Finance officer cover letter example
A finance officer’s cover letter shows a finance manager that your figures can be trusted. Name the post and your team, give the work you process and the reports you prepare, describe one problem you fixed, then say where your qualifications are heading.
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Bernadette Quinlan
Wolverhampton · [email protected] · 07700 900284
17 October 2026
Mr Rajesh Bhatia
Finance Manager
Penkridge Homes
Lichfield House, 20 Waterloo Road
Wolverhampton WV2 9ZX
Dear Mr Bhatia
Application for Senior Finance Officer
I am applying for the Senior Finance Officer post at Penkridge Homes. I have been a finance officer at Wrekin View Academy Trust for five years, in a central team serving eight schools, and I am AAT Level 3 qualified and studying for Level 4.
Each month I process about 600 supplier invoices and 150 expense claims on Sage 200, send the payroll changes for 420 staff and prepare the VAT reclaim. I also prepare the monthly budget and forecast reports for our head teachers and finance director.
In my first year I cleared a £38,000 backlog of disputed contractor invoices by agreeing a single order process with our estates team, and we have paid 98% of invoices within 30 days since. I prepare our audit working papers, and the auditors have raised no findings in the last two years.
I worked for a housing association before joining the trust, and I would welcome the chance to return to housing finance. My CV is attached. Thank you for considering my application.
Yours sincerely
Bernadette Quinlan
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I am applying for the Senior Finance Officer post at Penkridge Homes. I have been a finance officer at Wrekin View Academy Trust for five years, in a central team serving eight schools, and I am AAT Level 3 qualified and studying for Level 4.
The post, your team and your qualification.
Each month I process about 600 supplier invoices and 150 expense claims on Sage 200, send the payroll changes for 420 staff and prepare the VAT reclaim. I also prepare the monthly budget and forecast reports for our head teachers and finance director.
The work you process and the reports you prepare.
In my first year I cleared a £38,000 backlog of disputed contractor invoices by agreeing a single order process with our estates team, and we have paid 98% of invoices within 30 days since. I prepare our audit working papers, and the auditors have raised no findings in the last two years.
A problem you fixed, and that your work is reliable.
I worked for a housing association before joining the trust, and I would welcome the chance to return to housing finance. My CV is attached. Thank you for considering my application.
Why this organisation, the CV and a short close.