbonisation goals, and our processes minimise environmental and carbon impacts, whilst ensuring the safe and reliable operation of assets.
New Homes - As experienced and specialist new build housing contractors, we create homes and regenerate areas with communities in mind. We work collaboratively with registered partners, local authorities, and private developers to provide high quality, energy efficient, and sustainable homes for people to live and grow.
Connected - We connect people through fixed-line and wireless telecom infrastructure, ensuring seamless communication and access to information for all. At United Living, we have one of the largest specialist in-house teams for project management, acquisition, design, construction, and maintenance in the UK.
Job Description
To process and update central finance system through the use of Business Central & Site tracker , ensuring we in a timely manner gain information from program delivery team where required to then raise timely requests into client for payment & chase payment agreement with client.
Specific Duties
- Work efficiently to solve queries by phone or email from the client on receipting requests .
- Work with the project teams to ensure financial forecast information is correct and accurate and is representative of the current work in progress to assigned commercial rates within the contract.
- Resolve any queries with the relevant team, and drive receipting agreement with the client.
- Maintain and update Business Central and Site Tracker Systems in line with financial revenue & billing forecasts and actuals aligned to commercial baseline data.
- Raise site related "job cards" and assign associated budget & purchase order values within Business Central.
- Complete general support administration as requested by Program Commercial Lead.
- Create and maintain files - electronic and hard copy
- Update internal systems .trackers and schedules daily
- Update of Business Central, the internal finance system daily
- Update of Site tracker , the internal reporting system daily
- Ensure procedures and requirements as detailed within the Company Procedures and Quality Manual are implemented at all times
- Liaise with customer staff and internal ULC operatives effectively and with respect
- Any other duties as assigned within commercial department
Health and Safety Responsibilities
- Set a good example to others by working safely
- Take reasonable care of yourself and any other person who may be affected by your actions and omissionsAdopt a positive attitude, cooperate and assist the company in all aspects of Health, Safety and the Environment
- Understand and help to implement all relevant health and safety policies and arrangements based upon the policies.
Key Characteristics
- Able to work on own initiative and as part of a team
- Organised
- Good XL skills coupled with the ability to learn systems at hand.
- Time management / ability to work to deadlines
- Attention to detail
- Good telephone manner and communication skills
- Problem-Solving skills, and positive outlook
- Self-motivated and proactive
- Ability to develop, establish and maintain customer and internal relationships
- Ability to drive results through planning, to gain desired outcomes within the given timescales, making decisions and providing solutions where appropriate.
Additional Information
Benefits:
- Bike to work scheme
- Company pension
- Life insurance
- Private medical insurance
- Wellness programmes
Additional Information:
- Must be highly computer literate including Microsoft Office and confident in managing and working with large data sets
- This job is a full-time permanent role, 8am-5pm Monday to Friday from our Widnes Office
- Opportunity to spend time in and working closely with other departments will be provided to ensure the successful applicant gains a wide depth and breadth of experience and understanding of the company and industry
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