We are looking for a Finance Officer to maintain financial and accounting services in order to support the Dalgarno Trust's operations. 

Job Description

Responsibilities:  

1. Administer and monitor the financial systems:

Administer and monitor the financial systems in order to ensure that the Dalgarno Trust’s finances are maintained in an accurate and timely manner.

• Assist with preparation of the budget.
• Implement financial policies and procedures.
• Establish and maintain cash controls.
• Establish, maintain and reconcile the General Ledger.
• Monitor cash reserves and investments.
• Prepare and reconcile bank statements against the General Ledger.
• Establish and maintain supplier accounts.
• Process supplier invoices and issue payments for all accounts due.
• Maintain the Purchase Order system.
• Ensure security for all credit cards details and verify charges.
• Ensure transactions are properly recorded and entered into our Xero accounting system.
• Prepare income statements.
• Prepare Profit & Loss and Balance Sheets.
• Prepare monthly financial statements.
• Prepare monthly management reports and report on variances.
• Assist with the annual audit.
• Maintain our XERO accounting system.

1. Maintain financial files and records

Maintain the accounts payable and accounts receivable systems in order to ensure complete and accurate records of all moneys.

• Ensure the safeguarding of all Dalgarno Trust funds.
• Issue, code and authorise purchase orders.
• Reconcile accounts payable.
• Prepare journal summaries.
• Reconcile accounts receivable.
• Compile source documents, invoices, purchase orders and delivery notes.
• Issue receipts for payments.
• Reconcile banking deposits with receipts. 
• Maintain the petty cash system.

1. Monitoring and Evaluation.

• Maintain project costs against set budget and keep all spending evidences to meet the audit trail according to Dalgarno Trust financial policies and procedures.
• In liaison with the Project Managers, prepare project financial monitoring return for the funders.

• Support the Chief Executive on the fundraising process.
• Contribute to project evaluation and production of Dalgarno Trust’s Annual Report.

1. Organisational

• Observe the Safeguarding, Fair Processing (GDPR) Policy and the Equal Opportunities Policy at all times.
• Observe all rules relating to Health and Safety.
• Assist in cover arrangements during the absence of other members of staff and/or at times of pressure.

• Carry out any other duties required from time to time by the Chief Executive and/or by the Trustees.

Person Specification

Skills, aptitude, knowledge and experience:

Eassential:

• At least 3 years’ experience in a Finance role within the Charity sector.
• Experience and knowledge of using the accounting software XERO.
• Accounts payable and accounts receivable processes.
• Generally accepted accounting principles.
• Preparation of financial reports /statements.

• Computer literate and confident in using all MS Office software. 
• Office administration

Desirable:

• An understanding of relevant financial and HMRC legislation, policies and procedures.

Personal qualities:

Essential:

• Passionate about working with and on behalf of vulnerable communities.
• Excellent organisational, record keeping and planning skills.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• A positive approach to inclusive practice with colleagues and our community.
• Reliability and trustworthiness.
• Open mindedness and able to work alongside people from all backgrounds.
• Good management skills.

Desirable:

• Flexibility – occasionally working hours might be changed.
• Able to work in teams of various sizes both internally and externally.

Qualifications:

Essential:

• Degree in Accounting or equivalent qualification or experience. 

Desirable:

• Health & Safety certificate
• First Aid certificate
• Completion of other relevant course

A hardworking and accurate Accounts Payable Assistant in required for a London-based charity.

Your new company:
My client is a well-respected charity with a reputation for helping local communities as well as having a national presence. They have been particularly involved in the Covid effort.

Your new role:
My role is an Accounts Payable Assistant. This is working in a busy team, dealing with high volumes of invoices. Duties will include:
- Processing all purchase invoices as part of the wider team
- Use of internal systems and Excel
- Ensuring compliance with internal controls and procedures
- Dealing with staff expenses and credit / debit cards

What you'll need to succeed:
In order to succeed, you will need a hardworking and tenacious approach, as well as extensive experience of Accounts Payable.

What you'll get in return:
In return, you will get to work for a supportive team. This is a temporary role but it may extend for the successful candidate.

What you need to do now
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A large Not for Profit organisation in Central London is looking for an Accounts Receivable Officer to join the team immediately on a 6 month contract

Client Details

A large Union organisation in Central London

Description

* Processing of invoicing ensuring accuracy, timeliness and continuous improvement of workflows between teams to avoid duplicate invoicing, in line with departmental targets.

* Promptly responding to invoicing and credit note requests in accordance with SLA's; proactively resolving queries.

* Establish and foster good working relationships with both internal and external customers to resolve enquiries and ensure the prompt payment of invoices through regular contact and discussion.

* Set up new customer accounts and assist in the credit vetting process. Maintain and update customer details as appropriate in order to support invoice accuracy at all times.

