Finance Officer

Finance Officer
Warrington, UK
£29,269 per annum (NALC SCP 18) progressing by increments to £32,076 per annum (NALC SCP 23)
We are recruiting a Finance Officer to provide accurate, efficient, and high quality financial and payroll support in accordance with procedures, legal requirements and best practice to help ensure the smooth running of the PAPYRUS’s financial systems, records and procedures.
What you will do:
- Purchase ledger duties, including processing invoices in a timely and efficient manner (using Dext smart software), completing weekly payment runs and monitoring aged creditors.
- Resolve queries from suppliers, and internal and external stakeholders.
- Liaise with internal and external stakeholders to resolve invoice queries or to obtain missing documentation.
- Carry out weekly bank/cash reconciliations on Xero or similar system.
- Raise customer invoices for training as required and monitor aged debt.
- Assist with month end and year end tasks and other ad hoc analysis and reporting.
- Comply with all financial processes, ensuring policies are adhered to and deadlines are met.
- Processing and correctly coding invoices to account codes, cost centres, and reconciling supplier statements.
- Preparing supplier and staff expense runs.
- Raising and correctly coding sales invoices to account codes, cost centres, and debt chasing.
To be successful in this role, you will be/have:
- Working towards a recognised finance qualification, e.g. AAT
- Experience in providing effective and efficient financial support and the ability to demonstrate appropriate skills and knowledge as outlined in the person specification
- Experience of using Xero or similar accounting software for input and reporting
- Demonstrable experience in Accounts payable, Accounts receivable and Bank reconciliations
- Proficient when using ICT packages, including Word and Excel
Please visit the careers site for the full job description and person specification for the role.
Salary: £29,269 per annum (NALC Scale 18) progressing by increments to £32,076 per annum (NALC Scale 23)
Hours: 36 hours per week
Location: Warrington
Contract: Permanent
Benefits: You will receive 28 days’ annual leave plus Bank Holidays (pro rata for part-time workers), hybrid and flexible working arrangements, an attractive pension scheme, Simply Health membership and enhanced sick pay. Please visit our website for more details.
Closing date: Sunday 30th June 2024
We reserve the right to close the vacancy earlier if we receive sufficient applications, so please submit your application as soon as possible.
PAPYRUS is committed to the principle of equal opportunity in employment and its recruitment policies are designed to ensure that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of age, disability, gender re-assignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.
PAPYRUS is committed to safeguarding all children, young people and adults at risk that interact with the organisation. The organisation recognises its responsibility to safeguard the welfare of these vulnerable groups by a commitment to procedures to protect them. The charity expects all staff and volunteers to fully support and promote these commitments.
Other organisations may call this role Finance Support Officer, Finance Assistant, Finance Administrator, Finance Systems Support Officer, Accounts Assistant, Accounts Technician, or Accounts Administrator.