Finance Administrator
Job description
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Location: Chester (full-time, office-based)
Pay: £13.34 per hour (£26,000 per annum)
Contract: Ongoing temporary / Temp to Perm for the right person
Hours: Monday to Friday, 9:00am - 5:30pm
We are currently recruiting an Operations Administrator to join a busy Lending Operations team within a growing UK financial services organisation. This role plays a key part in supporting the lending lifecycle, ensuring documentation is produced accurately, communications are managed efficiently, and operational processes run smoothly.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone with strong administrative skills who enjoys working in a fast-paced, professional environment and is looking for long-term stability.
Key Responsibilities- Creating and maintaining lending and customer documentation
- Drafting formal correspondence and letters to solicitors
- Producing bespoke correspondence for clients, accurately extracting and inputting information
- Managing a shared email inbox and directing queries to the appropriate internal teams
- Handling incoming post, scanning, and electronic document management
- Preparing and processing documents for submission to the Land Registry
- Requesting, tracking and chasing signed documentation where required
The business is a UK-based bank with a strong reputation for professionalism, collaboration and customer focus. Employees describe the organisation as forward-thinking, values-driven and supportive, with a genuine emphasis on accuracy, teamwork and doing things the right way.
The working environment is structured yet hands-on, offering exposure to real lending operations within a bank that is continuing to grow and invest in its people.
What We're Looking For- Strong attention to detail and high levels of accuracy
- Confidence working with detailed documentation
- Ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced office environment
- Strong written communication skills
- Previous banking or financial services experience is beneficial but not essential
- A proactive, reliable and professional approach to work
- Full-time, Monday to Friday role with no weekend work
- Opportunity to move from temporary to permanent employment
- Experience within a specialist lending environment
- Supportive team culture within a growing financial organisation
Adecco acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. The Adecco Group UK & Ireland is an Equal Opportunities Employer.
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⭐ Highlight your document management and administrative accuracy skills at the top as the role emphasises 'high levels of accuracy' and detailed documentation work
📊 Quantify your administrative achievements: 'Processed 150+ client documents weekly with 99.8% accuracy'
🏦 Emphasise any banking, financial services, or lending experience as it's 'beneficial' for this specialist lending environment
📧 Showcase your email management and correspondence skills as you'll be managing shared inboxes and drafting formal letters to solicitors
🎯 Mention your ability to work in fast-paced environments as the role specifically requires efficiency in a busy operations team
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- •Processed 200+ Land Registry submissions monthly with 99.5% accuracy, ensuring compliance with banking documentation requirements
- •Managed shared email inbox handling 150+ daily queries, directing correspondence to appropriate teams within 2-hour SLA
- •Created and maintained lending documentation for 80+ client files, producing bespoke correspondence and tracking signed agreements
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Dear Hiring Manager,
I am writing to apply for the Finance Administrator position with your growing UK bank in Chester. Your specialist lending operations environment and focus on Land Registry submissions align perfectly with my administrative expertise and attention to detail.
My background in document management and client correspondence has prepared me to excel in managing lending documentation, drafting solicitor correspondence, and maintaining the high accuracy standards your organisation requires. I thrive in fast-paced professional environments where precision and reliability are essential.
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Interview questions
10 questions generated from this advert.
Technical
- ›How would you handle processing Land Registry submissions and what checks would you perform?
- ›Describe your experience with document management systems and electronic filing
- ›How do you ensure accuracy when extracting and inputting client information?
- ›What steps would you take to track and chase signed documentation?
- ›How would you prioritise tasks when managing multiple lending documentation requests?
Behavioural
- ›Tell me about a time when your attention to detail prevented a significant error
- ›Describe a situation where you had to manage multiple urgent administrative tasks
- ›How do you handle working under pressure in a fast-paced environment?
- ›Give an example of when you had to communicate professionally with external parties
- ›Tell me about a time when you had to learn new processes quickly
STAR answer examples
Model answers using the Situation-Task-Action-Result framework. Adapt to your own experience.
Tell me about a time when your attention to detail prevented a significant error
Describe a situation where you had to manage multiple urgent administrative tasks