* Assist with the management of the direct debit processes, updating the master and ad-hoc files in preparation for timed and scheduled direct submissions.

* Receipting of cheques received from members and raising the appropriate invoices for the system.

* Monitor and check the remittance account to ensure the outstanding debtors list is up to date.

* Create bad debt provision entries following TLS policy ensuring that the relevant budget manager has been consulted regarding collection and debtor status. Where appropriate instigate the write off process for bad debts securing the appropriate business actions and approvals.

* Escalating appropriately to line management debt recovery actions to begin the initiation of legal proceedings.

* Assist as required in any other departmental duties and to undertake other tasks to support the finance operations team.

Profile

* Educated to A level or higher, including good GCSE passes in Mathematics and English Language.

* Detail orientated with experience in a financial or data entry function.

* High level of customer awareness.

* Excellent organisational and planning skills to enable working to tight deadlines and effective prioritisation.

* Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, together with a high level of interpersonal skills.

* Effective team player with ability to develop positive relationships with team members, external and internal stakeholders.

* Ability to use initiative in a busy environment, as well as a willingness to undertake ad-hoc work where necessary.

* An intermediate to advanced working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications including Excel and Word.

* Flexible attitude, enthusiastic and positive.

Desirable:

* Specific experience in credit control and aged debtor maintenance

* Experience of legal professional practice and/or other professional/ member services

Job Offer

£26,000 - £28000

Payables and Reconciliation Accountant

We are working with a well-known large international Charity to source a Payables and Reconciliation Accountant to join a fast paced, high performing team.

Job responsibilities include:

* Dealing with all aspects of accounts payable accounting
* Solving complex supplier queries
* Carrying out supplier statement reconciliations
* Resolving accounts payable processing issues
* Reconciling accounts payable accounts
* Carrying out balance sheet reconciliations
* Supporting the accounts receivable team
* Overseeing processes on NetSuite finance system

The successful candidate MUST have:

* ACCA / CIMA part qualified Accountant
* Extensive experience working in purchase ledger
* Ability to solve complex Accounts Payable matters
* Knowledge of NetSuite accounting package
* Ability to work independently

Agency Reference Number: 7036390

Salary: £39,000 per annum + benefits
Length: Fixed Term Contract, 12 months

Payables and Reconciliations Accountant | 12-month FTC | £39,000 - £42,500

On behalf of an international NGO based in over 120 countries, we are recruiting an Accountant on a 12-month FTC to manage the Payables and Reconciliations functions. This role will ensure all accounting transactions across the Accounts Payable and General Ledger journals are posted efficiently and will prepare and maintain the Balance Sheet reconciliations for the international areas as well as a backlog project and oversight of the administration of the international payroll.

Main Duties:

• Manage the payables and purchase ledger process
• Review and post all recoverable expense journals, liaising with regional country offices to review and clear balances on a monthly basis
• Prepare quarterly Operational Grants payments, Grants journals and fund transfers
• Review and process all Corporate Card statements including journals and reconciliations
• Manage month-end account preparation including cash movement journals, cash and bank transactions, and monthly payroll data
• Year-end accounts processing including preparation of audit schedules, preparing information for the Annual Accounts, and liaising with auditors on queries
• Manage reconciliations across the Grants accounts, Current accounts, Direct Debits, Payments, Restricted Reserves and Fixed Assets
• Lead on Balance Sheet reconciliations

Person Specification:

• AAT qualified or ACCA/CIMA part-qualified with proven experience working on accounts payable, bank and ledger reconciliations
• Experience working within the charity sector and ideally the international NGO sector
• Strong experience of the accounts payable process
• Strong experience of balance sheet reconciliations
• Strong month-end reconciliations experience

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Finance Assistant (Charity)

37.5 hours per week 

In response to the growth and increasing diversity of our business, we have created this additional post.  We are now seeking a skilled Finance Assistant to fill the position and join our Finance team. 

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 all 32 boroughs.

As the Finance Assistant, you will be responsible for ensuring transaction processing for both accounts payable and receivable, is completed accurately and in a timely manner.  Working alongside another Finance Assistant, you will share responsibility for ensuring suppliers are paid on time and rent accounts are updated to reflect payments from clients.

The ideal applicant will possess some technical knowledge in the field and experience of working in a business setting, ideally within a finance team.  You will also have good Excel skills combined with the ability to handle and present large volumes of data.  Additionally, you will have exceptional attention to detail, be competent at managing conflicting deadlines and possess good communication skills.

When completing your application, please address (with examples) points 1 to 8 in the technical and professional know-how section of the job profile.

Closing date: 10th August 2021 (at Midnight)*

Interview date: w/c 16th August 2021

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

*Please note that we may close this vacancy early, if we receive a large number of applications.

