Finance Officer - 4 Or 5 Days A Week

Finance Officer - Part or Full time (32 or 40 hours per week)

Are you a Finance Officer looking for your next new opportunity?

A Finance Officer opportunity has come up to work for a £7million turnover charity which is committed to improving social mobility in the UK. You will be joining a small and dynamic team working closely with the Finance Manager.

This is a permanent role and the client is open to the candidate working part time (32 hours) or full time (40 hours). You will be required to come in a minimum of two days a week. The salary offered based on experience is between £33,000 - £36,000 per annum (this salary will be pro-ratad for part time candidates).

Key duties and responsibilities will include:

• Maintaining the Purchase Ledger including processing supplier invoices, staff expense claims, grant and bursary payments, reconciling statements and making the relevant payments
• Maintaining the Sales Ledger including raising invoices and allocating receipts
• Cash management including checking bank transactions daily, allocating transactions on the accounting system and producing regular bank reconciliations. Paying in cheques and reconciling floats, if required
• Maintaining accurate records of both unrestricted and restricted fund transactions including receipts, grants, staff expenses, overheads and cash
• Providing timely and accurate financial support to the Programmes, Development and Research teams to assist them with forecasting, budgeting, reconciliation and (donor) reporting
• Supporting with the month end procedures such as balance sheet reconciliations, depreciation, month end adjustments, salary and overhead allocations
• Gathering monthly payroll information and reviewing monthly payroll reports
• Assisting with the administration of the pension scheme and of employee benefits
• Preparing quarterly Gift Aid claims and maintaining the relevant supporting documentation
• Assisting with the year-end statutory accounts preparation, audit and budget setting process
• Ensuring that the filing is done in a timely manner and that all paperwork is up to date
• Proactively updating your own knowledge in relation to the role, identifying and undertaking appropriate training

Candidates applying for this role must have the following:

• Excellent numeracy skills and strong verbal and written communication skills
• Strong organisational and problem-solving skills with the ability to multi-task
• Sound understanding of double entry book-keeping including month end adjustments
• Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly Excel
• AAT qualified, holds a similar qualification or is working towards qualification
• Experience of working in a busy finance department with responsibility for similar tasks
• Experience of working in the education or not-for-profit sector
• Experience of working with QuickBooks

This role will be closing on 2nd July, 2024

Candidates shortlisted will be requested to answer three questions as part of the shortlisting process

First round interviews held over Zoom on 11th July, 2024

Second round interviews held at my client's office based in London on 17th July, 2024

Charity People actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion. We match charity needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities we work with.