Finance Assistant

Single Homeless Project have a new opportunity for a Finance Assistant to join our team based in Kings Cross. You will join us on a full time, permanent?basis, working 37.5 hours ?and in return, you will receive a competitive salary of £26,086.71 increasing incrementally to £28,247.60 per annum plus benefits.

Single Homeless Project is a London-wide charity. Our vision is of a society where everyone has a place to call home and the chance to live a fulfilling life.?We help single Londoners by preventing homelessness, providing support and accommodation, promoting wellbeing, enhancing opportunity, and being a voice for change.?

From supporting people in crisis to helping people take the final steps towards independence and employment, we make a difference to 10,000 lives every year across London boroughs.

About the Finance Assistant role:

This is a fantastic opportunity for a keen and driven Finance Assistant who is looking to expand their career and knowledge - the role will provide a broad spectrum of exposure and experience across organisations accounts.
The post holder will be responsible for carrying out a range of finance related processes, data entry and administrative tasks to assist the Accountant and Finance Team. The aim of the role is to complete high quality accurate transactions at the point of data entry, including processing of invoices, payments, receipts of rent income and recording activities, data entry, filing, as well as providing information, answering queries, filing and other relevant tasks. This will help ensure timely and accurate financial information to share across SHP enabling the best data to aid operational and strategic decision making. High quality transactional data is also the starting point for a positive financial audit.

Skills and experience we're looking for in our Finance Assistant:

• Intermediate to Advanced Excel skills
• Good communication skills
• Attention to detail
• Good numeracy skills and an understanding of double entry book keeping
• Good team player with ability to work on own initiative
• Demonstrable ability to use a computerised accounting system with specific ability to manage a large purchase and sales ledger
• Good organisational, record keeping and time management skills

Our attractive benefits package includes:

• A salary increase after successfully completing six month's probationary period
• A 37.5 hour working week including flexible working hours (core hours are 10am – 4pm) in non-accommodation services
• 25 days annual leave, increasing annually to the maximum 30 days (plus paid Bank Holidays),
• A contributory pension scheme: Single Homeless Project will contribute the equivalent of 5% of your annual salary
• Staff Health Cash Plan and discounts scheme
• Comprehensive and integrated training programme designed specifically to develop the skills and knowledge involved in

Closing date: 14th July 2024 - However please don't delay your application by CV as we may close earlier if a suitable person is found.
Interviews: Interviews to be held on an ongoing basis

Don’t miss out on this great opportunity to join the Single Homeless Project team – please click ‘apply’ now to become our Finance Assistant -we'd like to hear from you!

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We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient and suitable applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

This post will require a basic DBS check to be processed for the successful applicant.

At Single Homeless Project, we welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and are committed to having a workforce that is made up of diverse individuals, skills, experiences and abilities. ?Due to current under –representation at management level, we particularly encourage applications from individuals within our Black and Asian communities.