Our attractive benefits package includes:

• A salary increase after successfully completing six months.
• 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 our work

Single Homeless Project is actively committed to equal opportunities and the promotion of diversity and inclusion, in all of our services and workplaces.  We are also Disability Confident Committed, a Stonewall Diversity Champion and are IIP Silver accredited.

Role: Finance Assistant

Responsible to: Director of Finance

Responsible for staff: N/A

Location: Suite B1 Higher Mill, Buckfast Abbey, Buckfast, Devon

Main Responsibilities:

• Responsible for processing all financial transactions using Sage
• Downloading, processing and reconciliation of bank and petty cash transactions
• Administration of sale ledger, including credit control
• Responsibility of the purchase ledger, including supplier payments
• Assist with the payroll process including provisions for workplace pensions
• Maintain the fixed asset register
• Prepare and maintain annual budgets and forecasting.
• Assist with the preparation of year end accounts, financial statements & legal requirements
• Help with the preparation of the external audit Internal financial audit
• Understand and adhere to all financial and accounting regulations and legislation
• Carry out other activities as appropriate on the instruction of the Director of Finance

General Duties:

• Positively promote the work of Go Beyond both internally and externally, and be a representative at stewardship and cultivation events
• Prioritise tasks to ensure maximum return on investment of your time and resources
• Willingness to travel, as required to support meetings or to achieve agreed objectives
• Willingness to work unsocial hours, including evenings, weekends and stay overnight
• To work in line with the Go Beyond Mission, Vision, and Values consistently, working with others to provide a supportive, responsive, environment and services
• To present a positive image of Go Beyond at all times, through every aspect of your work
• To ensure that all Go Beyond policies, procedures, and agreed protocols are adhered to
• To contribute to the planning, review, monitoring and reporting processes and activities
• To participate in team meetings and activities and represent Go Beyond at other meetings as agreed
• To respect the rights of individuals by maintaining confidentiality and working in line with GDPR legislation
• To attend training courses as identified and agreed for appropriate development
• To undertake other duties not specifically stated above, which from time to time are necessary without altering the nature or level of responsibility involved
• To make a commitment to improving Go Beyond environmental impact by means of energy saving and recycling in the workplace

Person Specification:

Essential Attributes

Education and Training

• Experience of working in a busy finance department
• Experience in the charity sector with an understanding of Charity Commission regulations

Special Knowledge and Skills

• Microsoft Office skills
• Sage 50 accounts
• Gift aid administration and claim processing
• Payroll processing
• Good organisational and administrative skills

Personal Qualities

• A team player who can build relationships across the team and be adaptable
• A good communicator who can work under pressure, prioritise and adapt to change
• Analytical with an attention for detail
• Deadline orientated with the ability to stick to time constraints

Commitment to Safeguarding Children:

• Everyone who works at Go Beyond has the responsibility for promoting the
  safeguarding and welfare of children.
• To ensure awareness of the charity’s policy and procedures regarding Child Safeguarding.
• To become aware of the signs and symptoms of abuse by attending relevant courses.
• To report all causes for concern to the Designated Safeguarding Lead or Officer.
• To carry out risk assessments that include safeguarding measures for any activities.

My client is a very well respect charitable organisation, working relentlessly to help people in the UK. Throughout the pandemic their methods of support were forced to change. Despite the challenges, the sheer determination and passion from the members of the organisation ensured a smooth transition. As normality resumes, they’re looking to expand their existing finance team by bringing in a new Assistant Accountant.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Process and maintain accurate financial records for the organisation using an Excel template.
• Assist the Financial Accountant in collating regional records ready for year end preparation.
• Support with the bank and balance sheet reconciliations.

The successful candidate will be someone who has previous experience within a finance function and be comfortable with supporting on year-end processes. Attention to detail and strong communication skills are essential.

Senior Finance Assistant

 (Ref SUS3241)

£22,389 per annum

37.5 hours per week – based in Bristol/Home Working

About Sustrans

Our vision and mission have never been more relevant. 

Across the UK, governments are pledging investment and action on walking and cycling.

We are working together to make a real difference - creating places where everyone can live and travel happily and healthily, and where nobody is excluded.

Our work wouldn’t be possible without the commitment and dedication of our colleagues.

We are proud of our employee net promoter score, being in the top 20% of all employers across all sectors in the UK, due to our energised, friendly and motivated workforce.

Join Sustrans today and help us get things done, together!

About the Role

We now have a fantastic opportunity for you to join us as a Senior Finance Assistant, helping us to ensure that the Finance Team continues to provide an excellent service.

As a key member of the transactional finance team, your role will see you responsible for recording and processing the organisation’s financial transactions, including operating the purchase and sales ledgers and the Lloyds online expenses system.

About You

We are looking for an organised and methodical individual with the ability to work accurately and to deadlines.

You will have knowledge and experience of accounting software such as Access Dimensions or Sage Accounts and MS Excel.

So, if this sounds like you, apply today and help support Sustrans to make a difference by creating healthier places and happier lives for everyone.

Equality, diversity and inclusion

We welcome applications from people from all parts of the community, particularly where we are under-represented. Currently, this includes disabled people, and those from Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups.

Sustrans is committed to reducing inequality, valuing diversity and enabling inclusion.

Interviews

Closing date for the receipt of completed applications is 9am on 09 August 2021.  Interviews will take place via MS Teams during the week commencing 16 August 2021.

We are looking for an aspiring Finance Professional who is looking to develop their skills and contribute to the day to day running of a busy, small charity finance department.  You will have a minimum of 2 years experience in a similar role as well as recent experience of using Quickbooks

About CFAB: 

CFAB supports children on the move between the UK and other countries and children who are separated from their family in another country. The complexities of migration and international separation can make many of these children particularly hard to support and particularly vulnerable to abuse and exploitation. We ensure that children in these circumstances enjoy the same care, protection and right to a family life as we would want for any child.

A large Health based organisation in Central London is looking for a Treasury/Cashier to join the team immediately.

Client Details

A large Health based organisation in Central London

Description

Profile

• Multi currency
• Double-entry
• Reconciliations
• ACCA/CIMA studier
• Treasury experience

Job Offer

£14-15ph

A large Health based organisation in Central London is looking for a Treasury/Cashier to join the team immediately.

Client Details

A large Health based organisation in Central London

Description

Profile

• Multi currency
• Double-entry
• Reconciliations
• ACCA/CIMA studier
• Must be an expert in Reconciliations

Job Offer

£17-20ph

Our close partner is providing financial services guidance to a number of large institutions around the world, the International Development team works closely with global clients – such as UNICEF, The World Bank and the Gates Foundation – particularly those involved in international development, grant-making and grant-funded programmes.

The Assistant Project Administrator has to assist in providing project coordination for the full life cycle of any assignment offered to our clients; from the proposal process, contract management with the client, assignment planning, through to assisting with the report writing, and ultimately billing the client.

Contract Responsibilities

·Assist with proposal and tender submission, including preparing project budgets and schedules, liaising with prospective staff and ensuring all proposals are submitted within the respective deadlines

·Ensure that contracts are as per the issued proposals, that all terms agreed are in best interests of org and support the Managers/Partners in any contract administration required

·Assist with planning the fieldwork of the project, including agreeing dates with the beneficiary, liaising with internal and external staff to ensure they can perform the required service on the agreed dates and that all parties have the necessary information to ensure the project fieldwork runs smoothly

·Assist with  the drawing of contracts

·Monitor and track project progress and on our ‘Control Schedule’ to ensure all stakeholders are kept up to date with any project developments

·Act as the point of contact for all stakeholders (including the client, the beneficiary, internal/external teams and management)

·Assist the manager in any report-writing tasks that may be required & deliver final product to client

·Monitor internal staff working hours & expenses incurred, to ensure project budgets are adhered to

·Check and process external suppliers’ invoices, making sure all days worked and expenses incurred are within the agreed budget, liaising with finance as and when issues arise

·Assist in client billing, ensuring that all bills issued are as per the contractual terms between the firm and the client, that all costs are accounted for, and that bills are paid by the client in a timely manner

·Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation for future use, ensuring that all projects are properly logged and can be used in future proposals/tenders

·General: translate documents, maintain filing system of documentation by client and by assignment, archive files when necessary

Requirements

Essential

·Fluent English in both verbal and written with excellent communication skills

·Second language, French

·Competent using MS Office

A minimum of 12 months adminitration experience in a high activity/ multi task environment

·Strong organisational and time management skills with ability to prioritise and multi-task

·Able to meet deadlines

·Good numeracy skills

·Able to work under pressure with accuracy and focus

·Good eye for detail and the ability to follow through tasks

·Able to be a self-starter and work on own initiative

·Able to demonstrate problem solving skills

·Comfortable within a changing and developing environment

·Able to apply relevant skills to new scenarios

We are a multi-award winning, creative and innovative organisation and the Database Assistant is a new role at War Child UK, sitting within the data team and delivering on a range of database tasks and processes utilising our database Salesforce to do so. We’re looking for someone who has a good working knowledge of database systems and who understands their importance to organisations like War Child, as well as someone who is naturally process driven and has a great eye for detail. As someone who sits in the data team and wider Supporter Engagement function, the postholder will be responsible for specific monthly processes such as Individual Giving income reconciliation and ongoing data selections for the team. You will also become a champion for Salesforce and the importance of CRM to help War Child achieve our goals and provide better service to our donors, supporters and participants.